A Scandal in Bohemia: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

47 min

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The King of Bohemia hires Holmes to retrieve a compromising photograph from the clever and beautiful Irene Adler, his former lover, before it can ruin his impending marriage.

A Scandal in Bohemia: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Part 1

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as...

Part 2

At three o’clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not yet returned. The landlady informed me that he had left the house shortly after eight o’clock in the morning. I sat down beside the fire, however, with the intention of awaiting him, however long he might be. I was already deeply interested in his inquiry, for, though it was surrounded by none of the grim and strange features which were associated with the two crimes which I...

Part 3

I slept at Baker Street that night, and we were engaged upon our toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room.“You have really got it!” he cried, grasping Sherlock Holmes by either shoulder and looking eagerly into his face.“Not yet.”“But you have hopes?”“I have hopes.”“Then, come. I am all impatience to be gone.”“We must have a cab.”“No, my brougham is waiting.”“Then that will simplify matters.” We descended and started off once more for...

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About the Author

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born in 1859, was a Scottish writer best known for creating the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes. He was a prolific author, also writing historical romances, science fiction, and non-fiction works. Doyle initially trained as a doctor, but his literary career took off with the success of the Sherlock Holmes stories. He was knighted for his work in the Boer War.

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