The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199555486 ISBN 13: 9780199555482

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2009

Synopsis

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure. However illogical as a detective story, `The final Problem' has proved itself an unforgettable tale. The stories that precede it included two narratives from Holmes himself, on a mutiny at sea and a treasure hunt in a Sussex country house, as well as a meeting with his brilliant brother Mycroft, of whom Holmes says, `If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from any armchair, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived.'

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About this title

Review:

Holmes [is] still discussed, revered and cherished across the world (Guardian)

Book Description:

A tie-in edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes collection, with a new introduction by Sherlock writer Stephen Thompson

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199555486
• ISBN 13: 9780199555482
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Roden Christopher