The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: 22 Stories - Softcover

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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9780451529992: The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: 22 Stories

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ISBN 10: 0451529995 ISBN 13: 9780451529992

Publisher: Signet Classics, 2005

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Indisputably the greatest fiction detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes lives on-in films, on television, and, of course, through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inimitable craft. These 22 stories show Holmes at his brilliant best.

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About the Author:

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859 to Charles and Mary Doyle.

From 1876 to 1881 he studied at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and in 1882 he moved to Portsmouth to set up a medical practice. During quiet periods in his surgery, he wrote stories, and in 1886, his first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet was published.

Arthur Conan Doyle's creation was a great success, and he wrote 56 short stories and 4 novels on the famous detective over the next 40 years.

Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930 at the age of 71.

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