Type The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892. 12 chapters in 791 pages of about 125 words.

Twelve stories of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, first published in The Strand Magazine and collected in 1892: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, The Speckled Band and nine more. Each case is complete in itself, so you can type one story at a time.

Conan Doyle wrote quick, precise dialogue, with names, numbers and amounts of money along the way, which makes the stories good practice for the keys plain word tests leave out.

At 40 words per minute the whole book takes about 43 hours of typing. Type a few pages a day and the book keeps your place.

How it works

Press Start and the first page appears as a test. Type it as you would any test: the clock starts with your first key, and at the end of the page you see your speed, your accuracy and the keys that slowed you down. Press Enter for the next page. If you stop, the book opens at the same page next time you come back in this browser.

Chapters

1. A Scandal in Bohemia (65 pages)
2. The Red-Headed League (71 pages)
3. A Case of Identity (53 pages)
4. The Boscombe Valley Mystery (72 pages)
5. The Five Orange Pips (57 pages)
6. The Man with the Twisted Lip (66 pages)
7. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (58 pages)
8. The Adventure of the Speckled Band (75 pages)
9. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (61 pages)
10. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (64 pages)
11. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (74 pages)
12. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (75 pages)