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"His career has been a long one," Arthur Conan Doyle notes of his immortal creation, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle made his observation in the 1920s, when the detective had already been thrilling readers for 40 years, and he modestly attributed his hero's success to "the patience and loyalty of the British public." Nearly a century later, the fictional sleuth continues to captivate imaginations around the world and to inspire modern-day reinterpretations.
By the twentieth century Doyle had moved on to other literary endeavors but the public demand for further adventures of the Baker Street sleuth proved irresistible. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is the last such work to be regarded as canon, a collection of stories written before other writers claimed the character and his associates as their own. Here are a dozen tales of passion, revenge, greed, and murder—the final adventures of the great detective, as recounted by the master storyteller himself.
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Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Dover Thrift Editions

With the success of his Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle abandoned his career as a physician and devoted himself to writing.

By the 20th century Arthur Conan Doyle had moved on to other literary endeavors but the public demand for further adventures of the Baker Street sleuth proved irresistible.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is the last such work to be regarded as canon, a collection of stories written before other writers claimed the character and his associates as their own.

Here are a dozen tales — originally published during the 1920s — of passion, revenge, greed, and murder.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M5KZ599
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications (September 21, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 21, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859 and died in 1930. Within those years was crowded a variety of activity and creative work that made him an international figure and inspired the French to give him the epithet 'the good giant'. He was the nephew of 'Dickie Doyle' the artist, and was educated at Stonyhurst, and later studied medicine at Edinburgh University, where the methods of diagnosis of one of the professors provided the idea for the methods of deduction used by Sherlock Holmes.

He set up as a doctor at Southsea and it was while waiting for patients that he began to write. His growing success as an author enabled him to give up his practice and turn his attention to other subjects. He was a passionate advocate of many causes, ranging from divorce law reform and the Channel Tunnel to the issuing of inflatable life-jackets to sailors. He also campaigned to prove the innocence of individuals, and his work on the Edjalji case was instrumental in the introduction of the Court of Criminal Appeal. He was a volunteer physician in the Boer War and later in life became a convert to spiritualism.

His greatest achievement was, of course, his creation of Sherlock Holmes, who soon attained international status and constantly distracted him from his other work; at one time Conan Doyle killed him but was obliged by public protest to restore him to life. And in his creation of Dr Watson, Holmes's companion in adventure and chronicler, Conan Doyle produced not only a perfect foil for Holmes but also one of the most famous narrators in fiction. Penguin publish all the books about the great detective, A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes and The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes.

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Mark E Higgins
5.0 out of 5 stars The Last of Holmes
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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I have waited a long time to finally get the last section of Stephen Fry’s reading of the Canon. These were the final stories that Doyle wrote in the 1920’s, some of which didn’t come out of copyright until 2023. It was worth the wait. While not among Doyle’s best stories, it is a joy to hear Fry read them, as it was with all of the other volumes of the Holmes tales. I highly recommend this (as I do all of the rest of the Stephen Fry set of Holmes Audiobooks).
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Robert L. Piepenbrink
4.0 out of 5 stars Improving Conan Doyle
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2021
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The "Casebook" is notoriously the worst of the canonical Holmes, written very late in his career and containing some tiresome of problematic stories. And THAT is what makes the BBC "Casebook" such a joy. The scripter --Bert Coules almost always--has taken liberties with these stories which would be unforgiveable in the "Adventures." He's added sub-plots, characters and depth. The Dracula quotes in "The Sussex Vampire" are a marvelous addition, not to mention Watson's comments on Holmes' competence as an author in "The Blanched Soldier." Read and know the written stories first--but buy this and prepare yourself for a treat.
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Charles
5.0 out of 5 stars The absolute best example of deductive reasoning
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015
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The absolute best example of deductive reasoning. Many stories and novels where you can either realize or miss the clues but at the end you will marvel at the mental powers of the world's greatest detective. Great adventure, story telling aand suspense.l
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Michael Klepfer
3.0 out of 5 stars Casebook
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2015
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The last of the Canon. I liked them all. This was a good read but not my favorite. That may be because one starts to pick up on Doyle's formula
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Barbara Cheney
5.0 out of 5 stars The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Illustrated)
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015
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The Sherlock Holmes books have always been delightful to read with many surprises. However, some of the conclusions now seem rather out-dated. They are usually predictable in that Holmes usually gets his man (or woman) at the end of the story. His nemesis adds a nice challenge to the stories. I especially enjoyed the way this book was organized in a casebook format. (Illustrations, though small, are always helpful.)
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alane farmer
5.0 out of 5 stars The last
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2015
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This is the final collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories. An excellent collection with a few even told by Mr. Holmes himself. The strength of these stories is just as good as the first. I will definitely be revisiting them soon.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great reating
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018
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Very enjoyable
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2016
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interesting stories with writing that sends you back to the Victorian era.
Also, 2 stories narrated be Holmes himself!
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Rob Ross
5.0 out of 5 stars Still good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2018
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Once again, a very good read. The Casebook fills in the last remaining gaps in the story of Holmes, and the execution of these 12 stories is as good as ever, with one exception. I had worked out the Lion's Mane adventure within two pages. Maybe Conan Doyle was really getting fed up by then, even though the preface seems to indicate that this wasn't the case. Maybe it was just lazy writing on his part. Other than that one adventure, this is certainly one collection that any Conan Doyle/Holmes fan must have.
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Dr. Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book to read.
Reviewed in India on October 19, 2016
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I love books of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a marvellously genius detective who deduces very broad conclusions from very minute details and observations. I am a big fan of his style and his genius mind which can weave theories of how the crime happened. His ability to think so deeply is really remarkable. Many of his stories do not even deal with any "crime". I salute Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who created this fictional character.

Reading his books and stories is like a roller coaster ride. You don't know which turn will it take next.

Sherlock Holmes is a must read for everyone of any age group.

But I was slightly disappointed by this book. Its collection of stories is a bit weak.
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Timothy J Hurst
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on August 3, 2015
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Excellent.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good old fashioned logic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2021
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Good to have logic to work out clues as opposed modern detective aids, DNA, Blood typing ,cctv. After reading a few stories you learn what to look for in the way of clues and work your own theories.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For books you can rely on Amazon
Reviewed in India on June 15, 2016
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Very good and handy packing done by amazon .Book is new and paper quality is good as expected .
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