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1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 29 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Geoffrey Giuliano And The Icon Ensemble. |
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth!" Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes was created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. Holmes first appearing in print in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totaling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. John H. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known. By the 1990s there were already over 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions, and publications featuring the detective, and Guinness World Records lists him as the most portrayed literary human character in film and television history. Holmes's popularity and fame are such that many have believed him to be not a fictional character but a real individual; numerous literary and fan societies have been founded on this pretense. Avid readers of the Holmes stories helped create the modern practice of fandom. The character and stories have had a profound and lasting effect on mystery writing and popular culture as a whole, with the original tales as well as thousands written by authors other than Conan Doyle being adapted into stage |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction.
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Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Criminal investigation -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- History -- Fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories, English.
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Short stories, English.
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Classic fiction.
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Container of (work): Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Study in scarlet.
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Container of (work): Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Sign of four.
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Container of (work): Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Hound of the Baskervilles.
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Container of (work): Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Valley of fear.
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Container of (work): Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Works. Selections.
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Container of (work): Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781667913629 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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166791362X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14554766 |
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