Cover of Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)
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Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)

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  • 1984 first published
  • 808 pages
  • 9 editions
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Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet) is a 1984 Victorian mystery and adventure fiction novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is set in Brook Street and 221B Baker Street, in 1888. It features Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson and Percy Trevelyan. It deals with Catalepsy, amyl nitrate, suicide by hanging and broughams.

7 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

It runs to roughly 808 pages — 14–15 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Catalepsy
  • Amyl nitrate
  • Suicide by hanging
  • Broughams
  • Action & Adventure Fiction
  • Air guns
  • Americans
  • Amorality
  • Ancestors
  • Andamanese
  • Anglo-Saxons
  • Anise
  • Anonymity
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Apaces
  • Aristocracy

Quick answers

Who wrote Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)?

Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet) was written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1984.

What genre is Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Mysteries and Adventure.

How long is Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)?

The median edition has 808 pages, about 14–15 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Star of India, The Italian secretary and The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures.

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