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= The_Memoirs_of_Sherlock_Holmes =
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Introduction
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'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' is a collection of short stories by
British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with
1894 date. It was first published in the UK by G. Newnes Ltd., and was
published in the US by Harper & Brothers in February 1894. It was
the second collection featuring the consulting detective Sherlock
Holmes, following 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'. Like the first
it was illustrated by Sidney Paget.
The twelve stories were originally published in 'The Strand Magazine'
from December 1892 to December 1893 as 'The Adventures' number 13 to
24. For instance, "The Final Problem" was published under the
subheading "XXIV.--The Adventure of the Final Problem." In the United
States, the stories were first published in 'Harper's Weekly,' except
for "The Final Problem," which appeared in 'McClure's Magazine'.
Doyle determined that these would be the last Holmes stories, and
intended to kill off the character in "The Final Problem". Reader
demand stimulated him to write another Holmes novel in 1901-1902, 'The
Hound of the Baskervilles', set before "The Final Problem". The next
year a new series, 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes', begins with the
aftermath of "The Final Problem", in which it is revealed that Holmes
actually survived.
Contents
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The sequence of stories matches that of the magazine series, December
1892 to December 1893, when "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" was
published in two parts, October and November.
# "The Adventure of Silver Blaze"
# "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" - not in the first British
edition, nor many other eds.
# "The Adventure of the Yellow Face"
# "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk"
# "The Adventure of the 'Gloria Scott'"
# "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual"
# "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire"
# "The Adventure of the Crooked Man"
# "The Adventure of the Resident Patient"
# "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter"
# "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty"
# "The Final Problem"
Omissions of "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"
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The first London edition of the 'Memoirs' in 1894 did not include "The
Adventure of the Cardboard Box", although all twelve stories had
appeared in the 'Strand Magazine'. The first U.S. edition included the
story, but it was very quickly replaced with a revised edition that
omitted it. The reasoning behind the suppression is unclear. In
Britain the story was apparently removed at Doyle's request as it
included adultery and so was unsuitable for younger readers. This may
have also been the cause for the rapid removal of the story from the
U.S. edition, and some sources state that the publishers believed the
story was too scandalous for the American public.
As a result, this story was not republished until many years later,
when it was added to 'His Last Bow'. Today, most American editions of
the canon include it with 'His Last Bow', while most British editions
keep the story in its original place in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock
Holmes'. Additionally, when the story was removed from the 'Memoirs',
its opening pages, where Holmes emulates Dupin, were transferred to
the beginning of "The Adventure of the Resident Patient". In some
later U.S. editions of the 'Memoirs', which still omit "The Adventure
of the Cardboard Box", this transfer still appears.
Adaptations
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Several series have included adaptations of all or almost all of the
stories in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. All the stories in the
collection were adapted as short films for the Sherlock Holmes Stoll
film series (1921-1923), and as part of the radio series 'The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' (1930-1936). All except "The Yellow
Face" and "The Final Problem" were dramatised in the radio series 'The
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' (1939-1950), and all except "The
Yellow Face" and "The 'Gloria Scott'" were adapted for BBC radio in
the Sherlock Holmes 1952-1969 radio series.
Eight of the stories were adapted as episodes of the Granada
television series (1984-1994). Only one story, "The Cardboard Box" was
adapted for the last part of the series which had the title 'The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. All the stories in the collection were
adapted for BBC Radio 4 as part of the BBC Sherlock Holmes 1989-1998
radio series, and all were adapted for the radio series 'The Classic
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' (2005-2016). The individual stories
included in the collection have also been adapted for various other
productions.
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