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The Valley of Fear

Arthur Conan Doyle

In this fourth Sherlock Holmes mystery, the detective receives a coded warning about a plot against a country gentleman named Douglas.

"The Valley of Fear" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a novel. In this fourth Sherlock Holmes mystery, the detective receives a coded warning about a plot against a country gentleman named Douglas.

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“I should do so,” Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.

I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I’ll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption. “Really, Holmes,” said I severely, “you are a little trying at times.”

He was too much absorbed with his own thoughts to give any immediate answer to my remonstrance. He leaned upon his hand, with his untasted breakfast before him, and he stared at the slip of paper which he had just drawn from its envelope. Then he took the envelope itself, held it up to the light, and very carefully studied both the exterior and the flap.

“It is Porlock’s writing,” said he thoughtfully. “I can hardly doubt that it is Porlock’s writing, though I have seen it only twice before. The Greek e with the peculiar top flourish is distinctive. But if it is Porlock, then it must be something of the very first importance.”

He was speaking to himself rather than to me; but my vexation disappeared in the interest which the words awakened.

Contents

  1. 01Part I—The Tragedy of Birlstone
  2. 02Chapter I—The Warning
  3. 03“What’s this, Mr. Holmes? Man, it’s witchcraft! Where in the name of all that is wonderful did you get those names?”
  4. 04Chapter II—Sherlock Holmes Discourses
  5. 05Chapter III—The Tragedy of Birlstone
  6. 06Chapter IV—Darkness
  7. 07Chapter V—The People of the Drama
  8. 08For an instant I could have sworn that the faintest shadow of a smile flickered over the woman’s lips.
  9. 09Chapter VI—A Dawning Light
  10. 10“Watson, would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic.”
  11. 11Chapter VII—The Solution
  12. 12Part II—The Scowrers
  13. 13Chapter I—The Man
  14. 14Chapter II—The Bodymaster
  15. 15“If your heart is as big as your body, and your soul as fine as your face, then I’d ask for nothing better,” said McMurdo.
  16. 16Chapter III—Lodge 341, Vermissa
  17. 17It was all he could do to keep himself from screaming out.
  18. 18Chapter IV—The Valley of Fear
  19. 19Chapter V—The Darkest Hour
  20. 20“Oh, Jack, I implore you to give it up!”
  21. 21Chapter VI—Danger
  22. 22Chapter VII—The Trapping of Birdy Edwards
  23. 23“Not a sound, for your lives!” McMurdo whispered.
  24. 24Epilogue

About this edition

Author
Arthur Conan Doyle
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
186 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers