collection short stories featuring fictional detective published october individual stories june july stories chronological order characters common holmes watson stories related person narrative watson point view general stories identify try correct social holmes portrayed offering new sense justice stories received boosted figures prompting able demand money set stories story scandal includes character despite featured story prominent character modern adaptations generally love interest holmes included stories collection favourite stories picking adventure band overall favourite context began writing studying medicine university late 1870s short story mystery valley published september years later study scarlet holmes story published novel received paid little despite sequel novel sign published shifted focus short stories early editor received submissions newly established magazine later described reaction realised greatest short story writer scandal published near july stories proved popular helping boost circulation magazine received short story initial run stories published monthly july june collected published book october publisher initial print run book copies united_kingdom copies united_states published following day stories summary stories told person narrative point view watson case holmes stories entry suggests short stories contained tend point social king betrayal opera singer stepfather deception ward fictitious lover aristocratic exploitation failing extensive estate kent suggests contrast holmes portrayed offering fresh fair approach world official incompetence aristocratic privilege contains favourite stories submitted list believed best stories listed adventure band favourite second scandal fifth orange seventh book banned soviet_union alleged book gained popularity black market similarly banned books restriction lifted publication sequence critical reception received following publication scandal july described story worthy inventive genius year later took break publishing short stories completion piece reviewed story author saying read moderate interest year ago unique power writing evident gulf quality stories leeds mercury particularly praised characterisation holmes little contrast described holmes bore noting descriptions grows correspondent lamented fact thoughtful writing clarke popular holmes stories concluding author wishes literature pay write readers want adaptations adapted numerous times films plays character played different actors films number film television series borne title adventures holmes original stories combinations number stories case adaptation sign short story scandal prominent modern adaptations despite appearing story modern adaptations portrayed love interest holmes elementary bbc story narration claims felt emotion akin love stories collection included episodes television series ran
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