# Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated

Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48320

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Adventures+of+Sherlock+Holmes+Illustrated+Doyle&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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 a lover, he would have placed himself in a false position. He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. They were admirable things for the observer—excellent for drawing the veil from men’s motives and actions. But for the trained...

## Chapters

- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-illustrated-48320/chapters/25/index.md)