Back مغامرات شرلوك هولمز Arabic Приключенията на Шерлок Холмс Bulgarian দি অ্যাডভেঞ্চারস অফ শার্লক হোমস Bengali/Bangla The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Breton Les aventures de Sherlock Holmes Catalan The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Welsh Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes (Buch) German Οι περιπέτειες του Σέρλοκ Χολμς Greek Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes Spanish Sherlock Holmesi seiklused Estonian
 Front cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
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| Illustrator | Sidney Paget |
| Language | English |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | George Newnes |
Publication date | 14 October 1892 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 307 |
| Preceded by | The Sign of the Four |
| Followed by | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
| Text | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes at Wikisource |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson, and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.
In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, often as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the stories from this collection in his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as his overall favourite.