The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of...
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure. However illogical as a detective story, `The final Problem' has proved itself an unforgettable tale. The stories that precede it included twonarratives from Holmes himself, on a mutiny at sea and a treasure hunt in a Sussex country house, as well as a meeting with his brilliant brother Mycroft, of whom Holmes says, `If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from any armchair, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that everlived.'. Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE SERIES -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A CHRONOLOGY OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -- THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES -- SILVER BLAZE -- THE CARDBOARD BOX -- THE YELLOW FACE -- THE STOCKBROKER'S CLERK -- THE 'GLORIA SCOTT' -- THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL -- THE REIGATE SQUIRE -- THE CROOKED MAN -- THE RESIDENT PATIENT -- THE GREEK INTERPRETER -- THE NAVAL TREATY -- THE FINAL PROBLEM -- APPENDIX I: THE ADVENTURE OF THE TWO COLLABORATORS -- APPENDIX II: HOW I WRITE MY BOOKS BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -- EXPLANATORY NOTES.
