The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
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| Editor | Ellery Queen |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date | March 1944 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 363 |
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes is an anthology of thirty-three Sherlock Holmes pastiches and parodies,[1] first published in 1944.[2]
The first collection of Holmes pastiches,[3] it consists of stories written by many prominent authors including Agatha Christie,[3] Mark Twain,[3] O. Henry,[4] Anthony Boucher, James M. Barrie,[3] and Anthony Berkeley Cox. It was edited by the American mystery writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee under their joint pseudonym Ellery Queen.[4][5][6] The book angered the heirs of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the creator of Sherlock Holmes)[1][4] and it was pulled from publication after the original run.[7][8]
List of stories
[edit]The stories are divided into multiple segments[5]
Part One: By Detective-Story Writers
[edit]- The Great Pegram Mystery by Robert Barr
- Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late by Maurice Leblanc
- The Adventure of the Clothes-Line by Carolyn Wells
- The Unique Hamlet by Vincent Starrett
- Holmes and the Dasher by Anthony Berkeley
- The Case of the Missing Lady by Agatha Christie
- The Adventure of the Illustrious Imposter by Anthony Boucher
- The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore by Ellery Queen
- The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm by Stuart Palmer
Part Two: By Famous Literary Figures
[edit]- The Adventure of the Two Collaborators by J.M. Barrie
- A Double-Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain
- The Stolen Cigar Case by Bret Harte
- The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes by O. Henry
Part Three: By Humorists
[edit]- The Umbrosa Burglary by R.C. Lehmann
- The Stranger Unravels a Mystery by John Kendrick Bangs
- Shylock Homes: His Posthumous Memoirs by John Kendrick Bangs
- Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective by Stephen Leacock
- An Irreducible Detective Story by Stephen Leacock
Part Four: By Devotees and others
[edit]- The Adventure of the Table Foot by Allan Ramsay
- The Sign of the "400" by R. K. Munkittrick
- Our Mr. Smith by Oswald Crawford
- The Footprints on the Ceiling by Jules Castier
- The End of Sherlock Holmes by A. E. P.
- The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle by August Derleth
- The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel by William O. Fuller
- The Ruby Khitmandu by Hugh Kingsmill
- His Last Scrape: or, Holmes, Sweet Holmes! By Rachel Ferguson
- The Adventure of the Murdered Art Editor by Frederic Dorr Steele
- The Canterbury Cathedral Murder by Frederic Arnold Kummer and Basil Mitchell
- The Case of the Missing Patriarchs by Logan Clendening
- The Case of the Diabolical Plot by Richard Mallett
- Christmas Eve by S. C. Roberts
- The Man Who Was Not Dead by Manly Wade Wellman
References
[edit]- ^ a b Byrne, Bob (October 20, 2014). "The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes: Ellery Queen's Misadventures of SH". Black Gate. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Eyles, Alan (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. p. 98. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.
- ^ a b c d Bunson, Matthew (1997). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: an A-to-Z guide to the world of the great detective. Macmillan. p. 135. ISBN 0-02-861679-0.
- ^ a b c Redmond, Christopher (2009). Sherlock Holmes Handbook: Second Edition. Dundurn Press. p. 212. ISBN 9781459718982.
- ^ a b Queen, Ellery, ed. (1944). The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Little Brown.
- ^ "Books and Authors". The New York Times. 1944-03-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ Nevins, Francis M. (2013). Ellery Queen: The Art of Detection. Perfect Crime Books.
- ^ Boström, Mattias (2018). From Holmes to Sherlock. Mysterious Press. pp. 250–251. ISBN 978-0-8021-2789-1.