The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Credits and rights

Original writer

Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher of this edition

BoingyBooks Classics

Original publisher

Project Gutenberg

Adaptation credits

John Shoufler / BoingyBooks Classics — digital edition

Original source / edition

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905)

License

Public Domain

License link

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rights and adaptation notice

This work is in the public domain. John Shoufler published this digital edition through BoingyBooks Classics. The original work remains public domain and may be copied, adapted, and shared.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1905)

Holmes is alive! Thirteen stories marking the detective's triumphant return from the dead after "The Final Problem." Including "The Adventure of the Empty House," "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," and "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons."

Historical Significance:
After killing Holmes at Reichenbach Falls in 1893, Doyle resisted enormous pressure to revive him for ten years. The American magazine Collier's finally offered such a staggering sum ($45,000 for 13 stories — over $1.5 million today) that Doyle relented. "The Adventure of the Empty House," published in October 1903, caused a sensation — queues formed at newsstands, and The Strand Magazine's print run sold out immediately. Holmes' explanation of his survival (a fictional martial art called "baritsu") is one of the great hand-waving moments in literature.

This public domain classic was originally published in 1905. Free to read and share.