Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a British author best known for creating the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. His Sherlock Holmes stories, including “A Study in Scarlet” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” remain among the most famous detective fiction ever written. Conan Doyle also wrote historical novels and science fiction.
Short Stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- A Case of Identity 1890 - "My dear fellow," said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker… ... Read more
- A Night Among the Nihilists 1890 - "Robinson, the boss wants you!" "The dickens he does!" thought I; for Mr. Dickson, Odessa agent of Bailey & Co.,… ... Read more
- His Last Bow 1917 - An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes It was nine o'clock at night upon the second of August--the most terrible August in… ... Read more
- How It Happened 1890 - She was a writing medium. This is what she wrote:-- I can remember some things upon that evening most distinctly,… ... Read more
- My Friend the Murderer 1890 - ... Read more
- That Little Square Box 1890 - ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans 1890 - In the third week of November, in the year 1895, a dense yellow fog settled down upon London. From the… ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Cardboard Box 1890 - In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarkable mental qualities of my friend, Sherlock Holmes, I have endeavoured,… ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot 1890 - In recording from time to time some of the curious experiences and interesting recollections which I associate with my long… ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Empty House 1903 - It was in the spring of the year 1894 that all London was interested, and the fashionable world dismayed, by… ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter 1903 - We were fairly accustomed to receive weird telegrams at Baker Street, but I have a particular recollection of one which… ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Red Circle 1890 - "Well, Mrs. Warren, I cannot see that you have any particular cause for uneasiness, nor do I understand why I,… ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 1903 - It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to look in upon us of an evening,… ... Read more
- The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist 1903 - From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive, Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man. It is safe to say… ... Read more
- The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge 1890 - 1. The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a… ... Read more
- The Brazilian Cat 1890 - It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections, but no actual money… ... Read more
- The Crooked Man 1893 - One summer night, a few months after my marriage, I was seated by my own hearth smoking a last pipe… ... Read more
- The Curse of Eve 1926 - Robert Johnson was an essentially commonplace man, with no feature to distinguish him from a million others. He was pale… ... Read more
- The Doctors of Hoyland 1894 - DR. JAMES RIPLEY was always looked upon as an exceedingly lucky dog by all of the profession who knew him.… ... Read more
- The Final Problem 1893 - It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which… ... Read more
- The Gully of Bluemansdyke 1890 - THE GULLY OF BLUEMANSDYKE. A TRUE COLONIAL STORY. Broadhurst's Store was closed, but the little back room looked very comfortable… ... Read more
- The Horror of the Heights 1890 - The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by… ... Read more
- The Man from Archangel 1890 - ... Read more
- The Mystery of Sasassa Valley 1890 - Do I know why Tom Donahue is called "Lucky Tom"? Yes, I do; and that is more than one in… ... Read more
- The New Catacomb 1890 - "Look here, Burger," said Kennedy, "I do wish that you would confide in me." The two famous students of Roman… ... Read more
- The Red-Headed League 1890 - I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year and found him… ... Read more
- The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange 1920 - I am sure that Nature never intended me to be a self-made man. There are times when I can hardly… ... Read more
- The Silver Hatchet 1890 - On the 3rd of December 1861, Dr. Otto von Hopstein, Regius Professor of Comparative Anatomy of the University of Buda-Pesth,… ... Read more
- The Terror of Blue John Gap 1890 - The following narrative was found among the papers of Dr. James Hardcastle, who died of phthisis on February 4th, 1908,… ... Read more