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The Sign of the Four Annotated New Classics Addition

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Sign of the Four Annotated New Classics Addition

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of the Four is a unique starring the characters Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote it in 1889 after Joseph M Stoddart, the coping with editor of Lippincott's Monthly, commissioned the tale. Lippincott's became an American mag and Stoddart needed to make an English version utilising British writers and editors. Stoddart requested Doyle to make a contribution a story. At this factor, DOyle had best written approximately Holmes within the story A Study in Scarlet; thus, Holmes wasn't yet that popular of a individual. He didn't turn out to be without a doubt widely known till brief stories featuring him started walking in 1891.Doyle was born in Scotland in 1859. He went to high school to eventually come to be a health practitioner. All the at the same time as, he wrote and published quick stories and educational articles. Doyle's huge ruin took place while he wrote A Study in Scarlet and submitted it to Ward Lock and Co. The agency offered all rights to the tale for only 25 kilos. Conan Doyle later disassociated himself with Ward Lock and Co., as he felt the organisation exploited him and underpaid him for his work. The later Holmes memories had been published within the Strand magazine.The Sign of the Four follows Holmes as he solves a two-fold thriller. One, what has befell to Mary Morstan's father, Captain Arthur Morstan? Two, who has been sending her mysterious pearls within the mail? Holmes of course solves each mysteries, with the help of his companion Dr. John Watson. This tale is likely great regarded for two things. One is arguably the most well-known Holmes-ism, which is Holmes' declare that when the not possible has been removed, then the reality ought to be something remains, irrespective of how unbelievable it's miles. The 2nd thing is that the story introduces Mary Morstan. Ms. Morstan is John Watson's love interest and eventual spouse. In this story, she brings the case to the attention of Holmes and Watson; Watson proposes to her by the end of the story.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles By A. Conan Doyle

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The Hound of the Baskervilles By A. Conan Doyle

By: A. Conan Doyle

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a "Penang lawyer." Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across. "To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.," was engraved upon it, with the date "1884." It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.

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3736811330

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9783736811331

The Wanderings of A Spiritualist

By: A. Conan Doyle

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Reproduction of the original: The Wanderings of A Spiritualist by A. Conan Doyle

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3752332131

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Danger! And Other Stories

By: A. Conan Doyle

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Reproduction of the original: Danger! And Other Stories by A. Conan Doyle

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3752370440

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

ADVENTURE I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIAI.To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heardhim mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipsesand predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he feltany emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and thatone particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise butadmirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfectreasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as alover he would have placed himself in a false position. He neverspoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. Theywere admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing theveil from men's motives and actions. But for the trained reasonerto admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finelyadjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor whichmight throw a doubt upon all his mental results. Grit in asensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-powerlenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in anature such as his. And yet there was but one woman to him, andthat woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionablememory.I had seen little of Holmes lately. My marriage had drifted usaway from each other. My own complete happiness, and thehome-centred interests which rise up around the man who firstfinds himself master of his own establishment, were sufficient toabsorb all my attention, while Holmes, who loathed every form ofsociety with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings inBaker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating fromweek to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of thedrug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature. He was still, as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime, and occupied hisimmense faculties and extraordinary powers of observation infollowing out those clues, and clearing up those mysteries whichhad been abandoned as hopeless by the official police. From timeto time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summonsto Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing upof the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished sodelicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merelyshared with all the readers of the daily press, I knew little ofmy former friend and companion.One night--it was on the twentieth of March, 1888--I wasreturning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned tocivil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. As Ipassed the well-remembered door, which must always be associatedin my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of theStudy in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmesagain, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.His rooms were brilliantly lit, and, even as I looked up, I sawhis tall, spare figure pass twice in a dark silhouette againstthe blind. He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his headsunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him. To me, whoknew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told theirown story. He was at work again. He had risen out of hisdrug-created dreams and was hot upon the scent of some newproblem. I rang the bell and was shown up to the chamber whichhad formerly been in part my ow

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1731161069

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The Coming of the Fairies

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Coming of the Fairies

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (1859-1930) was a Scottish author. He is most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. His first significant work was A Study in Scarlet, which appeared in Beetona€(TM)s Christmas Annual for 1887 and featured the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes, who was partially modelled after his former university professor, Joseph Bell. Other works include The Firm of Girdlestone (1890), The Captain of the Polestar (1890), The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892), Beyond the City (1892), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Great Boer War (1900), The Green Flag (1900), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), and The Lost World (1912).

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140991013X

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The Man From Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure

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Reproduction of the original: The Man From Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by A. Conan Doyle

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3752380888

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The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen

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Reproduction of the original: The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by A. Conan Doyle

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Songs of the Road

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Reproduction of the original: Songs of the Road by A. Conan Doyle

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3752315539

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

By: A Conan Doyle

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

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The Hound of the Baskervilles, also translated as The Dog of the Baskervilles or The Mastiff of the Baskervilles, is the third novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that has Sherlock Holmes as its main protagonist. It was serialized in The Strand Magazine between 1901 and 1902. The novel is primarily set on Dartmoor, in Devon, a county in the west of England. Conan Doyle wrote this story shortly after returning from South Africa, where he had worked as a medical volunteer at The Langman Field Hospital in Bloemfontein.

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The Sign of the Four Annotated New Classics Addition

The Sign of the Four Annotated New Classics Addition

The Hound of the Baskervilles By A. Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles By A. Conan Doyle

The Wanderings of A Spiritualist

The Wanderings of A Spiritualist

Danger! And Other Stories

Danger! And Other Stories

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Coming of the Fairies

The Coming of the Fairies

The Man From Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure

The Man From Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure

The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen

The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen

Songs of the Road

Songs of the Road

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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