The Red-Headed League / Die Liga der Rothaarigen

A Sherlock Holmes Adventure – Bilingual English German – Parallel Text

Exciting story with the most famous fictional detective of all-time. Dive into the Victorian era and listen to the unforgettable dialogues between Holmes and Watson. When reflecting on his work in 1927, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ranked “The Red-Headed League” as the second-best of his Sherlock Holmes stories.

Some of the most famous quotations of “The Red-Headed League”

“Excellent!” I cried. “Elementary,” said he. – “Hervorragend!” rief ich. “Elementar,” sagte er.
You know my methods, Watson. – Sie kennen meine Methoden Watson.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. – Wenn Sie das Unmögliche ausgeschlossen haben, was auch immer übrigbleibt, sei es noch so unwahrscheinlich, muss die Wahrheit sein.

Here an example of the text alignment inside the book. The original text and the literary translation is placed in parallel vertical columns side by side.
Therefore you can check almost instantly whether you understand or not. For even better orientation every second line has a sight background color in the Kindle edition.