Arthur Conan Doyle
Best known as the creator of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling tales of the supernatural and the corruption of technology. His sharp wit and chillingly detailed writing are at their peak in this diverse collection of adventures, ranging from the cunning escapades of a wartime...
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his immortal character Sherlock Holmes,
his tales of comic adventure featuring Brigadier Etienne Gerard, a French cavalry officer in the tine of the Napoleonic Wars, were equally beloved in their...
Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle'.
With a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of several intriguing detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. This works is rightly ranked among the seminal ones of mystery and detective fiction.
在充满雾气的伦敦贝克街上,住着一位富有正义感的侦探福尔摩斯。他和他忠实的医生朋友华生一起经历了无数千奇百怪的案子,制造了许多充满传奇、冒险与智慧的侦探故事。匪夷所思的事件、扑朔迷离的案情、心思缜密的推理和惊奇刺激的冒险让该系列小说成为世界侦探小说的经典之作。
...We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press. If you've read the first 3 volumes in the Ghost Story MEGAPACK™ series, plus The Macabre MEGAPACK™ series, you're pretty well caught up with the classic supernatural fiction we've been reading lately. Don't worry, though—we'll keep digging for more classic horror tales!
Included in this volume are:
THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS, by Amelia B. Edwards
THREE SPANISH LADIES, by Walter
...10) The Lost World
Think Sherlock Holmes is Arthur Conan Doyle's sole literary creation? Think again! The Lost World is a fictional tale about swashbuckling explorer Professor Challenger, who travels to South America on a research expedition -- and encounters an array of thought-to-be-extinct prehistoric creatures along the way.
En el sabueso de Baskerville, vemos a Holmes haciendo cálculos con el más allá. Existe un halo sobrenatural y terrorífico que nos hace dudar de la resolución lógica del asunto, pero nada inabarcable al raciocinio de Holmes. En el segunto título de esta obra, Memorias de Sherlock Holmes, varios casos pondrán a prueba la destreza analítica del detective quien tendrá que enfrentarse a su primera equivocación, y a su propio creador decidido
...Estos son los dos primeros títulos que Conan Doyle dedicó a un personaje tan excéntrico como racional cuya pericia investigadora, deductiva y analítica sorprende a policías , detectives, asesinos y por supuetso a su nuevo amigo Watson.
Cuando el Dr. Watson decide compartir apartamento con Sherlock Holmes no se imagina, tampoco el lector en la primera página, las apasionantes aventuras que le esperan. Este libro prologado por Alberto Laiseca
...Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes y su querido Watson terminan en este libro, compuesto de varios relatos cuyos casos son más originales y estrafalarios de lo normal. La obra posee la categoría que exige el guión en casos de despedida: asuntos de vampiros y de viejos cadáveres. El hecho de que Holmes narre dos de los cuentos o el cariño que le expresa a Watson despiertan en el lector la sensación de querer volver a empezar con el primer libro,
..."The Five Orange Pips" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It details a peculiar case revolved around the deaths of several individuals who had recieved a letter containing orange pips prior to their demise.
The renowned Dr. Watson is "now living in retirement in a quiet little cottage," but it wasn't always so. Once, he shared a flat on Baker Street with Sherlock Holmes. In the London fog, a carriage creaked towards them over cobblestone streets—and somewhere in the night, a mystery demanded a solution! Here comes radio's favorite consulting detective in ten classic episodes starring none other than Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. These tales
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