Cover of Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze)
Victorian Mysteries

Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze)

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  • 2000 first published
  • 199 pages
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Arthur Conan Doyle's Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze) (2000) is a Victorian mystery novel. The story is set in Bohemia and Scandinavia, in 1888. Characters include Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson and Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein. Key subjects include private investigators, prima donnas, cabinet cards and smoke bombs.

It runs to roughly 199 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Private investigators
  • English Detective and mystery stories
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Juvenile works
  • Mystery fiction
  • Prima donnas
  • Cabinet cards
  • Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
  • Smoke bombs
  • Detective fiction
  • Pawnbrokers
  • Red hair
  • Encyclopædia Britannica
  • Police inspectors
  • Banks
  • Juvenile audience

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Who wrote Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze)?

Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze) was written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 2000.

What genre is Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze)?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Mysteries.

How long is Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze)?

The median edition has 199 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (Adventure of the Crooked Man / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-Headed League / Scandal in Bohemia / Silver Blaze)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Sherlock Holmes and a Scandal in Bohemia, Associates of Sherlock Holmes and The Star of India.

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