Valley of Fear

…However, the series of short stories that were serialized in the Strand Magazine from the July 1891 issue became explosively popular, and Holmes' name became famous overnight. After “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (1892), which collected 12 short stories, five short story collections were published, including “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” (1894), “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” (1905), “The Last Farewell” (1917), and “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes” (1927), and four full-length novels, including the above two, “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1902) and “The Valley of Fear” (1915). Holmes' popularity has continued to grow even after the author's death, and there are fans all over the world who believe that he was a real person, and they have organized clubs in various places. …

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…しかし，《ストランド･マガジン》に1891年7月号から連載された一連の短編小説は爆発的人気を呼び，ホームズの名は一躍有名になった。12の短編を集めた《シャーロック･ホームズの冒険》(1892)以後，《シャーロック･ホームズの思い出》(1894)，《シャーロック･ホームズの生還》(1905)，《最後のあいさつ》(1917)，《シャーロック･ホームズの事件簿》(1927)まで，合計五つの短編集と，前記2編に加えて《バスカビル家の犬》(1902)，《恐怖の谷》(1915)の合計四つの長編が発表された。　作者の死後もホームズの人気は高まる一方で，彼を実在，現存の人物と信ずるファンは世界中にいて，各地でクラブを組織している。…

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