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Twelve cases for the great detective and Dr Watson, each one a complete mystery. Type the whole of Arthur Conan Doyle’s book, chapter by chapter, free in your browser.
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To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.Click to start typing
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Chapters
- 1A Scandal in Bohemia8,557 words
- 2The Red-headed League9,127 words
- 3A Case of Identity7,003 words
- 4The Boscombe Valley Mystery9,632 words
- 5The Five Orange Pips7,348 words
- 6The Man with the Twisted Lip9,234 words
- 7The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle7,840 words
- 8The Adventure of the Speckled Band9,829 words
- 9The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb8,292 words
- 10The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor8,142 words
- 11The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet9,708 words
- 12The Adventure of the Copper Beeches9,980 words
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Is this the whole of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?
Yes. It is the complete text of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1892 book, which is in the public domain, split into its 12 chapters. Only the quotation marks and dashes are tidied so they are easy to type.
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