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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

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I. A Scandal in Bohemia II. The Red-Headed League III. A Case of Identity IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery V. The Five Orange Pips VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band IX. The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet XII. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches…

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  • AuthorArthur Conan Doyle
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #1661
  • Length101,653 words · 6h 47m of reading
  • Chapters13
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

13 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  2. 02I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA
  3. 03II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
  4. 04III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
  5. 05IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
  6. 06V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
  7. 07VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
  8. 08VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
  9. 09VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
  10. 10IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
  11. 11X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
  12. 12XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
  13. 13XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES

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