Publisher's Synopsis
Torc Classics is proud to present the first volume in our Sherlock Holmes collection: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Each book in this collection contains the text from the earliest printed edition available. All original text has been verified against the original versions in The Strand Magazine and is included in its original typography, unlike other version which often change the text and use typography that often alters the meaning or the flavor of the writing. Also, no tiny fonts and walls of unreadable text like some versions you may have seen. All of Torc Classics' books feature: Text that has been carefully proofread to avoid errors common in other versions.A beautiful cover that captures the spirit of the work in a classic style.The complete text in an easy-to-read font similar to the original with the correct typographyThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-Headed League," "A Case of Identity," "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," "The Five Orange Pips," "The Man with the Twisted Lip," "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor," "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet," and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." The stories were first serialized in The Strand Magazine between July 1891 and June 1892, and are printed here in their original order. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favorite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as his overall favorite.There are three other books in this series: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and His Last Bow: Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. If you like this edition, please consider buying those stories as well.
