The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. Klinger (Editor)

Classic short stories of Sherlock Holmes now available in a separate, attractively priced individual volume.

The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Holmes short stories in 2004 created a Holmes sensation. Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase (Volume One is available separately).


Inside, readers will find all the short stories from The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, with a cornucopia of insights: beginners will benefit from Klinger's insightful biographies of Holmes, Watson, and Conan Doyle; history lovers will revel in the wealth of Victorian literary and cultural details; Sherlockian fanatics will puzzle over tantalizing new theories; art lovers will thrill to the 450-plus illustrations, which make this the most lavishly illustrated edition of the Holmes tales ever produced. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes illuminates the timeless genius of Arthur Conan Doyle for an entirely new generation of readers.

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About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Abby Leali · Rating 5 out of 5]

This set is excellent if you are a fan not only of Sherlock Holmes, but of the Victorian era in general. It offers a wealth of background information on the time period using countless annotations and pictures. However, I used these for my first time reading through the Sherlock stories and novels, and I must say I regret it; many of the annotations were critiques on the plot holes and faulty logic prevalent in all but the most well-thought-out works (and beloved as they are, Sherlock Holmes stories are not the most well thought out works). For someone hoping to be caught up in Watson-like admiration over the inductive feats of the world's greatest detective, the scholarship really killed the mood. Still, it's so incredible that I have to give it five stars!