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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Original publication
1892
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
610
Difficulty
★☆☆
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Adventure
Translated from
English

Book summary

Sherlock Holmes, a detective with extraordinary reasoning skills, solves cases no one else understands, accompanied by Dr Watson, narrator and witness to his exploits. Each investigation reveals a complex puzzle where the smallest details become decisive clues. From mysterious crimes to unexplained disappearances, Holmes uses logic and observation to uncover the truth. These short stories offer quick and effective immersion into captivating plots. The author creates an iconic character and a precise, addictive suspense mechanism.

The plot

Three mysteries for Sherlock Holmes. In London, the detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr Watson receive visitors with strange stories.

The world of the book

The London of horse-drawn cabs. At 221B Baker Street lives the detective Sherlock Holmes. His friend Dr Watson tells the story of their cases. A king, an engineer, a governess come to ring the bell. Holmes thinks while…

The author

The doorbell that never rang. In 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle opened an eye doctor’s practice in London. He waited there every day, but no one ever rang. He later joked about it.

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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