Cover of Selected Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Adventure of the Copper Beeches / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Red-Headed League)

Selected Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Adventure of the Copper Beeches / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Red-Headed League)

by Arthur Conan Doyle · 1966

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Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thisprivate investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
private investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1890s1890sMore like thisLess of this221b Baker Street221b Baker StreetMore like thisLess of thisBaker StreetBaker StreetMore like thisLess of thisCalcuttaCalcuttaMore like thisLess of thisCovent GardenCovent GardenMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 213 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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