| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author), Green, Richard Lancelyn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199536953 ISBN-13: 9780199536955 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Complete in nine handsome volumes, each with an introduction by a Doyle scholar, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and explanatory notes, the Oxford Sherlock Holmes series offers a definitive collection of the famous detective's adventures. No home library is complete without it. Comprising the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand, the magazine in which they were first published, this volume won even more popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Holmes is at the height of his powers in many of his most famous cases, including "The Red-Headed League," "The Speckled Band," and "The Blue Carbuncle." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008277984 |
| Lexile Measure: 550 |
| Series: Oxford World's Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.65 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including The Red-Headed League', The Blue Carbuncle', and The Speckled Band'. Although Holmes gained a reputation for infallibility, Conan Doyle showed his own realism and feminism by having the great detective defeated by Irene Adler - the woman - in the very first story, A Scandal in Bohemia'. The editor of this volume, Richard Lancelyn Green is editor of The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With John Michael Gibson, he compiled the Soho Series Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |