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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories is a complete collection of all the Sherlock Holmes stories, with the original illustrations. Summary Of The Book Sherlock Holmes is the quintessential fictional detective of the intellectual type. Sherlock Holmes stories defined the detective fiction genre, and since then, all fictional detectives have been held up against this standard. The tall, gaunt, ascetic figure, with his frugal taste and lifestyle and his own peculiar vanities and character quirks became a larger than life figure. The powers of observation that he prided in possessing, his ability to see details which others missed, his infallible logic, all overawed not just Dr. Watson, but also fans. Sherlock Holmes became so popular, his creator was stuck with him for life. It is more than a century since the character of Sherlock Holmes was born, but his popularity has still not waned. Generation after generation all over the world devour the stories, and it has even spawned derivative works. This edition, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories, containing the whole canon of the Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, is sure to appeal to fans, as it contains the original illustrations that appeared with the stories in the Strand Magazine. It contains the four novels and all the short story collections. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories contains the novel length stories The Sign of Four, A Study in Scarlet, The Valley of Fear, and of course, the most famous of all, The Hound of The Baskervilles. The book also contains the short story collections featuring Sherlock Holmes. These include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. At the end of the memoirs collection, Holmes is definitely presumed dead, but the author was forced to bring back the great detective by public demand. This book also contains the later Holmes short stories, after the detective comes back from the dead. These are The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow, and The Case Files of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories contains the full collection of Sherlock Holmes stories with the classic illustrations. It is enough to satisfy everyone from the casual fan of detective fiction to the ardent worshipper of the famous detective. About Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish doctor and writer. Other books by Doyle are The Lost World, The Land Of Mist, The Disintegration Machine, Rodney Stone and The White Company. Besides the Holmes stories, he also wrote science fiction stories and historical novels. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He earned his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. For a while, he worked as a doctor onboard ships. Later, he set up private practice in Southsea. While waiting for the practice to pick up, he started writing stories. His first major published work was A Study In Scarlet. The character of Sherlock Holmes became popular and Doyle continued to write many stories featuring the famous detective. He also wrote science fiction novels featuring another recurring character, Professor Challenger. He also wrote some historical novels, and other short stories not featuring his famous characters.