|
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume II (Sherlock Holmes) | 
 enlarge | Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
Buy Used: $0.01
You Save: $6.94 (100%)
New (38) Used (61) Collectible (1) from $0.01
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 50789
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0553212427
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780553212426
ASIN: 0553212427
Publication Date: December 1, 1986
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read -> Recycle -> Reuse!
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Novels and Stories
Volume II
Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime!
Volume II begins with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. The Valley of Fear matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, the loyal Dr. Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the thrilling The Adventure of the Red Circle and the twelve baffling adventures from The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.
Conan Doyle’s incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
Rediscovering a great classic July 9, 2008
I just recently got interested in reading the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This is the second Sherlock Holmes book for me. I particularly love this story collection and would recommend it to anyone who likes to do some brain-gymnastics in order to follow the twisted cases. Some of the stories are short enough to read them over breakfast, which wakes up my brain and gets me ready for work.
The greatest Sherlock Holmes collection! January 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Recently I finished reading E.W. Hornung's The Crime Doctor, the outstanding novel about Doctor John Dollar (both physician AND detective), and I decided to pick up a complete set of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works on Sherlock Holmes. Although this collection is a little dated, I consider it to be the best availible on the market.
One of my favorite writers! August 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There's not much left to say about this literary classic. It's great to have all of the stories and novels put together, in the order that they were published--there are references here and there to things that happened in previous stories. Of course, you don't have to read everything in order, but its worth it all the same.
Some of my all-time favorite stories in this volume of the collection are "The Red-Headed League," and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." Also worth a read are the short novels A Study In Scarlet, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. They illustrate Doyle's (and Holmes's) mastery of the art of observation. As Holmes says in a story in the second volume, "I see as much as you, but I notice what I see." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of my all-time favorite authors; this collection is highly recommended.
Bravo on Baker Street! May 18, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book offered some of the lesser known writings of Doyle, as well as, some of the better known stories like "The Sign of Four". My only gripe was that the font was bit small and I was feeling like a detective myself holding a magnifying glass just to make out the words.
Arthur Conan Doyle captures my interest with each little detail and surprise that awaits our true Bohenian Detective and his companion Watson. The dialogue is always fluid and natural. And the stories are so involving. I recommend anyone hoping to become a writer someday to tackle Doyle's works headon. You'll be better for it.
Sherlock Holmes June 26, 2006
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you a Sherlock Holmes fan this is a great book to read. I like this Volume that I order Volume II to read this summer.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
