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Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])

  • 1946 first published
  • 482 pages
  • 16 editions

Published in 1946, Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]) is a Victorian mystery novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. It takes readers to Brook Street and 221B Baker Street in 1889. Characters include Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson and Percy Trevelyan. It deals with Catalepsy, amyl nitrate, suicide by hanging and broughams.

33 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 16 editions.

It runs to roughly 482 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])

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Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Catalepsy
  • Amyl nitrate
  • Suicide by hanging
  • Broughams
  • Clerks
  • Redundancy
  • Brokers
  • Scrips
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Treaties
  • Coffee
  • Police
  • Stock market
  • Justices of the Peace
  • Brandy
  • Yellow fever

Quick answers

Who wrote Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])?

Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]) was written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1946.

What genre is Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Mysteries.

How long is Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])?

The median edition has 482 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])?

Readers who like it often enjoy Letters to Sherlock Holmes.

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