New critical notes explain more obscure terminology, draw attention to literary references, and elucidate the contemporary scientific and criminological contextsĪrthur Conan Doyle famously killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1893, in the short story 'The Final Problem', but was tempted to bring him back to life ten years later, in the thirteen tales that comprise The Return of Sherlock Holmes.Updated bibliography surveys the substantial expansion of Doyle studies in recent years.A new introduction considers how The Return marks a new kind of self-reflexivity in the Holmes stories, with Doyle now consciously writing for a body of established Holmes 'fans'.Part of a set of new, refreshed editions of all Sherlock Holmes stories.The stories hark back to earlier tales while pushing Holmes in new directions - his deductions are less self-assured and, whereas earlier stories had largely avoided sensationalism, the stories of The Return are more visceral and bloody.Made up of the thirteen stories that delivered Sherlock Holmes' return after his 'death' at the Reichbach Falls.The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan DoyleĮdited by Christopher Pittard and Darryl Jones Oxford World's Classics Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.
Oxford Commentaries on International Law.As well as his witty and illuminating Afterword to this edition, David Stuart Davies, the illustrious editor of Sherlock magazine, has provided a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes Stories.ġ9. It is the last time that Holmes and Watson work together. In His Last Bow, the final story of this collection, we are told how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. As before, Watson is the superb narrator and his magic remains unchanged and undimmed. Doyle provided a rich and fascinating set of mysteries to challenge his sleuth in this collection. To the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of his readers Holmes returns to Baker Street, explains how he escaped death at the Falls and is ready to commence detective work once more. Ten years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Arthur Conan Doyle was to bow to popular pressure and the large fees offered by publishers to revive the detective's career. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles.
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