The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

A short Sherlock Holmes detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1893 and narrated by Dr. Watson. Holmes investigates the case of a cardboard box, mailed to a London-area woman, containing two freshly severed human ears.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic mystery and detective stories›Detective novels and casebooks›Sherlock Holmes and his rivals, 1887 to 1913

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