Return of Sherlock Holmes, The, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Return of Sherlock Holmes, The, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Return of Sherlock Holmes, The

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Stephen Thorne

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2019


Synopsis

The thirteen mysteries in this collection were originally published in The Strand Magazine and Collier's in Great Britain and the United States. Published in 1905, this book was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes died in a confrontation with his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem. The success of The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was published in 19011902 and is set before Holmes's death, created great pressure on Doyle to revive his famous character. This collection was followed by two more short novels and a final collection titled The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.

About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer whose works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction, is best known as the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was the embodiment of scientific thinking, Doyle himself did not exhibit the same rationality, believing in fairies and occultism. His Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages and have been made into plays, films, radio and television series, cartoons, and comic books. By 1920, Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world. Other works by Doyle include The Lost World, the first book in the Professor Challenger series; The White Company, one of his many historical novels; and The Great Boer War.

Doyle was born at Picardy Place, near Edinburgh, in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools and studied at Edinburgh University. In 1884, he married Louise Hawkins. Doyle qualified as a doctor in 1885 and practiced medicine as an eye specialist in Hampshire until 1891, when he became a full-time writer. Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and introduced the detective's faithful associate, Dr. Watson.

During the Boer war in South Africa (1899-1902), Doyle served several months as the senior physician at a field hospital. There he wrote The War in South Africa, in which he expressed the imperial view. He twice ran unsuccessfully for Parliament but nevertheless was knighted in 1902. In 1907, fourteen months after his wife died, Doyle married Jean Leckie. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, Doyle dedicated himself to spiritualistic studies at his home in Windlesham, Sussex. He died himself in 1930.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on July 28, 2024

Sherlock is back! Another excellent collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Amazing to see the legendary detective come back from the land of the dead relatively unscathed. A mixed bag, as always, but with some unique finds that set a difference compared to so many similar stories before. A collecti......more

Goodreads review by Steven on August 04, 2020

Es muy diferente escribir por placer que por obligación. En realidad 3,4 Para nadie es un secreto que Arthur Conan Doyle estaba harto de Sherlock Holmes. Su creación, se convirtió en un problema porque controlarlo se hacía cada vez más difícil y porque usar este personaje lo forzaba a escribir novelas......more

Goodreads review by Велислав on April 14, 2025

4.5 ⭐️ „Долината на ужаса“ е много силна и мрачна криминална история! Това е последният роман за легендарните образи Холмс и Уотсън. Той се състои от две впечатляващи сюжетни линии, като в първата проследяваме разследването на Холмс на абсолютно мистериозно убийство, а пък във втората научаваме какви......more

Goodreads review by Werner on April 07, 2023

Note, April 7, 2023: When I read short story collections intermittently over a long period of time, my reactions are similarly written piecemeal, while they're fresh in my mind. That gives the reviews a choppy, and often repetitive, quality. I'm now trying to go back and edit some of those done in t......more

Goodreads review by Saadia on May 29, 2021

The most interesting part of the book is when Sherlock Holmes returns; the emotional connection shared by Dr. Watson is not only moving but also praiseworthy. Shows how their friendship and value for one another have grown enormously throughout the years. Coming back to the stories, I found them les......more