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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes isacollection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle,featuringhis fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The stories arenot inchronological order, and the only characters common to alltwelveare Holmes and Dr. Watson. As with all but four of theSherlockHolmes stories, those contained within The Adventures ofSherlockHolmes are told by a first-person narrative from the pointof viewof Dr. Watson. In general the stories in The Adventures ofSherlockHolmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices.Holmes isportrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice.


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    Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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