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The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

24 chapters and parts · about 9 hours to read

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What the book is about

"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a collection of 13 stories published in 1905. After Holmes's apparent death in 1893's "The Final Problem," Doyle faced intense pressure to revive his famous detective. This collection marks Holmes's dramatic return to London, explaining his mysterious absence from 1891 to 1894. The stories follow Holmes and Watson through new cases involving cryptic codes, missing persons, and dangerous criminals across Victorian England.

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  • Detective and mystery stories, English
  • Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)
  • Private investigators -- England

Chapters

  1. The Adventure of the Empty Houseabout 43 minutes
  2. The Adventure of the Norwood BuilderPart 1 of 2about 23 minutes
  3. The Adventure of the Norwood BuilderPart 2 of 2about 23 minutes
  4. The Adventure of the Dancing Menabout 4 minutes
  5. Am-Here-Abe-Slaneyabout 9 minutes
  6. Come-Elsieabout 2 minutes
  7. Neverabout 3 minutes
  8. Elsie-Prepare-To-Meet-Thy-Godabout 19 minutes
  9. A. Elri. Esabout 1 minute
  10. Elsie .re.are to Meet Thy Goabout 9 minutes
  11. Come-Here-At-Onceabout 1 minute
  12. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclistabout 39 minutes
  13. The Adventure of the Priory Schoolabout 18 minutes
  14. Holmes’ Map of the Neighbourhood of the Schoolabout 39 minutes
  15. The Adventure of Black Peterabout 40 minutes
  16. The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milvertonabout 33 minutes
  17. The Adventure of the Six Napoleonsabout 42 minutes
  18. The Adventure of the Three Studentsabout 32 minutes
  19. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nezabout 45 minutes
  20. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarterabout 40 minutes
  21. The Adventure of the Abbey GrangePart 1 of 2about 23 minutes
  22. The Adventure of the Abbey GrangePart 2 of 2about 23 minutes
  23. The Adventure of the Second Stainabout 14 minutes
  24. Murder in Westminsterabout 34 minutes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #108, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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