The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Dolyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories offering insights into the crime scene of Victorian London in a time of trains, gaslight and paper mail. Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as the pioneer consulting detective presenting a new, fairer sense of justice working through the sheer strength of his reasoning and intellect.

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