The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is 102,559 words — about 6h 50m at 250 words per minute, across 12 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it here.
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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…
Details
- AuthorArthur Conan Doyle
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1661
- Length102,559 words · 6h 50m of reading
- Chapters12
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
12 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA
- 02II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
- 03III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
- 04IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
- 05V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
- 06VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
- 07VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
- 08VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
- 09IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
- 10X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
- 11XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
- 12XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
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