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1. Sherlock Holmes’s All-conquering Logic Arthur Conan Doyle is a famous English writer, creator of the image of the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes. Probably, there is no person who in his time did not read the stories about Sherlock Holmes. In all these stories, most striking is the detective’s logic, his ability to build a logical chain, not missing any, […]...
2. Summary of “The Adventures of Sherlock Homs” by Doyle Watson (Dr. Watson, Var. Watson) is a constant companion of Sherlock Holmes. A doctor by training, a military surgeon who graduated from the University of London in 1878, serves as a chronicler of Holmes’s deeds. During the Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), a rifle bullet smashed his shoulder. By his own admission, he could not stand any […]...
3. Summary of the “Case” After the marriage, Dr. Watson rarely sees Sherlock Holmes. One evening a great detective comes to his faithful friend and talks about the London professor of mathematics, Professor Moriarty. Professor – Napoleon of the underworld, entangled his web all over London. He prepares crimes, extracts money from them, finds performers. Moriarty himself is invulnerable, since […]...
4. Summary of Holmes’s “Last Affair” by Doyle With a heavy heart, I proceed to the last lines of these memories, telling of the extraordinary talents of my friend Sherlock Holmes. In an incoherent and – I feel it myself – in an entirely inappropriate manner, I tried to tell about the amazing adventures that I had to experience side by side with […]...
5. Summary “The Empty House” by Doyle Three years have passed since the death of Sherlock Holmes. In London, under very mysterious circumstances, the young Count Ronald Adair was killed. Ronald was a fan of the card game and was in several clubs. A month and a half before his death, Ronald paired with Colonel Moran won a large sum. On that […]...
6. Summary “Lonely Cyclist” After the death of Violet’s father, Smith and his mother were left without a livelihood. The girl earned her living by music lessons. Ralph Smith’s brother Ralph Smith has long gone to Africa. Recently two gentlemen, Mr. Woodley and Mr. Carruthers, complained to them and told them that their friend Ralph Smith, dying, asked to […]...
7. Summary “Missing rugby player” To Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Overton, the captain of the rugby team at Cambridge College, is asking for help. Tomorrow the decisive match, and the leading player Godfrey Stonton disappeared. Yesterday the team arrived in London and stayed at the hotel. Godfrey was a little pale and complained of a headache. Soon a bearded stranger came […]...
8. Summary of “Golden Pince-nez” Inspector Stanley Hopkins seeks help from Sherlock Holmes. He was at a loss when investigating the murder of Mr. Willoughby Smith. Smith was the secretary of Professor Coram, who lives in a country house. Corem – an old sick man, he is lying in bed, then hobbling with a wand around the house, then he […]...
9. Summary “The Scandal in Bohemia” by Doyle To the Sherlock Holmes, the King of Bohemia appeals for help. Once the king had a stormy romance with the famous opera diva Irene Adler, but now he is going to marry a woman of his descent. Irene blackmails his former admirer, threatening to send a compromising photo to the bride’s family and upset the […]...
10. Summary of “Dyed Ribbon” Doyle The work of A. Konan Doyle “Motley Ribbon” is included in the series of works about Sherlock Holmes, detective extremely talented and intelligent. The narrative is conducted on behalf of Dr. Watson, a friend of Sherlock Holmes. … In one April morning the Sherlock Holmes house was visited by a certain girl, a client. It […]...
11. Summary of Doyle’s “Reigetian Squires” After a serious investigation, the great detective Sherlock Holmes needs rest, and Dr. Watson brings a friend to the estate of his patient Colonel Heather near Reiget. On the day of arrival, it turns out that the local squire Mr. Acton was robbed. Thieves rummaged through the library, took a volume of Homer, a couple […]...
12. Summary “The Man on All Fours” A young man, Mr. Bennet, who is an assistant to the famous professor Presbury and the groom of his only daughter, turns to Sherlock Holmes for help. Professor Presby, the famous European scientist, whose life is the first place in science, is a widower with an impeccable reputation. A few months ago, a professor who […]...
13. Summary of Doyle’s “Yellow Face” In the early spring of 1888, Dr. Watson invites Sherlock Holmes to a walk in the park. Upon their return to Baker Street, they learn from the footman boy that they were visited by a very nervous gentleman who, having waited a while for Holmes, left the house, promising to return soon. The nervous visitor […]...
14. Summary “The Disappearance of Lady Francis Carfax” To Sherlock Holmes appeals for the help of Miss Dobney with the request to find her ward lady Frances. Once every two weeks, Lady Francis writes to her old governess, but for five weeks she has not heard from her. The state of Lady Francis is small, but she inherited the rarest jewels and always […]...
15. Summary “Murder in Abby Grange” Sherlock Holmes is one of those literary characters that is known to almost everyone, including even those who have not read anything about his adventures. He was due to appear to the great English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who introduced us to him in his novel “The Study in Scarlet Tones” in 1887. Ironically, […]...
16. Summary “Dog of the Baskervilles” Doyle In the beginning of the story, the detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson are talking with their visitor – the physician James Mortimer. He reads Sherlock Holmes and Watson a legend about the curse of the Baskervilles. His suddenly dead patient Charles Baskerville was very serious about this legend. In the past, one […]...
17. Summary of Doyle’s Vampire in Sussex Mr. Robert Ferguson turns to Sherlock Holm for help. A few years ago he married a young beautiful Peruvian, but after a while his love for her began to cool down, although his wife still loves him. From his first marriage, he has a fifteen-year-old son, Jack, who injured his spine and became a cripple. […]...
18. Summary of the “Red Union” Doyle To Sherlock Holmes, the owner of a small loan fund named Jabez Wilson, who has an unusual red hair color, applies for help. The affairs of Mr. Wilson did not go well and he had to fire his workers. Some time ago, he hired an assistant to Vincent Spalding, who agreed to work for half […]...
19. Composition “My favorite literary character” I like reading and I spend a lot of time with books. They open up for me a world full of mysteries and adventures. Books acquaint with the customs and customs of other countries and continents, expand the horizon and replenish the vocabulary. In general, reading is a very useful hobby. I like to read […]...
20. Summary of “Six Napoleons” by Doyle Sherlock Holmes is often visited by Inspector Leistred. One day he talks about a strange incident: someone stubbornly smashes the statues of Napoleon. Hearing that this was a burglary, the great detective decides to investigate. A few days ago, in a shop selling paintings and statues, the clerk left the store for a moment and […]...
21. Summary “The riddle of the estate of Shoscombe” Sherlock Holmes is approached for help by the horse trainer Sir Robert Norberton, who lives in the estate of Shoscombe and is the owner of the famous race stables. Sir Robert was never married and lives in his estate with his sister, Lady Beatrice. The estate belonged to the late lady husband, and Sir Robert […]...
22. Summary of “The Devil’s Foot” Father Ellen served in India as a major artillery major. He died, leaving a decent state. When the girl and her twin sister Julia were two years old, the mother married Dr. Grimsby Roylott, the offspring of one of England’s richest families. One of his relatives lost all his fortune, and Roylott had to earn […]...
23. A summary of Doyle’s “Study in Scarlet Tones” After receiving a doctor’s diploma, Dr. Watson leaves to fight in Afghanistan. After the injury, he returns to London. Being cramped in funds, Watson is looking for an inexpensive apartment. A familiar paramedic acquaints him with a worker in the chemical laboratory at Sherlock Holmes Hospital, who rented an inexpensive apartment and is looking for […]...
24. Summary of the Doyle Sea Treaty To Sherlock Holmes appeals for help Percy Phelps, a schoolmate of Dr. Watson. Phelps is ill and can not visit the apartment on Baker Street, so Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go to the manor near London. They are met by Mr. Joseph Harrison, brother of the bride of Percy, whose room he now occupies. […]...
25. Summary of the “The Secret of the Boscom Valley” by Doyle A certain Mr. McCarthy was found dead in the Boscom Valley. The largest landowner in the area is Mr. John Tener, who earned his capital in Australia and returned to his homeland a few years ago. He gave one of his farms to his longtime friend, Mr. McCarthy, who also came from Australia. McCarthy has […]...
26. “Dog of the Baskervilles” Doyle in brief summary The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend assistant Dr. Watson are examining a cane forgotten in an apartment on Baker Street by a visitor who came in their absence. Soon the host of the cane appears, the doctor James Mortimer, a young tall man with closely set gray eyes and a long protruding nose. […]...
27. Summary of the Hound of the Baskervilles AK Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend assistant Dr. Watson are examining a cane forgotten in an apartment on Baker Street by a visitor who came in their absence. Soon the host of the cane appears, the doctor James Mortimer, a young tall man with closely set […]...
28. Summary of “Three Garridaba” The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend assistant Dr. Watson are examining a cane forgotten in an apartment on Baker Street by a visitor who came in their absence. Soon the host of the cane appears, the doctor James Mortimer, a young tall man with closely set gray eyes and a long protruding nose. […]...
29. Doyle’s Permanent Patient Summary To Sherlock Holmes, Dr Percy Trevelyan is asking for help. Having graduated with honors from the University, the young doctor wanted to devote himself to the research of nervous illnesses, even wrote a monogram, but he did not have the means to carry out his plans. Suddenly, a certain Mr. Blessington came to him, suffering […]...
30. Summary Doyle’s Copper Beeches To Sherlock Holmes, a young woman named Violet Hunter appeals for help. Left without work, she turned to an employment agency, where she was offered the place of a governess for a six-year-old boy in the estate “Copper beeches.” The owner of the estate, Mr. Rukasl, a fat, good-natured man, put forward very strange demands […]...
31. Summary “The man with the cut lip” Doyle To Sherlock Holmes, Mrs. St. Claire, who lives in a small house near London, seeks help from Mrs. Neville St. Claire’s missing husband. Mr. Neville St. Clair appeared in the area recently. He rented a luxurious villa, married, two children were born in the family. According to others, Mr. Neville is a wonderful family man […]...
32. Summary “The Scarlet Ring” Sherlock Holmes proceeds to investigate the murder of Colonel James Barclay in Oldershot, where the military unit is quartered. James was a brave soldier, for which he was promoted to officer. His wife was Nancy, the daughter of a sergeant of her regiment. They lived for 30 years. The couple did not have children. Mrs. […]...
33. Summary “Death in the clouds” A small plane departs from Paris to London. One of the passengers, Jane Gray, is not indifferent to the young man Norman Gael, the dentist with whom she met once, is sitting in front of her. During the flight, Lady Horbury summons her maid from another salon. In the cabin a bee flies, and one […]...
34. Summary “The Case in the Boarding School” by Doyle To Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Hackstable, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, seeks help, asking him to find the missing son of the Duke of Holderness. The great detective is very busy, but he is ready to get down to business, especially since the duke who gives the location of the boy gives five thousand […]...
35. Summary “Blue Carbuncle” by Doyle On Christmas Eve, in one of the London hotels there was a theft. Countess Morcar was robbed of a valuable stone – a blue carbuncle, one of the most expensive diamonds in the world. Suspicion fell on solderer John Horner, previously convicted of theft, which repaired the Countess’s room with a fireplace grate. The testimony […]...
36. Summary “The Case of an Interpreter” by Doyle A translator from Greek, Mr. Melas, a well-known specialist in London, is often approached by Sherlock Holmes, who is often invited, at the most absurd time, to some foreigner who finds himself in a quandary. Therefore, he was not at all surprised when, a few days ago, late at night, a young man named Latimer […]...
37. Portrait of a literary hero My favorite literary hero is the detective Sherlock Holmes. Reading the stories of Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes, I do not cease to marvel at the brilliant ability of the detective to disclose complex criminal crimes. As an athlete, rejoicing in his strength and agility, finds pleasure in the exercises that make his muscles work, […]...
38. In death is life A traveler, afflicted with a serious illness, stops in an abandoned castle for the night. To somehow pass the time, he looks at the pictures and reads descriptions to them in the volume found on the pillow. Moving the candelabra, he suddenly sees in the niche of the room, until now hidden by shadows, an […]...
39. Summary “Beryl diadem” Sherlock Holmes is approached by the banker Alexander Holder. One British high-ranking person, who urgently needed money, left him with a bail a diadem, a national treasure. The cost of jewelry at least twice the loan. In the diadem, there are thirteen teeth and thirty-nine large beryl, three on each tooth. Fearing to keep such […]...
40. Summary of “The Adventures of the Clerk” by Doyle To Sherlock Holmes, a young man named Hall Picrotha turns for help. Mr. Picrot for many years served in a brokerage firm that went bankrupt. After receiving excellent recommendations, he searched for work for a long time. Having spent all his savings and already despairing, Mr. Picroct suddenly took a place in a big banker’s […]...