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From “A Scandal in Bohemia,” in which Sherlock Holmes is famously outwitted by a woman, the captivating Irene Adler, to “The Five Orange Pips,” in which the master detective is pitted against the Ku Klux Klan, to “The Final Problem,” in which Holmes and his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, face... read more

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To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.

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This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 89 of 95 in Telegraph Top 100 Books, 2008. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and followed by The Faraway Tree Stories.

This book is in Classic English Crime Novels. (community list)

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  1. Arthur Conan Doyle (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: New York: Modern Library
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0679642250
Page Count: 512

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