The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collecti..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collecti..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection - Unabridged
A Study in Scarlet - The Sign of the Four - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of the Baskervilles - The Return of Sherlock Holmes - The Valley of Fear - His Last Bow - The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Ben Werling, Kevin Theis, Sara Nichols

Unabridged: 60 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/21/2024

Synopsis

In 1886, a struggling young doctor and part-time author named Arthur Conan Doyle picked up his pen and created what is arguably the most famous character in the history of mystery and detective fiction: the consulting detective known as Sherlock Holmes. Forty years later, Doyle would conclude this astonishing series of adventures having penned four full novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes and - in most of these stories - his friend and crime-fighting partner, Dr. John Watson (who often served as the fictional chronicler of these tales). Sherlock Holmes has since become a worldwide sensation, having been portrayed on stage, screen and television more than any other character in history and the character of Holmes lives on in various adaptations and derivative portrayals of the keenly intelligent and famously observant detective. Presented here is the entire Holmes canon: all four novels and every collection of short stories Doyle published during his lifetime. From "A Study in Scarlet," the first Holmes novel, all the way through "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes," the final collection of stories published by Doyle in 1927. This collection includes "The Hound the Baskervilles" (perhaps Holmes most popular and thrilling adventure), "The Final Problem" (which features the "death" of Holmes and his arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty), "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (in which Doyle resurrects his most famous creation) and "His Last Bow" (where Holmes comes out of retirement during World War I to assist Britain in the war effort by thwarting some fiendish German spies). A must-read collection for all fans of Holmes and Watson, this collection is presented here in their original and unabridged format.

About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer whose works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction, is best known as the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was the embodiment of scientific thinking, Doyle himself did not exhibit the same rationality, believing in fairies and occultism. His Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages and have been made into plays, films, radio and television series, cartoons, and comic books. By 1920, Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world. Other works by Doyle include The Lost World, the first book in the Professor Challenger series; The White Company, one of his many historical novels; and The Great Boer War.

Doyle was born at Picardy Place, near Edinburgh, in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools and studied at Edinburgh University. In 1884, he married Louise Hawkins. Doyle qualified as a doctor in 1885 and practiced medicine as an eye specialist in Hampshire until 1891, when he became a full-time writer. Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and introduced the detective's faithful associate, Dr. Watson.

During the Boer war in South Africa (1899-1902), Doyle served several months as the senior physician at a field hospital. There he wrote The War in South Africa, in which he expressed the imperial view. He twice ran unsuccessfully for Parliament but nevertheless was knighted in 1902. In 1907, fourteen months after his wife died, Doyle married Jean Leckie. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, Doyle dedicated himself to spiritualistic studies at his home in Windlesham, Sussex. He died himself in 1930.

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