the return of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doyle

New critical notes explain more obscure terminology, draw attention to literary references, and elucidate the contemporary scientific and criminological contextsĪrthur Conan Doyle famously killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1893, in the short story 'The Final Problem', but was tempted to bring him back to life ten years later, in the thirteen tales that comprise The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Updated bibliography surveys the substantial expansion of Doyle studies in recent years.

A new introduction considers how The Return marks a new kind of self-reflexivity in the Holmes stories, with Doyle now consciously writing for a body of established Holmes 'fans'.

Part of a set of new, refreshed editions of all Sherlock Holmes stories.

The stories hark back to earlier tales while pushing Holmes in new directions - his deductions are less self-assured and, whereas earlier stories had largely avoided sensationalism, the stories of The Return are more visceral and bloody.

Made up of the thirteen stories that delivered Sherlock Holmes' return after his 'death' at the Reichbach Falls.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan DoyleĮdited by Christopher Pittard and Darryl Jones Oxford World's Classics

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No Sherlock Holmes collection would be complete without it. The Return of Sherlock Holmes finds Conan Doyle at the height of his creative powers, producing 13 of his finest mysteries for the inimitable Holmes to solve. Watson and the world finally learned how Holmes cheated the Grim Reaper and feigned death for three years-as he tidies up one last loose end in his battle against Moriarty’s criminal apparatus.

With “The Empty House,” the first story in this collection, Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle had teased his loyal fans with his 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, a story that took place two years before Holmes plummeted into the Reichenbach Falls.

The return of Sherlock Holmes, 10 years after his “death” at the hands of Professor Moriarty, was one of the most hotly anticipated events of the new century in 1903. It also includes a helpful introduction and author bio. This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of The Return of Sherlock Holmes, a compilation of the first 13 Sherlock Holmes short stories Arthur Conan Doyle wrote after “killing off” the world’s most famous detective in the 1893 adventure “The Final Problem,” features all 95 Strand illustrations by Sidney Paget as well as an additional 13 color illustrations by Frederick Dorr Steele created for Collier’s magazine.

The return of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doyle