The Short Stories Canon:
Traditionally, 56 stories exist in the Sherlock Holmes canon; however, for the purposes of our class, we will analyze the following two short stories:
Published in 1892, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" sees Holmes match wits with the nefarious Dr. Roylott and his vicious Indian Adder.
Published in 1893, "The Final Problem" pits Sherlock against his arch nemesis professor Moriarty, culminating in a cataclysmic showdown at the Reichenbach falls in Switzerland.