Arthur Doyle: 1917 books

No home library is complete without the classics! The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a keepsake to be read and treasured. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of twelve short stories by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle, is considered a milestone in the genre of detective fiction....

Today, readers revere Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as a master of the detective fiction genre. However, he had a life-long interest in the occult and the supernatural which long predated his creation of Sherlock Holmes, and many of his fiction and non-fiction works deal with these topics. In The Parasite,...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, father of crime fiction, officially killed off his character Sherlock Holmes in the story "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Holmes, famous for his intellectual prowess, his keen observation skills, and for giving Robert Downey Jr. his second blockbuster in as many years,...

The hit BBC series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, offers a fresh, contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective. The debut episode took as its inspiration the very first Sherlock Holmes novel,...

Introduction by Anne Perry Includes newly commissioned endnotes ** ** In 1887, a young Arthur Conan Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, creating an international icon in the quick-witted sleuth Sherlock Holmes. In this very first Holmes mystery, the detective introduces himself to Dr. John H. Watson...

First published in 1907. A memoir of the books in Doyle's library. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered...

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of contents: The Bravoes of Market-Drayton The Holocaust of Manor Place The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker The Debatable Case of Mrs. Emsley The...

Extracted from the book Survival by Arthur Conan Doyle, this ebook gives an insight into Conan Doyle’s personal psychic experiences and conclusions, including his thoughts on religion and spiritualism, science and spiritualism, the death of his son, and his wife’s experiences with spiritualism. The...

This is a splendid anthology by Arthur Conan Doyle. This wonderful collection of short stories is brimming with action and adventure. Ranging from politics and sports to science-fiction it covers multifarious issues. Doyle's wonderful imagination and sense of adventure are amply depicted in this work. The unusual twists and turns are bound to keep the readers on their toes. Exhilarating!

In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in fiction. Suicide as a murder weapon...

Sherlock Holmes, the world’s “only unofficial consulting detective”, was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously in popularity,...

"Le chien des Baskerville" est pour beaucoup le meilleur roman de Conan Doyle. Sir Charles Baskerville est découvert mort sur le sol de son domaine. Bien qu'une crise cardiaque soit retenue, la légende d'une malédiction pesant sur cette famille et un chien de l'enfer...

Cette édition de référence consacrée aux grands Héros du roman policier, réunit dans un même volume la première aventure de Sherlock Holmes suivie d’un autre roman, écrit par le maître du roman populaire français : Henry Cauvain et son personnage moins célèbre mais tout aussi important...

In Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' stories, the titular detective is described in passing as a skilled amateur boxer. In the novel Rodney Stone, however, Conan Doyle dives much deeper into the world of pugilism, combining a satisfying mystery plot with the tale of an up-and-coming young boxer who rubs shoulders with many of England's most renowned nineteenth-century athletes and personages.