June 29, 2019
Collecting 13 Sherlock Holmes tales which originally appeared in The Strand magazine from Oct. 1903 to Jan. 1905, and published in book form in 1905, this is the third of Doyle's five story collections featuring Holmes, the second one being the one I recently reviewed, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Indeed, the lead story here, The Adventure of the Empty House, is essentially a sequel to the last story in the previous collection, The Adventure of the Final Problem. (In all of these collections, the arrangement of the stories is apparently in the order they were written.) The former story is one of two here that I'd already read; the other is The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, which is one of my favorite stories in the Holmes canon, though hard to discuss without a spoiler. (It was adapted for the PBS Mystery! TV series, starring Jeremy Brett, as The Master Blackmailer; I can recommend that version, but it does flesh out the original with significant added material.)
From what I've read so far, I would say that stylistically, the stories here are typical of the Holmes corpus --which is to say, very readable, flowing well, with appropriate levels of description and character development, posing challenging intellectual puzzles that call forth satisfying displays of deduction, often with atmospheric and Gothic touches, and with inherent emotional impact and sometimes thought-provoking situations. Holmes' character dominates the book, and he's definitely one of the genre's most individual and memorable sleuths. (One reviewer did mention a a heavy reliance on 'someone's past comes back to haunt them' and I'd agree that this is a theme that crops up in several Holmes stories, here and elsewhere.)
While waiting for a common read in one of my groups, I read five of the stories here. I guessed the main outlines of the solution in both The Adventure of the Norwood Builder and The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, but it was still fun to see Holmes demonstrate and prove it, and both stories held some definite surprises nonetheless. Similarly, The Adventure of the Priory School was another story where I'd seen the PBS adaptation, so again I knew the basic solution; but the story differed from the adaptation in some particulars, and I'd forgotten others, so it wasn't a spoiled read on that account. The Adventure of the Dancing Men allowed Holmes to demonstrate his code-breaking skills to advantage. Finally, The Adventure of Black Peter, provided one of Holmes' grislier murder cases, with the demise of a generally despised retired sea captain, his body found pinned to a wall with one of his own harpoons. Will read more later!
Aug. 24, 2019
Yesterday, I finished reading the final six of these stories; and I'm increasingly suspecting I've read this collection, and at least some of the other later Holmes collections as well, as a kid, since I had the experience (not for the first time, in reading these books!) of recognizing a passage of dialogue I'd read before. I definitely recall that my reading of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, back in the mists of childhood, set me to hunting up and reading every Sherlock Holmes book I could find. Only the titles of the first collection and the four novels stayed in my memory; but given my tendency to forget title information for books I read in those days, it's quite likely I read all, or at least much more, of the canon at that age than I specifically remembered! However, I'd forgotten all of the other details of that missing-person story, The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter (the title comes from the terminology of the British sport of cricket --a world as new to Holmes as to me), so it and all of the other stories were as good as new reads. (I'd seen a TV adaptation of The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez, on Mystery! years ago, which has two of Doyle's more memorable characters, and I recalled those two individuals, but not the details of the mystery and its solution.)
My favorite story in this batch was The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, which is also one of Holmes' grislier murder cases --though its grisliness wasn't the reason I liked it! That one is marred in one place by a character's use of white man as a complimentary term synonymous with man of personal integrity, which is obviously racist; but Doyle is simply reproducing there the kind of speech that a character with these characteristics and background might well have used in that era. (The same usage rears its head, for instance, in John Buchan's The 39 Steps, which dates from the same period.) One story in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes actually makes a very good statement about racial issues and is refreshingly free of the usual British racism of that day; to avoid a spoiler, I won't identify the story, but it probably reflects the author's own attitudes more reliably than a casual comment put in the mouth of a character who appears once.
In reading The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, I deduced the basic premise behind the solution almost immediately, but again it was still fun watching Holmes work it out and fill in the details. The other mysteries were more difficult to resolve until the denouement, though in a couple of cases I'd formed a basic theory along the way which was correct as far as it went. The Adventure of the Second Stain takes Holmes and Watson, once again, into the world of high stakes international espionage. My main take-away from The Adventure of the Three Students is that it reflects a mind-set of English (and probably American as well) college students in an era that still saw academic cheating as something beneath an honorable person --and indeed, still felt that a person could be honorable, and that this would actually be a good thing. (Attitudes have changed today, and not for the better; but having read this soon after being present for the signing, at the start of another school year, of the Bluefield College Honor Code by the incoming freshmen, I'm glad that I'm serving an institution that chooses to go against the grain in that respect!)
Like The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, which I reviewed earlier, I read this collection (this time, at least) as part of the omnibus volume The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes, which reproduces all of the illustrations of the stories done by Sidney Paget when they were first published in The Strand. These enhance the read, IMO (kids aren't the only readers who can enjoy illustrations; we adults do, too! :-) ) Fiction, Crime, Thriller Quality varies among the different short stories, but overall... a pleasure to read. Fiction, Crime, Thriller The most interesting part of the book is when Sherlock Holmes returns; the emotional connection shared by Dr. Watson is not only moving but also praiseworthy. Shows how their friendship and value for one another have grown enormously throughout the years.
Coming back to the stories, I found them less suspicious and attention-grabbing in nature this time. Though Holmes was as always the best in solving them. But I strongly believe that the collection could have been better. Hence I have given it four stars rather than the usual five stars.
Best line: Every problem becomes childish when explained - Sherlock Holmes
Blog | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn Fiction, Crime, Thriller Sherlock Holmes has not died after all! :) That was a very happy development. I was hoping he would somehow return (from the dead) given the title of this collection. At the same time I also entertained the idea that perhaps this collection refers to the cases before his supposed death. All was cleared in The Adventure of the Empty House , when Holmes makes a dramatic re-entry scaring the poor Doctor Watson out of his wits.
With his return, Sherlock Holmes brings to us (through Dr. Watson's chronicles of course) thirteen interesting adventures of his where, as always, his brilliant, analytical mind and somewhat supernatural faculties as well as his power of deduction is demonstrated to his great advantage. This is the third collection of short stories that I read of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and I found it to be the most interesting to me. Except for a couple, all the others were generously rated between four and five stars: The Adventure of the Empty House *****, The Adventure of the Norwood Builder *****, The Adventure of the Dancing Men *****, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist *****, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons *****, The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter *****, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange *****, The Adventure of the Priory School ****, The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton ****, The Adventure of the Three Students ****, The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez ****, The Adventure of the Second Stain *** and The Adventure of Black Peter ***.
The eccentricity and arrogance were two marked characteristics of Sherlock Holmes. They were all the more marked in these stories, especially his arrogance. Although I was annoyed at times when his arrogance was directed towards Doctor Watson, I was able to overlook this weakness enough to respect and admire the eccentric detective. The only other complain I have is the fact that Conan Doyle has reduced Doctor Watson to a mere chronicler and a secretary. I wished the author had assigned a more useful role to the worthy doctor.
With this read, I have completed the major works of Sherlock Holmes series. I'm really glad that Conan Doyle bowed down to the popular opinion and decided to continue the series long after his erroneous decision to mark the end of the series with The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes . We readers would otherwise have been deprived of some of the best adventures of Sherlock Holmes - the best fictitious detective ever to grace the literary world. Fiction, Crime, Thriller An excellentlt written collection of stories, but that's to be expected from Arthur Conan Doyle. Not quite up to the standard of some of his earlier Sherlock stories, but I freely admit that could just be a personal prefference. Fiction, Crime, Thriller
Il ritorno di Sherlock Holmes è il libro con il quale Arthur Conan Doyle, assecondando le pressanti richieste del suo pubblico, fa sorprendentemente rientrare in scena il famoso investigatore, dopo averne narrato la morte in un’opera precedente. Scampato per miracolo, dunque, alla fine che il suo stesso autore aveva predisposto per lui, Sherlock Holmes riappare in una Londra che la sua lunga assenza ha reso più vulnerabile alle infaticabili trame dei criminali. Ma, spalleggiato dal fedelissimo Watson, il grande investigatore torna a fare uso della sua affilata intelligenza analitica nella densa nebbia inglese e nei delittuosi misteri che vi si occultano, offrendosi ancora come paladino di quei valori di razionalità e di umanesimo scientifico che ne hanno fatto un eroe-simbolo dell’Inghilterra vittoriana e positivista.
«Era una sera buia e tempestosa di fine novembre. Holmes ed io eravamo rimasti in silenzio tutta la sera; lui impegnato a decifrare, con una potentissima lente, le iscrizioni originali di un palinsesto: io, immerso nella lettura di un trattato di chirurgia, uscito di recente. Fuori, il vento ululava incanalandosi per Baker Street mentre la pioggia sferzava i vetri delle finestre.» Il ritorno di Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Ñ 4 characters
Es muy diferente escribir por placer que por obligación.
En realidad 3,4
Para nadie es un secreto que Arthur Conan Doyle estaba harto de Sherlock Holmes. Su creación, se convirtió en un problema porque controlarlo se hacía cada vez más difícil y porque usar este personaje lo forzaba a escribir novelas policiacas, genero con el que Arthur se sentía inconforme. En ese tiempo, este género era calificado como literatura barata, por lo que para él, Sherlock Holmes no representaba su mejor literatura. Por ello, la mejor solución para liberarse de su personaje era matarlo. Tras hacerlo en el relato “El problema final”, sus seguidores lo presionaron, amenazaron y criticaron tanto por su decisión, que se sintió forzado a revivirlo. En el primer relato de esta recopilación “La casa vacía”, se explica todos los detalles del método que uso Arthur para realizar la milagrosa resurrección.
Hasta aquí toda va bien. El problema, comienza cuando empezamos a sentir el desagrado de Arthur por escribir algo por obligación, por lo que en algunos relatos, específicamente en cinco, encontraremos historias con argumentos planos, sin emoción y que no transmiten absolutamente nada. Evidentemente tienen detalles destacables, pero en comparación con los demás relatos poseen un nivel bajo.
Los trece relatos que encontraremos aquí son más extensos que los anteriores y tienen la particularidad de ser casos confidenciales, así lo declara Watson al inicio de cada uno de ellos. Sin embargo, Sherlock le da permiso para que pueda publicarlos, cuando él considera que no hay peligro de afectar a los implicados de la historia mediante su revelación. Asimismo, en esta recopilación será presentado Stanley Hopkins, un inspector que según Sherlock sigue sus métodos y tiene un talento y habilidad que lo pueden llevar a ser un gran especialista en su área, pero no los quiero engañar, ese personaje es un completo fracaso. Lo único bueno de Hopkins, es que su presencia y su mediocre habilidad, nos ayuda a recordar que Sherlock solo hay uno.
Sin más preámbulo, y como he venido haciendo en mis anteriores reseñas de Sherlock Holmes, a continuación se encuentra la calificación individual de cada relato, acompañado de la moraleja que me ha dejado cada historia.
1. La casa vacía 5/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: Se presenta el inexplicable asesinato de Ronald Adair. Watson se acerca a la escena del crimen para observar lo ocurrido.
Opinión: Excelente. Aunque debería ser un aspecto negativo que la sinopsis, solo sirva de fachada para el verdadero centro de la historia que es la reaparición de Sherlock Holmes, creo que con las estrategias de Sherlock y el comportamiento gracioso y de asombro de Watson, es más que suficiente para excusar la publicidad engañosa que nos ofrecen en este relato. Historia para disfrutarla de inicio a fin.
Moraleja: Todas las historias pueden ser alteradas con una simple palabra, de tal manera que lo que hoy parece definitivo, mañana puede sufrir una alteración.
2. El constructor de Norwood 5/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: John McFarlane visita a Sherlock para que lo ayude, ya que es sospechoso de un crimen del que dice ser inocente.
Opinión: Uno de mis relatos favoritos. Esta historia podría resumirse como ¿John McFarlane es inocente?, ¿es culpable? A pesar de lo simple que parece, es un caso muy interesante con una gran dificultad para resolver y con una sana competencia entre Lestrade y Sherlock para determinar quién tiene la razón. El final no me lo esperaba y quedé muy satisfecho con ese rompecabezas muy bien creado y hasta con los comentarios graciosos de Sherlock que de vez en cuando decía.
Moraleja: Déjate guiar por tu intuición a pesar de que parezca que no tienes razón.
3. Los muñecos danzantes 3/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: Hilton Cubitt busca a Sherlock porque est�� preocupado por el extraño comportamiento de su esposa.
Opinión: Un relato predecible a pesar de las pocas pistas que se presentan, y donde lo más destacado es la capacidad de deducción de Sherlock, dejando impresionado tanto al inspector Martin en la resolución del caso, como a Watson en el mismísimo inicio. Sin embargo, siempre es un placer disfrutar del método deductivo de Sherlock Holmes.
Moraleja: Por más que intentemos sepultar nuestro pasado, en algún momento tendremos que enfrentarlo.
4. La aventura de la ciclista solitaria 1/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: La señorita Victoria Smith siente que la están persiguiendo en su camino al trabajo y por ello acude a Sherlock para que la ayude con sus preocupaciones.
Opinión: Relato aburrido y sin emociones porque nunca existió un verdadero misterio, se resuelve todo de forma sencilla y es demasiado irreal. Por este tipo de relatos es que menciono al inicio de la reseña, que no es lo mismo escribir por placer que por obligación.
Moraleja: La creatividad que la mente humana puede tener para lograr sus objetivos es infinita.
5. La aventura del colegio Priory 4/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: El profesor Huxtable visita a Sherlock Holmes por la desaparición de su estudiante Lord Saltire de diez años, que es hijo del duque de Holdernesse.
Opinión: Muy interesante. En este relato sí encontramos al Sherlock atrevido que conocemos. Un Sherlock que se fija en los pequeños detalles, que usa su descarada forma de hablar para desenmascarar al culpable y que con su gran habilidad para interrogar nos deja cautivados y con una sonrisa mordaz en el rostro. También destaco la gran habilidad de engañar y borrar huellas por parte del culpable. Gran relato.
Moraleja: Fíjate en los pequeños detalles; quizás haciéndolo, tendrás más posibilidades de solucionar tus problemas.
6. La aventura de Peter el Negro 3/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: El inspector Hopkins está confundido por el asesinato de Peter el Negro y por ello requiere del servicio de Sherlock Holmes.
Opinión: Relato con segmentos similares a otros presentados por el autor que lo vuelve previsible en muchos momentos. Notaremos que Hopkins es un completo fracaso como inspector y que no hay fundamentos para que Sherlock tenga esperanzas en él. Otro punto negativo de este relato es que los sospechosos cuentan la verdad demasiado fácil por lo que la participación de la deducción de Holmes es casi nula.
Moraleja: Sin el uso de la lógica, resolver un problema se puede volver imposible.
7. La aventura de Charles Augustus Milverton 5/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: Sherlock y Watson reciben una carta del chantajista Charles Augustus Milverton, con el que negociarán para evitar el escándalo de Eva Brackwell.
Opinión: Excelente. Este es uno de esos relatos que releería decenas de veces y no me cansaría nunca. Aquí conoceremos como sería Sherlock en caso de ser un ladrón y déjenme decirles que esa faceta me encantó. Verlo emocionado con su kit profesional de ladrón, intentando abrir una caja fuerte como si fuera un juguete fue algo muy gracioso y fenomenal. Además, ese cinismo y ese atrevimiento de incluso ser capaz de comprometerse en matrimonio solo para resolver un caso es algo increíble. Sherlock es un maldito genio.
Moraleja: ¿Qué riesgos estamos dispuestos a afrontar para conseguir nuestros objetivos?
8. Los seis napoleones 2/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: De una casual visita que Lestrade hace en Baker Street, empieza una investigación para averiguar quién está destruyendo unas cerámicas baratas relacionadas a Napoleón.
Opinión: A pesar de la calificación, debo reconocer que la forma como se presentan los interrogatorios en este relato me pareció muy interesante, pero con el inconveniente de la alta similitud con el relato del Carbunclo Azul, que causa que desde el inicio ya conozcamos el final; sin embargo, la idea en general es aceptable.
Moraleja: Si alguien te quiere comprar algo insignificante por mucho dinero, contrólate y piensa antes de hacerlo. Quizás ese objeto, tenga más valor de lo que te imaginas.
9. Los tres estudiantes. 2/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: Hilton Soames, profesor de una universidad, sospecha que alguno de los candidatos para una beca, ha entrado en su estudio a copiar las respuestas del examen que iban a presentar. Por ello, busca con urgencia a Sherlock Holmes.
Opinión: Tanto la narración como la especulación por conocer el culpable están muy bien trabajadas en este relato. El problema, es que tras leer muchos relatos de este personaje, llegamos al punto de conocer exactamente como Arthur Conan manejará los hilos en la historia; de esa manera, es sencillo deducir que el más sospechoso es inocente y viceversa. Omitiendo ese detalle, el caso es muy interesante y Sherlock lo resuelve con maestría como siempre.
Moraleja: Las tentaciones se nos presentan en el momento menos esperado.
10. Los lentes de oro. 4/5⭐️
Sinopsis: Nuevamente Hopkins está atrapado en un caso y necesita de la ayuda de Sherlock Holmes por lo que lo busca en Baker Street.
Opinión: Genial relato. Detalles como incluir un plano del lugar del crimen, describir una persona con tan solo unos lentes y el toque arrogante de Holmes, hacen de este caso uno muy especial para leer y disfrutar. El desenlace fue inesperado para mí y me divertí tras las explicaciones finales de Sherlock, porque mientras el inspector Hopkins queda atónito ante cada palabra, Watson sin ningún problema comprende sus argumentos y asiente sin inmutarse.
Moraleja: El descarte es una gran herramienta que no podemos ignorar al momento de resolver un problema.
11. El delantero desaparecido 5/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: Cyril Overton, capitán de equipo de rugby de la Universidad de Cambridge, visita a Sherlock preocupado porque su jugador estrella ha desaparecido antes de un juego importante para ellos.
Opinión: No es frecuente terminar triste después de leer a Sherlock Holmes pero esta vez sí ha ocurrido. Un relato que nos presentará a Leslie Armstrong, un doctor que según Sherlock tiene la misma inteligencia del profesor Moriarty. Lo mejor es que no es una exageración, las estrategias de Leslie para escapar de Sherlock son muy buenas y es capaz de predecir cada uno de los movimientos y trampas que nuestro querido detective le deja por el camino. También, disfrutaremos de la recursividad de Sherlock para resolver un problema que parecía imposible. Simplemente excelente.
Moraleja: ¿Qué es lo más importante en tu vida?
12. Abbey Grange 2/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: Sir Eustace ha muerto y nuevamente el inspector Hopkins pide ayuda a Sherlock porque él no puede aclarar los hechos.
Opinión: Un caso más el cual tiene similitudes con otros relatos anteriores. En este relato fue donde definitivamente entendí, que Hopkins es un completo inepto y que por ninguna parte tiene cualidades de detective: Se deja engañar fácilmente, se frustra permanentemente, es imprudente e incluso es pésimo razonando y usando la lógica. En cuanto al asesinato estuvo bien la explicación y el desarrollo, pero nuevamente fue predecible.
Moraleja: Por amor somos capaces de todo, hasta de asesinar.
13. La segunda mancha 4/5 ⭐️
Sinopsis: Una carta que podría causar una guerra ha desaparecido y por ello Lord Bellinger y el ministro Trelawney, le encargan la tarea de encontrarla a Sherlock Holmes.
Opinión: Como era de esperar, el último relato del libro fue muy bueno. Aunque todos los casos donde Sherlock participa son importantes, en este la responsabilidad es tan grande, que de su eficiencia en encontrar una carta dependerá que se lleve a cabo una guerra entre dos naciones. Lo curioso, es que para Sherlock está presión no existe y sigue tomándose todo con esa tranquilidad que lo caracteriza siempre. Lo mejor sin ninguna duda es la forma como Holmes manipula a todos los personajes y también el uso de una doble historia para explicar los acontecimientos. He quedado sorprendido con la revelación de Watson, donde afirma que Sherlock se ha retirado y se ha dedicado a la apicultura. Eso no me lo esperaba.
Moraleja: Confunde y vencerás.
Y bien, eso ha sido todo. He disfrutado la compañía de Sherlock y Watson en estos relatos y espero seguir haciéndolo cuando lea El valle del terror, mi próximo destino.
Fiction, Crime, Thriller It would probably have been better if I had spaced these out instead of reading one right after the other. That bit at the crater, had me shaking my head at Preston and Child. Must be a kind of complement or loving homage. Fiction, Crime, Thriller (A) 85% | Extraordinary
Notes: All in all, a volume without a real stand-out story, but the most consistently good of the short story collections so far. Fiction, Crime, Thriller I will complete my thoughts tomorrow
As with other collections of short stories, I am now giving a quick update on all the stories, so ....
The Empty House
The wonderfully dramatic return of Sherlock and the capture of Moriarty's right hand man
The Norwood Builder
A man with a grudge tries to frame the son of the woman who spurned him. Sherlock flushes him out of hiding literally
The Dancing Men
One of my favourite short stories involving childish stick figures that convey messages to a woman who thought her past was behind her.
The Solitary Cyclist
Working as a tutor at a house in the country entails Miss Violet Smith cycling alone across a moorland twice a week, but who is the man with a beard following her, and what has happened to the odious Mr Woodley.
The Priory School
The Duke of Holdernesse's son goes missing from his school but was followed by a German master on a bicycle, can this be true. Holmes plays bloodhound following tracks across the heathland but is too late to prevent a fatality.
Black Peter
Holmes spends a day stabbing a pig with a harpoon, whilst Inspector Hopkins investigates the murder of the terror, that is Black Peter. First suspect is the son of a disgraced banker, is he lying or was Black Peter already dead.
Charles Augustus Milverton
Holmes is called in to be the intermediary in a blackmail scam with the odious Charles Augustus Milverton . Unable to secure the documents in question, Holmes resorts to plan B, but all doesn't go to plan.
The Six Napoleons
Lestrade starts Holmes on what appears to be a criminal fixated on Napoleon. What does this person have against the Emperor. However what starts as a joke soon turns serious with a murder thrown in.
The Three Students
Temporarily residing in one of Englands great University towns (hmm, I wonder which one), Holmes is called in when a professor realises the exam paper he has set, has been read by one of the students.
The Golden Pince-Nez
During a wild tempestuous November night in 1894, Inspector Hopkins braves the weather to call on Holmes and Watson. Professor Coran's assistant has been murdered at Yoxley Old Place, but not before imparting his dying words of the Professor, it was she.
The Missing Three-Quarter
The captain of the Cambridge University Rugby team calls on Holmes when his star player goes missing just days before the Varsity match. Holmes is soon on the trail but has he met his match.
The Abbey Grange
Watson is awakened early one Winter morning in 1897 and thanks to Holmes is on his way to Kent even before the dawn. Insp Hopkins needs their help in particularly nasty murder, but he solves it before they arrive, or has he ?
The Second Stain
And so Watson relates the very last story of his good friend and companion, Sherlock Holmes. Well Sir ACD tried again to make it Holmes' last story, but we know again that didn't work.
In this story Holmes is approached by senior members of the government in yet another missing document story. Only 3 people could handle a stolen document of such import and coincidentally one of them is killed shortly after. But where is the document ? And why has the rug been moved ?
A truly wonderful collection that demonstrates that Sir ACD, really is a (the ?) master of the short story Fiction, Crime, Thriller The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6), Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time!
London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murderous individual with an air gun stalks the city.
Among thirteen further brilliant tales of mystery, detection and deduction, Sherlock Holmes investigates the problem of the Norwood Builder, deciphers the message of the Dancing Men, and cracks the case of the Six Napoleons.
The Adventure of the Empty House (the return of Holmes)
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
The Adventure of the Priory School
The Adventure of Black Peter
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
The Adventure of the Three Students
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
The Adventure of the Second Stain
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیستم ماه آوریل سال2011میلادی
عنوانهای داستانهای کتاب: «ماجرای خانه خالی (بازگشت هولمز)»؛ «ماجرای معمار نوروود»؛ «ماجرای مردان رقصان»؛ «ماجرای دوچرخه سوار تنها»؛ «ماجرای مدرسه پریوری»؛ «ماجرای پیتر سیاه»؛ «ماجرای چارلز آگوستوس میلورتن»؛ «ماجرای شش ناپلئون»؛ «ماجرای سه دانشجو»؛ «ماجرای عینک طلایی»؛ «ماجرای سه-چهارم گمشده»؛ «ماجرای اَبِی گرانج»؛ «ماجرای دومین لکه»؛
بازگشت شرلوک هولمز؛ عنوان سیزده داستان، از ماجراهای «شرلوک هولمز» است، که نخستین بار در سالهای1903میلادی، تا سال1904میلادی، توسط «آرتور کانن دویل» منتشر شد؛ این نخستین مجموعه، از ماجراهای «هولمز» است، که پس از درگذشت ایشان، در «ماجرای مشکل نهایی» منتشر شد؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 20/01/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ 26/09/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی Fiction, Crime, Thriller