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The first cases (1887–1894) · London, 1880s and 1890s

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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The first twelve Holmes short stories, first printed in The Strand Magazine

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The first twelve Holmes short stories, printed in The Strand in 1891 and 1892. They include "A Scandal in Bohemia", with Irene Adler, the only woman to ever get the better of Holmes, "The Red-Headed League", about an ad that pays to copy an encyclopedia, and "The Speckled Band", about a snake in a locked room. Each story is a closed case, with Watson narrating and Holmes laying out the reasoning. They are the easiest, and most read, way into the detective.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesOne story a month

    The twelve stories ran in The Strand Magazine, one a month, from July 1891 to June 1892, illustrated by Sidney Paget. The book followed on October 14, 1892.

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  2. ReferenceFrom novel to short story

    After The Sign of the Four, Doyle shifted his focus to short stories. These are Holmes's first short stories.

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