The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. They were originally published in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published on October 14 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and on October 15 in an U.S. edition by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies. The title character was named after Doyle's friend, famous American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes.

It was banned in the Soviet Union in 1929 for occultism, although the book shows few to no signs of such material. However, later the embargo was lifted.

The 12 stories in this collection are:

• "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"
• "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"

Adaptations

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is also the title of the first sequence of a long-running television series about Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character, produced by Granada Television in England between 1984 and 1994. For more information on this series, see The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (television).

Film

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is also the name of a Sherlock Holmes 1939 movie, the second to feature Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. Also notable is George Zucco as Professor Moriarty, who terrifies his hapless minions. It is arguably one of the better movies in the series, with a good cast, and a baffling mystery featuring South American gauchos, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and the Crown Jewels.

Trivia

• The quote "Elemetary, my dear Watson" was made popular by this film. Although it was also spoken in a poor 1929 talkie The Return of Sherlock Holmes, starring Clive Brook, it was never featured in a canonical Arthur Conan Doyle. The quote was ranked No. 65 in the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes poll.

• There is a famous scene where Holmes gatecrashes the garden party dressed as a music hall performer, and sings "Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside". This is an anachronism, since the film is set in 1894 but the song was written in 1907!

Featured cast

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Actor	Role
Basil Rathbone	Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce	Doctor John H. Watson
Ida Lupino	Ann Brandon
George Zucco	Professor Moriarty
Alan Marshal	Jerrold Hunter
Terry Kilburn	Billy

External links

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• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - in easy to read HTML format.
• British Film Institute Screen Online (TV series)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - in PDF and PDB (Palm OS) formats.

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