The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Complete textWatson recalls a further sequence of investigations, beginning with a missing racehorse and moving through family disputes, strange employments, political danger, and concealed histories. Holmes's habits of observation meet cases whose essential facts often hide inside details the clients consider secondary.
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The collection varies the scale of detective work, from intimate household questions to threats extending beyond a single family. Watson also records more of the personality and relationships surrounding Holmes's method. Reading the cases together reveals recurring tests of inference, including moments when an attractive explanation needs more humility than its author expects.
Reading focus
Explore varied Holmes cases that enlarge both the detective's social world and the range of problems his method must confront.
This reading edition contains 95,527 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.
Opening excerpt
I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go,” said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning.
Contents
All sections- I. Silver Blaze44 min
- II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box40 min
- III. The Yellow Face35 min
- IV. The Stockbroker’s Clerk31 min
- V. The “ Gloria Scott ”36 min
- VI. The Musgrave Ritual35 min
- VII. The Reigate Squires33 min
- VIII. The Crooked Man33 min
- IX. The Resident Patient30 min
- X. The Greek Interpreter32 min
- XI. The Naval Treaty58 min
- XII. The Final Problem33 min
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