1、 Camden House THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES CONTENTS THE BEST OF The Sherlock Holmes stories are illustrated with artwork by Sidney Paget, Richard Gutschmidt, Frank Wiles, Frederic Dorr Steele and other artists. Explanatory notes will be added eventually, but as this will be a long-term project, your
2、 patience is requested. The page numbers (seen here as links; in the text in brackets) refer to the relevant pages in The Complete Sherlock Holmes published by Doubleday / Penguin Books.CONTENTSA STUDY IN SCARLETPart 1: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Me
3、dical Department1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes152. The Science of Deduction193. The Lauriston Garden Mystery254. What John Rance Had to Tell325. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor366. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do417. Light in the Darkness46Part 2: The Country of the Saints1. On the Great Alkali Plain
4、522. The Flower of Utah583. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet624. A Flight for Life655. The Avenging Angels716. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.767. The Conclusion83THE SIGN OF FOUR1. The Science of Deduction892. The Statement of the Case943. In Quest of a Solution974. The
5、Story of the Bald-headed Man1005. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge1066. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstartion1107. The Episode of the Barrel1158. The Baker Street Irregulars1229. A Break in the Chain12810. The End of the Islander13411. The Great Agra Treasure13912. The Strange Story of Jonathan Smal
6、l143ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMESA Scandal in Bohemia161The Red-headed League176A Case of Identity190The Boscombe Valley Mystery202The Five Orange Pips217The Man with the Twisted Lip229The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle244The Adventure of the Speckled Band257The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb273T
7、he Adventure of the Noble Bachelor287The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet301The Adventure of the Copper Beeches316 MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMESSilver Blaze335The Yellow Face350The Stock-brokers Clerk362The “Gloria Scott”373The Musgrave Ritual386The Reigate Puzzle398The Crooked Man411The Resident Patient
8、422The Greek Interpreter435The Naval Treaty447The Final Problem469THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMESThe Adventure of the Empty House483The Adventure of the Norwood Builder496The Adventure of the Dancing Men511The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist526The Adventure of the Priory School538The Adventure of Bl
9、ack Peter558The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton572The Adventure of the Six Napoleons582The Adventure of the Three Students596The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez607The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter622The Adventure of the Abbey Grange635The Adventure of the Second Stain650THE HOUND
10、OF THE BASKERVILLES1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes6692. The Curse of the Baskervilles6733. The Problem6794. Sir Henry Baskerville6855. Three Broken Threads6926. Baskerville Hall6987. The Stapletons of the Merripit House7048. First Report of Dr. Watson7129. Second Report of Dr. Watson71610. Extract from the D
11、iary of Dr. Watson72611. The Man on the Tor73212. Death on the Moor74013. Fixing the Nets74714. The Hound of the Baskervilles75415. A Retrospection761THE VALLEY OF FEARPart 1: The Tragedy of Birlstone1. The Warning7692. Sherlock Holmes Discourses7743. The Tragedy of Birlstone7794. Darkness7845. The
12、People of the Drama7916. A Dawning Light7987. The Solution806Part 2: The Scowres1. The Man8152. The Bodymaster8203. Lodge 341, Vermissa8304. The Valley of Fear8395. The Darkest Hour8466. Danger8537. The Trapping of Biry Edwards859Epilogue865HIS LAST BOWThe Adventure of Wisteria Lodge1. The Singular
13、Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles8692. The Tiger of San Pedro877The Adventure of the Cardboard Box888The Adventure of the Red Circle901The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans913The Adventure of the Dying Detective932The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax942The Adventure of the Devils Foot954
14、His Last Bow970THE CASE-BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMESThe Adventure of the Illustrious Client984The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier1000The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone1012The Adventure of the Three Gables1023The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire1033The Adventure of the Three Garridebs1044The Problem of T
15、hor Bridge1054The Adventure of the Creeping Man1070The Adventure of the Lions Mane1083The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger1095The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place1102The Adventure of the Retired Colourman1113THE BEST OF SHERLOCK HOLMESThere are two famous lists of favourite storiesArthur Conan Doyles
16、own list from March 1927, and the list published in 1959 in the Baker Street Journal:CONAN DOYLES LISTBAKER STREET JOURNALThe Speckled Band1The Speckled BandThe Red-Headed League2The Red-Headed LeagueThe Dancing Men3The Blue CarbuncleThe Final Problem4Silver BlazeA Scandal in Bohemia5A Scandal in Bo
17、hemiaThe Empty House6The Musgrave RitualThe Five Orange Pips7The Bruce-Partington PlansThe Second Stain8The Six NapoleonsThe Devils Foot9The Dancing MenThe Priory School10The Empty HouseThe Musgrave Ritual11The Reigate Squires12Nancy Blakestad & David Soucek, 1998 IMPORTANT NOTE: This website will s
18、oon be offline for a while and then move to another location. Please watch this page for information about the new location. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Illustrated with the original artworkPinacotheca Holmesiana The largest collection of Holmesian graphics onlinePhonotheca Holmesiana Sounds from v
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20、lmesian siteThe people behind: Olivia Adler Nancy Blakestad Vladimra Korousov David SoucekImpressum The Complete Sherlock Holmes A STUDY IN SCARLET First edition, 1887PART I: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical DepartmentChapter 1.Mr. Sherlock Holmes
21、Chapter 2.The Science of DeductionChapter 3.The Lauriston Garden MysteryChapter 4.What John Rance Had to TellChapter 5.Our Advertisement Brings a VisitorChapter 6.Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can DoChapter 7.Light in the DarknessPART II: The Country of the SaintsChapter 1.On the Great Alkali PlainCh
22、apter 2.The Flower of UtahChapter 3.John Ferrier Talks with the ProphetChapter 4.A Flight for LifeChapter 5.The Avenging AngelsChapter 6.A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.Chapter 7.The ConclusionFirst published in Nov. 1887 as the main part of Beetons Christmas Annual. First bo
23、ok edition by Ward, Lock & Co. in July 1888 with illustrations by Charles Doyle, father of ACD. The second edition (1889) was illustrated by George Hutchinson. The first American edition published by J. B. Lippincott Co. in 1890. First book edition, 1888 Second book edition, 1889A Study in Scarlet P
24、ART 1BEING A REPRINT FROM THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN H. WATSON, M.D., LATE OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENTChapter 1MR. SHERLOCK HOLMESIN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Arm
25、y. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through
26、the passes, and was already deep in the enemys country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties. The campaign brought honours and promotion
27、to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should
28、have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines. Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had undergone, I was
29、removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawar. Here I rallied, and had already improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the veranda, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions. For mo
30、nths my life was despaired of, and when at last I came to myself and became convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board determined that not a day should be lost in sending me back to England. I was despatched, accordingly, in the troopship Orontes, and landed a month later on Port
31、smouth jetty, with my health irretrievably ruined, but with permission from a paternal government to spend the next nine months in attempting to improve it. I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as airor as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will perm
32、it a man to be. Under such circumstances I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, 16 meaningless existence, and spending s
33、uch money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought. So alarming did the state of my finances become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country, or that I must make a complete alteration in my style of living. Choosing the latter altern
34、ative, I began by making up my mind to leave the hotel, and take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expensive domicile. On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when someone tapped me on the shoulder, and turning round I recognized young
35、Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Barts. The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man. In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be del
36、ighted to see me. In the exuberance of my joy, I asked him to lunch with me at the Holborn, and we started off together in a hansom. “Whatever have you been doing with yourself, Watson?” he asked in undisguised wonder, as we rattled through the crowded London streets. “You are as thin as a lath and
37、as brown as a nut.” I gave him a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached our destination. “Poor devil!” he said, commiseratingly, after he had listened to my misfortunes. “What are you up to now?” “Looking for lodgings,” I answered. “Trying to solve the
38、 problem as to whether it is possible to get comfortable rooms at a reasonable price.” “Thats a strange thing,” remarked my companion; “you are the second man to-day that has used that expression to me.” “And who was the first?” I asked. “A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the
39、hospital. He was bemoaning himself this morning because he could not get someone to go halves with him in some nice rooms which he had found, and which were too much for his purse.” “By Jove!” I cried; “if he really wants someone to share the rooms and the expense, I am the very man for him. I shoul
40、d prefer having a partner to being alone.” Young Stamford looked rather strangely at me over his wineglass. “You dont know Sherlock Holmes yet,” he said; “perhaps you would not care for him as a constant companion.” “Why, what is there against him?” “Oh, I didnt say there was anything against him. H
41、e is a little queer in his ideasan enthusiast in some branches of science. As far as I know he is a decent fellow enough.” “A medical student, I suppose?” said I. “NoI have no idea what he intends to go in for. I believe he is well up in anatomy, and he is a first-class chemist; but, as far as I kno
42、w, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors.” “Did you never ask him what he was going in for?” I asked. “No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw o
43、ut, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.” “I should like to meet him,” I said. “If I am to lodge with anyone, I should 17 prefer a man of studious and quiet habits. I am not strong enough yet to stand much noise or excitement. I had enough of both in Afghanistan to last m
44、e for the remainder of my natural existence. How could I meet this friend of yours?” “He is sure to be at the laboratory,” returned my companion. “He either avoids the place for weeks, or else he works there from morning till night. If you like, we will drive round together after luncheon.” “Certain
45、ly,” I answered, and the conversation drifted away into other channels. As we made our way to the hospital after leaving the Holborn, Stamford gave me a few more particulars about the gentleman whom I proposed to take as a fellow-lodger. “You mustnt blame me if you dont get on with him,” he said; “I
46、 know nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally in the laboratory. You proposed this arrangement, so you must not hold me responsible.” “If we dont get on it will be easy to part company,” I answered. “It seems to me, Stamford,” I added, looking hard at my companion, “tha
47、t you have some reason for washing your hands of the matter. Is this fellows temper so formidable, or what is it? Dont be mealymouthed about it.” “It is not easy to express the inexpressible,” he answered with a laugh. “Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastesit approaches to cold-bloodedness
48、. I could imagine his giving a friend a little pinch of the latest vegetable alkaloid, not out of malevolence, you understand, but simply out of a spirit of inquiry in order to have an accurate idea of the effects. To do him justice, I think that he would take it himself with the same readiness. He
49、appears to have a passion for definite and exact knowledge.” “Very right too.” “Yes, but it may be pushed to excess. When it comes to beating the subjects in the dissecting-rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather a bizarre shape.” “Beating the subjects!” “Yes, to verify how far bruises may
50、 be produced after death. I saw him at it with my own eyes.” “And yet you say he is not a medical student?” “No. Heaven knows what the objects of his studies are. But here we are, and you must form your own impressions about him.” As he spoke, we turned down a narrow lane and passed through a small
