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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. "The Tragedy of the Korosko" (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialised a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897. It was later adapted into a play Fires of Fate...
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"El valle del terror" (1914) es la 4º y última novela de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) en la que aparece Sherlock Holmes, su mítico personaje.
En ella, que anticipa el género de la "novela negra", una vez más el genial investigador descubre la identidad de un asesino usando su increíble capacidad de análisis y deducción…
Pero lo extraño es la estructura de la novela donde, tras la primera parte, dedicada en su totalidad al esclarecimiento...
3) The Refugees
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. "The Refugees" (1893) is a historical novel by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit...
4) Micah Clarke
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This exciting historical romance by the creator of Sherlock Holmes unfolds during the ill-fated Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, in which Protestant dissenters attempted to overthrow their Catholic monarch. Young Micah Clarke ventures off to join the rebels, falling in with a veteran soldier of fortune, and the pair weather a harrowing series of battles, recounted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with his customary wit and élan. Micah Clarke offers a vivid portrait...
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Tras la desaparición de su padre en circunstancias poco claras, la señorita Mary Morstan empieza a recibir perlas de alguien cuya identidad desconoce y que le ha citado para reunirse con ella. Mary recurre a Sherlock Holmes, quien acepta desentrañar el caso y, junto con Watson, acudir como acompañante de la muchacha a la cita. El encuentro les conduce a Thaddeus Sholto y su hermano, hijos de un amigo del padre de la señorita Morton, quienes les...
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This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1826 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Professor Challenger series. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20....
7) Uncle Bernac
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. In the book "Uncle Bernac" a young French aristocrat in exile receives a mysterious invitation to join his uncle in France and enter into Napoleon's service. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Escándalo en Bohemia es el primero de los 56 relatos cortos sobre Sherlock Holmes, un detective con varias habilidades, escrito por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Como toda historia comienza con un misterio, aquí el Doctor Watson, relata con sutileza la forma en que la reunión se desarrolla. Sherlock Holmes es llamado por un caballero enmascarado. Se presenta como el conde Von Kramm, un agente de un cliente adinerado, pero Holmes deduce rápidamente...
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A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the...
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Abandon yourself to the spell of six short stories filled with thrills and dark suspense. Here are tales by the masters of mystery and horror- A. Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Oscar Wilde and Ambrose Bierce- taking on a new energy and force through performances by Recorded Books' critically-acclaimed narrators. Ranging from dungeons to drawing rooms, and peopled with extraordinary ghouls and doomed dowagers, the tales are guaranteed to raise...
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This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1889 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20. In 1887, Conan Doyle's first significant...
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Cuando sir Arthur Conan Doyle convirtió en personaje popular su Sherlock Holmes, el público incondicional, habituado a leer novelas por entregas en los periódicos y revistas, demandó vorazmente nuevas historias ingeniosas y divertidas. Su autor, que sin duda prefería el relato corto a la novela de gran extensión, publicó varias decenas de nuevos casos para lucir la perspicacia de su detective y entretener los mejores ratos de sus lectores fieles.
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Estudio en escarlata es la primera historia del legendario detective Sherlock Holmes y de su amigo, el doctor Watson, un cirujano militar que regresa a Londres tras su participación en la guerra. Watson y Holmes se mudan al famoso número 221B de Baker Street, donde Watson se enfrenta a las excentricidades de Holmes y a su mágica habilidad para la deducción.
En esta oportunidad Holmes es llamado para resolver un extraño asesinato: una casa desierta,...
14) The Lost World
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Originally published serially in 1912, "The Lost World" is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of discovery and adventure. The story begins with the narrator, the curious and intrepid reporter Edward Malone, meeting Professor Challenger, a strange and brilliant paleontologist who insists that he has found dinosaurs still alive deep in the Amazon. Malone agrees to accompany Challenger, as well as Challenger's unconvinced colleague Professor Summerlee,...
15) A Desert Drama
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A fantastic novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a group of European and American tourists taken hostage in Egypt by Islamic extremists.
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"The Dealings of Captain Sharkey" is a collection of adventure stories by an English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Captain Sharkey is the terror of the Caribbean Sea. His ship called "Happy Delivery" keeps ranging the vast of waters and attacking the defenceless galleons. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became a world-famous writer due to his novels "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Sign of the Four", "The Speckled Band", "A Scandal in Bohemia",...
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Extrait : "Aujourd'hui, 1er janvier de l'année 1851, le dix-neuvième siècle est arrivé à sa moitié, et parmi nous qui avons été jeunes avec lui, un bon nombre ont déjà reçu des avertissements qui nous apprennent qu'il nous a usés. Nous autres, les vieux, nous rapprochons nos têtes grisonnantes et nous parlons de la grande époque que nous avons connue, mais quand c'est avec nos fils que nous nous entretenons, nous éprouvons de grandes...
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It has been three years since Sherlock Holmes fell to his death after a showdown with his brilliant enemy Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. Believing his friend to be dead, Doctor John Watson has moved on with his life. That is, until he discovers Sherlock Holmes alive and in disguise one afternoon in a London shop. A whole new series of adventures awaits Holmes and Watson, and the consulting detective must use the science of deduction to solve new mysteries,...
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The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notoriety lies primarily in his Sherlock Holmes stories, which remain the quintessential crime and detective novels of the twentieth century. However, before his days of penning detective fiction for zealous audiences, Doyle found inspiration for his novel "The White Company" in an 1889 lecture on medieval times. He had read over a hundred volumes on the period of Edward III and the Hundred...
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In "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", a Norfolk country squire from a reputable family hires Holmes to help him learn who has been sending him weird encoded messages, in the form of dancing stick figures, that are disturbing his wife. Upon collecting enough of the messages Holmes cracks the code. He returns to Norfolk to present his findings only to find that his client has met with tragedy. Using forensic science and his inimitable powers of deduction,...
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