Canon Holmnésien

Ce que l'on appelle le Canon Holmnésien se compose de 56 nouvelles et de 4 romans tous écris par Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Ce terme de canon permet de distinguer les oeuvres originales de Conan Doyle des travaux ultérieurs dans lesquels apparait Sherlock Holmes.

Le canon original comprend ces nouvelles et romans dans cet ordre:

1) A study in Scarlet roman publié en 1887

2) The sign of the Four roman publié en 1890

3) The adventures of Sherlock Holmes, recueil de nouvelles publié entre 1891 et 1892 dans The Strand.

- A scandal in Bohemia

- The Red-Headed ligue

- A case of identity

- The Boscombe Valley Mystery

- The five orange Orange Pips

- The man with the twisted lip

- The blue Carbuncle

- The speckled band

- The engineer's Thumb

- The Noble Bachelor

- The Beryl Coronet

- The Copper Beeches

4) The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes recueil de nouvelles publié entre 1892-1893 dans The strand et The Adventure.

- Silver Blaze

- The Yellow face

- The stockbroker's Clerk

- The Gloria Scott

- The Musgrave Ritual

- The Adventure of the Reigate Squire

- The Adventure of the Crooked Man

- The Resident Patient

- The Greek Interpreter

- The Naval Treaty

- The Final Problem

5) The Hound of the Baskervilles roman publié en série dans The Strand durant le Grand Hiatus

6) The Return of Sherlock Holmes nouvelles publiées entre 1903 et 1904 dans The Strand

- The Adventure of the Empty House

- The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

- The Adventure of the Dancing Men

- The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

- The Adventure of the Priory School

- The Adventure of Black Peter

- The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton

- The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

- The Adventure of the Three Students

- The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez

- The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

- The Adventure of the Abbey Grange

- The Adventure of the Second Stain

7) The Valley of Fear roman publié en série entre 1914 et 1915

8) His last Bow nouvelles publiées entre 1908-1913 et 1917

- The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

- The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

- The Adventure of the Red Circle

- The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

- The Adventure of the Dying Detective

- The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

- The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

- His Last Bow

9) The case-book of Sherlock Holmes nouvelles publiées entre 1921 et 1927

- The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (told in third-person)

- The Problem of Thor Bridge

- The Adventure of the Creeping Man

- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

- The Adventure of the Three Garridebs

- The Adventure of the Illustrious Client

- The Adventure of the Three Gables

- The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (narrated by Holmes)

- The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (narrated by Holmes)

- The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

- The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

- The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place