His Last Bow
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For the story, see His Last Bow (story).
| His Last Bow | |
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 Cover of the first edition of His Last Bow |
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| Author(s) | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes |
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction short stories |
| Publisher | John Murray |
| Publication date | 1917 [1] |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 305 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | The Valley of Fear |
| Followed by | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes |
His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in some editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, first in The Strand Magazine September 1908 to December 1913, plus the one-off title story (September 1917), also called A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes under Reminiscences of Mr. Sherlock Holmes. "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" was originally in two parts: "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro".
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- "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge"
- "The Adventure of the Red Circle"
- "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"
- "The Adventure of the Dying Detective"
- "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax"
- "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"
- "His Last Bow" (told in the third person)
Most American editions of the canon also contain the story "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", which is in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions, between the first and the second story.
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