The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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Overview

The first scholarly edition of the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes including a detailed introduction, an essay on the text, a textual apparatus and explanatory notes


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781474477529
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 03/24/2023
Series: The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

About The Author
Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885

Table of Contents

General Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology of the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle

Introduction
The Author
Composition
The Stories
Reception

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Silver Blaze
The Yellow Face
The Stockbroker’s Clerk
The ‘Gloria Scott’
The Musgrave Ritual
The Reigate Squares
The Crooked Man
The Resident Patient
The Greek Intepreter
The Naval Treaty
The Final Problem

Appendices
1. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
2. Extract from ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
An Essay on the Text
Apparatus
Abbreviations used in the Apparatus
Emendations and Variations

Explanatory Notes

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