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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. This lesser known work "A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus" by Doyle is about two young people who are very much in love. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete.
No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the worlds smartest detective. These easy-to-read Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the intriguing tales: "A Scandal in Bohemia," Holmess first encounter with the mysterious Irene Adler; "The Red-Headed
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El detective Sherlock Holmes y su asistente, el Doctor Watson, son llamados para investigar la misteriosa muerte de un rico residente de Dartmoor cuya muerte parece estar conectada con la maldición de un legendario y monstruoso perro de origen sobrenatural.
En El sabueso de los Baskerville vemos la primera aparición de Holmes desde su supuesta muerte en El problema final y el éxito de la novela llevó al eventual resurgimiento del personaje hasta...
44) 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...
45) His Last Bow
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Arthur Conan Doyle's His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes(1917) is an outstanding collection of some of the later stories and most dramatic exploits of Detective Holmes and Dr. Watson. These stories were composed between 1908 and 1917, with the exception of the infamous tale "The Cardboard Box", which was written in 1893. Six of these adventures were initially published The Strand magazine, and the final titular story was published...
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Bringing together Sherlock Holmes, the master of science detection, and John H Watson, the great detective's faithful chronicler, this novel not only establishes the magic of the Holmes myth but also provides the reader with a dramatic adventure yarn which ranges from the foggy, gas-lit streets of London to the burning plains of Utah.
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Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 1
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The investigation of a bizarre crime in A Study in Scarlet brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson together for the first time, in what proves to be an auspicious beginning for one of the most illustrious crime-solving partnerships of all times. In The Sign of Four, an incredible tale of greed and revenge unfolds as Holmes and Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to the dark heart of London.
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Get all of Sherlock Holmes' Adventures in one Mega Set. Read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in chronological order. This bundle includes: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes; The Return of Sherlock Holmes; The Sign of the Four; The Adventure of the Cardboard Box; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Valley of Fear; The Adventure of the Dying Detective; His Las Bow. This Sherlock Holmes Collection...
49) Tales of Unease
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This gripping set of tales by the master storyteller Arthur Conan Doyle is bound to thrill and unnerve you. In these twilight excursions, Doyle's vivid imagination for the strange, the grotesque and the frightening is given full rein.
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L'auteur à succès international Mark Williams est fier de présenter le premier tome des adaptations courtes pour enfants, de la série Classiques pour enfants: L'escarboucle bleue. Rejoignez Holmes et Watson qui tentent de résoudre le mystère de l'escarboucle bleue, dans un livre au langage moderne et accessible aux enfants, qui laisse de côté les aspects difficiles de la langue de l'époque. Idéal pour initier les enfants de tout âge au...
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Undoubtedly the best-known detective in literature, Sherlock Holmes was the creation of British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), who endowed his super sleuth with an extraordinary facility for solving crimes. Drawing on his remarkable powers of observation and deduction, coupled with an encyclopedic knowledge of crimes and criminals, Holmes seeks out his prey in the London underworld, where no evildoer is safe from his keen wits and tenacious...
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Four superb stories featuring the peerless sleuth and his faithful sidekick, Dr. Watson: "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," "The Adventure of the Dying Detective," "The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans." Wonderful introduction to Holmes corpus; pocket-size treat for any mystery lover.
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Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective in all fiction, and his adventures are among the finest capers committed to the printed page. Rightly regarded as the Great Detective, Holmes sees clues that others overlook, and displays skills of detection that are nearly as uncanny as they are . . . elementary. The Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Holmes collects forty-eight classic tales, including the full-length novels "A Study in Scarlet," "The Sign...
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Sherlock Holmes es un detective ficticio creado por el autor y médico Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, graduado de la universidad de medicina de Edimburgo. Un detective con base en Londres, "detective consultor" cuyas habilidades rondan lo fantástico, Holmes es conocido por su astuto razonamiento lógico, su habilidad para adoptar casi cualquier disfraz y el uso de la ciencia forense para resolver casos difíciles.
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Most readers know Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the rational detective who epitomized deductive logic. Who could have guessed that Doyle also wrote some of the most wildly imaginative tales of horror and supernatural published in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
The Horror of the Heights & Other Strange Tales collects fourteen vintage stories, told as only a master of the Victorian terror tale can tell them....
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When this competition was first mooted I went into it in a most light-hearted way, thinking that it would be the easiest thing in the world to pick out the twelve best of the Holmes stories. In practice I found that I had engaged myself in a serious task...
In 1927, Strand magazine challenged its readers to guess which of his Sherlock Holmes stories Arthur Conan Doyle himself rated as his very best. (Mr R. T. Newman of Spring Hill, Wellingborough,...
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In glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied at the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace.
So writes Dr. Watson, sidekick and partner-in-crimesolving to the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, in one of the ten classic tales of mystery and detection collected in this volume. Included are several stories...
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Ces cinq nouvelles d'Arthur Conan Doyle sont autant de palpitants mystères. Trois d'entre elles mettent en scène Sherlock Holmes, le célèbre détective crée par Arthur Conan Doyle, et son ami Watson. Grâce à ses dons d'observation et ses excellentes facultés de déduction frôlant parfois le surnaturel, Holmes parvient dans « Le Bazar de l'Université » à deviner le contenu d'une étrange lettre reçue par Watson (à moins qu'il ne lise...
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Original Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which brought him international fame as one of the greatest crime fiction writers. Conan Doyle wrote several volumes of stories featuring detective Holmes and Dr. Watson but, in 1893, hoping to concentrate on more serious writing, he attempted to kill off Holmes. This attempt resulted in a public outcry and later made him resurrect Holmes.
60) The Maracot Deep
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A team of deep-sea explorers discovers an underwater society and more in this thrilling adventure from the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Professor Maracot organizes an expedition to examine the area surrounding the deepest pit in the Atlantic Ocean and catalogue wildlife. But a terrifying attack changes the group's plans, cuts them off from the surface, and sends them plummeting into the abyss. A world of surprises awaits them at the bottom of the ocean,...