The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Complete textWatson records a series of cases that bring unusual visitors and apparently ordinary problems to Sherlock Holmes's rooms. Missing objects, family anxieties, strange employment, and unexplained behavior lead the pair through London and beyond, where details overlooked by others become essential evidence.
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These separate adventures vary the relationship between a client's explanation and the situation Holmes reconstructs. Watson's narration supplies a companionable viewpoint without giving readers immediate access to every inference. The collection is especially attentive to houses, professions, clothing, and small routines, making social observation part of the mechanism of detection.
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Sample self-contained investigations that turn household arrangements, personal habits, and puzzling requests into clues through Watson's companionable narration.
This reading edition contains 104,497 words in 12 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.
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Contents
All sections- I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA39 min
- II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE42 min
- III. A CASE OF IDENTITY32 min
- IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY44 min
- V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS34 min
- VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP42 min
- VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE36 min
- VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND45 min
- IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB38 min
- X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR37 min
- XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET45 min
- XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES46 min
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