{"product_id":"sherlock-holmes-the-complete-novels-and-stories-volume-ii-9780553212426","title":"Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume II","description":"Since his first appearance in \u003ci\u003eBeeton's Christmas Annual\u003c\/i\u003e in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle's classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume II begins with \u003cb\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/b\u003e, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. \u003cb\u003eThe Valley of Fear\u003c\/b\u003e matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, the loyal Dr. Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes's feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the thrilling \u003cb\u003eThe Adventure of the Red Circle\u003c\/b\u003e and the twelve baffling adventures from \u003cb\u003eThe Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConan Doyle's incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Arthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel \u003ci\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/i\u003e (1887). This was followed in 1889 by an historical novel, \u003ci\u003eMicah Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1893 Conan Doyle published 'The Final Problem' in which he killed off his famous detective so that he could turn his attention more towards historical fiction. However Holmes was so popular that Conan Doyle eventually relented and published \u003ci\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/i\u003e in 1901. The events of the \u003ci\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/i\u003e are set before those of 'The Final Problem' but in 1903 new Sherlock Holmes stories began to appear that revealed that the detective had not died after all. He was finally retired in 1927. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598763168018,"sku":"9780553212426","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61ccc9f3-9540-4b3b-8c99-e61ff57c8248.jpg?v=1732190644","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sherlock-holmes-the-complete-novels-and-stories-volume-ii-9780553212426","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}