The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
82%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
108,124words in the book
8,186different words
5,362beyond the core
Ranked #11 of 32 — easiest first.
The words to learn first
The most common words in this book that fall outside the core vocabulary. Names are left out; these are the ones that actually repay learning before you start.
- upon467×
- shall171×
- however108×
- sir78×
- lady72×
- ever70×
- remarked64×
- chair62×
- course60×
- cannot55×
- sat54×
- brought50×
- hat50×
- wish45×
- gentleman42×
- lay42×
- pray42×
- stood35×
- either34×
- fellow34×
How it starts
To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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