Sherlock Holmes –Short Stories
CEF A2+
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
For him the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, there was only one woman in the world. It doesn’t mean he loved her, because I know that he never loved women. But after their meeting he never forgot her. Her name was Irene Adler.
One night in March I visited my old friend at his home in Baker Street. I was married, so I did not often see him.
“Come in, Watson,” he said. “Sit down. I’m happy to see you because I’ve got something to show you.
Holmes showed me a letter with no date, name or address.
“What do you think of this?” he asked. “It arrived in the last post.”
I took the letter and began to read. It said: “Tonight someone will visit you, to talk about some very secret business. You have helped other important people, and you can, we hope, help us. Be in your room at 7.45 pm”…

Otto-Classics Graded Readers Series are outstanding classics written by famous writers. The language and vocabulary in the books are controlled and simplified by specialist ELT authors and compilers according to Common European Framework so that they can be easily understood by new learners of English.
Depending on the eight levels from A1 to B2+, the longer stories are divided into a number of chapters and every chapter has its own activities. Some of the activities in the books are meant to be done in pairs. You may work with a partner to solve problems and design projects that reflect not only your own thinking but also new ideas you and your mates will discover by working in groups.