The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle skrev sammanlagt 56 noveller och fyra romaner sin mest populära karaktär Sherlock Holmes. I novellsamlingen "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" återfinns de tolv första berättelserna.

A Scandal in Bohemia (sv titel En skandal i Böhmen)
The Red-Headed League (sv titel De rödhårigas förening)
A Case of Identity (sv titel Den försvunne brudgummen)
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (sv titel Mysteriet i Boscombe Valley)
The Five Orange Pips (sv titel De fem apelsinkärnorna)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (sv titel Mannen med den kluvna läppen)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (sv titel Den blå karbunkeln)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (sv titel Det spräckliga bandet)
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (sv titel Den avhuggna tummen)
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (sv titel Den ogifte lorden)
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (sv titel Berylkronan)
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (sv titel Blodbokarna)

Doyle gjorde en lista över de tolv Sherlock Holmes-berättelser som han var mest nöjd med, fyra av dem finns med här.
Novellerna publicerades ursprungligen i The Strand Magazine i Storbritannien 1891-1892, novellsamlingen publicerades första gången 1892.

Utdrag ur boken:

"By the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a drunkard. I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that moment her knees seemed to give away and she fell to the ground. She writhed as one who is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed. At first I thought that she had not recognized me, but as I bent over her she suddenly shrieked out in a voice which I shall never forget, 'Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!'"

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