The Adventure of the Empty House
"The Adventure of the Empty House", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Collier's in the United States on 26 September 1903, and in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in October 1903.
| "The Adventure of the Empty House" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle | |
1903 illustration by Sidney Paget in The Strand Magazine | |
| Publication | |
| Publication date | 1903 |
| Series | The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his survival after his deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty in "The Final Problem". This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem".
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