Dimensions
129 x 198 x 21mm
'Sherlock Holmes is literature' Edmund Wilson
'When this competition was first mooted I went into it in a most light-hearted way, thinking that it would be easiest thing in the world to pick out the twelve best of the Holmes stories. In practice I found that I had engaged myself in a serious task . . .'
In 1927, Strand magazine challenged its readers to guess which of his Sherlock Holmes stories Arthur Conan Doyle rated as his very best. (Mr R. T, Newman of Spring Hill, Wellingborough, won £100 for guessing ten of the twelve stores correctly.) Later, Doyle revealed his choice and. In his own inimitable fashion, explained his reasoning in an article for the magazine. The stories included such classics of the detective genre as 'The Speckled Band', 'The Final Problem' and 'The Dancing Men'.
Arthur Conan Doyle's favourite twelve Sherlock Holmes stories are now published together for the first time, along with his original Strand article introducing his own selection.
