{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-paperback","title":"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Wynne\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDarryl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of \u003cem\u003eThe Strand Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including  The Red-Headed League',  The Blue Carbuncle', and  The Speckled Band'. Although Holmes gained a reputation for infallibility, Conan Doyle showed his own realism and feminism by having the great detective defeated by Irene Adler - the Woman - in the very first story,  A Scandal in Bohemia'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatherine Wynne's introduction reappraises the stories by looking at Conan Doyle's medical background and its influence on the creation of the famous detective. This edition also features completely revised explanatory notes to reflect the most recent scholarship on Conan Doyle and Victorian Literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Conan Doyle, \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Catherine Wynne, \u003cem\u003eReader in Victorian and Early Twentieth-Century Literature and Visual Culture, University of Hull\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr Catherine Wynne is Reader in English at the University of Hull. She has published extensively on Conan Doyle and on nineteenth-century culture. \u003cem\u003eThe Colonial Conan Doyle\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2002 and her most recent work on Doyle ('Neo-Holmesian Fiction') was published in \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e in 2019. Her publications on Doyle focus on the Gothic, Empire and colonialism and trauma. She has most recently published a biography of war artist and traveller, Lady Butler.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033292992813,"sku":"9780198865759","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/L11uwIgAJz9780198865759.webp?v=1777589431","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}