The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes A Clearview Large Print Edition
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Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
03.10.2026
Verlag
Clearview EditionsSeitenzahl
644
Maße (L/B/H)
26/18,3/3,9 cm
Gewicht
1388 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-60888-823-8
Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes brings together twelve cases narrated by Dr. John Watson, whose admiration, curiosity, and occasional bewilderment give the collection its human scale. From their rooms in Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes turns close observation into a form of dramatic revelation. Mud on a boot, the shape of a sleeve, a dog's behavior, a newspaper notice, or a detail that everyone else dismisses may redirect an inquiry. Watson records the clues as he encounters them, letting readers test their judgment against Holmes's before the explanation arrives. The collection opens with "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which a masked visitor asks Holmes to recover a compromising photograph from Irene Adler. The story establishes both the detective's gifts and his capacity to misjudge a resourceful opponent. In "The Red-Headed League," a bizarre employment scheme conceals a practical crime beneath comic absurdity. "A Case of Identity" turns on deception within a household, while "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" sends Holmes and Watson into the countryside to reconsider a murder accusation that seems settled. "The Five Orange Pips" gives the collection one of its darkest threats, rooted in a family's past and carried by an ominous warning. "The Man with the Twisted Lip" begins with a disappearance and a shocking transformation. A holiday problem in "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" grows from a lost hat and a goose into a question of guilt, mercy, and consequence. "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" places Holmes in a locked-room mystery shaped by inheritance, fear, and a dangerous household. The later cases broaden the range of Doyle's plots. In "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," a young professional's disturbing commission leads to an isolated house and a violent secret. "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" examines a bride's disappearance after a society wedding. "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" asks Holmes to recover missing gems and identify the betrayal behind an apparently obvious scene. The final story, "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches," follows a governess who accepts unusually specific conditions of employment and discovers why her appearance matters to her employer. Across these stories, Doyle combines concise plotting with vivid London streets, country estates, railway journeys, newspaper culture, professional offices, and domestic interiors. Holmes may be analytical and theatrical, impatient and compassionate, confident and fallible. Watson is more than a recorder: his loyalty, medical experience, physical courage, and instinct for ordinary feeling shape how each case reaches the reader. Inspector Lestrade, clients from different social positions, and criminals driven by greed, fear, revenge, or desperation help create a world in which evidence and character continually interact. These twelve stories first appeared in The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892 and were collected in book form in 1892. Their sequence traces the early development of Holmes and Watson as one of literature's defining investigative partnerships. Each story can stand alone, while recurring rooms, habits, methods, and relationships give the collection continuity. The mysteries remain engaging because the solutions depend on details placed in view, even when their significance is initially hidden. This Clearview Editions volume presents the complete twelve-story collection in its established order, together with the historical title-page facsimile. The 7 by 10 inch case-laminate edition uses 18-point Atkinson Hyperlegible Next with 27-point line spacing, ragged-right alignment, and no automatic word division. The design gives Doyle's paragraphs and dialogue generous space while retaining the pace, structure, and atmosphere of the stories. It is a durable large-print edition for readers who want the full collection in one volume.
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