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The Red-Headed League

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The Red-Headed League

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
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The Red-Headed League is the second of the 12 stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in 1892. In it, Jabez Wilson, a flame-haired London pawnbroker, comes to consult Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Some weeks before, Wilson responded to a newspaper want ad offering highly paid work to only redheaded male applicants. Wilson was hired on the basis of the precise hue of his hair color and performed menial work at a decent wage. When this occupation is suddenly suspended, he enlists Holmes and Watson to find an explanation. One of his more lighthearted shorts, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ranked it as his second-favorite Sherlock Holmes story.

Public Domain (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC Sherlock Holmes Classics Fiction Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Action & Adventure
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