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 Cover of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | |
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Sidney Paget |
| Language | English |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | George Newnes |
Publication date | 1893 (dated 1894) [1] |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | viii, 279 |
| Preceded by | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Followed by | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Text | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes at Wikisource |
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with 1894 date.[1] It was first published in the UK by G. Newnes Ltd., and was published in the US by Harper & Brothers in February 1894.[2] It was the second collection featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, following The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Like the first it was illustrated by Sidney Paget.
The twelve stories were originally published in The Strand Magazine from December 1892 to December 1893 as The Adventures number 13 to 24. For instance, "The Final Problem" was published under the subheading "XXIV.—The Adventure of the Final Problem."[3] In the United States, the stories were first published in Harper's Weekly, except for "The Final Problem," which appeared in McClure's Magazine.
Doyle determined that these would be the last Holmes stories, and intended to kill off the character in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes novel in 1901–1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles, set before "The Final Problem". The next year a new series, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, begins with the aftermath of "The Final Problem", in which it is revealed that Holmes actually survived.
- ^ a b Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Oxford University Press, 1993, p. 274
- ^ Cawthorne, Nigel (2011). A Brief History of Sherlock Holmes. Running Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0762444083.
- ^ "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. XXIV.—The Adventure of the Final Problem". The Strand Magazine, vol. 6, pp. 559–70. Bound volume 6 viewed at HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved 25 July 2019. Unnumbered page 558 is the December 1893 frontispiece, which illustrates this story. Artist Sidney Paget is credited in the volume Index.