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Sir Nigel
Sir Nigel – Arthur Conan Doyle In “Sir Nigel” we have a wonderfully fine romance of the Fourteenth Century, with all the brilliant pageantry, the barbarity and the sweet chivalry of the Middle Ages. This is unquestionably one of Conan Doyle’s masterpieces — his splendid art at its maturest — and maybe his ripest, most […]
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle Another, and one of the best known adventures of Sherlock Holmes, lets him dive into an old English west country legend. One of the squires of Baskerville in a drunken frolic, it is said, sold himself, for a consideration, to the evil one. Forever afterwards, an […]
The Tragedy of the Korosko
The Tragedy of the Korosko – Arthur Conan Doyle This book is one of the most pleasing pieces of work that has come from Dr. Conan Doyle’s versatile pen. There is not a jarring note sounded in the whole story, there is not a single character introduced that is not sympathetically pictured, that does not […]
Uncle Bernac
Uncle Bernac – Arthur Conan Doyle Doyle is evidently gifted with the remarkable talent to successfully stand with the peers in the arena of book writing. “ Sherlock Holmes “ was his master creation among the mysterious in character delineation. Then came „The Refugees,“ „Micah Clark,“ „Rodney Stone“ and other works of an entirely different […]
Rodney Stone
Rodney Stone – Arthur Conan Doyle “Rodney Stone” is a rattling good novel, and we use the phrase advisedly as conveying a better notion of the book’s excellent qualities than might be given by some more elaborate and courtly turn of language. The pages are full of life, and this is the more remarkable because […]
The Stark Munro Letters
The Stark Munro Letters – Arthur Conan Doyle Obviously “The Stark Munro Letters“ have not the fascination of the unique Sherlock Holmes, but the book is a bit of real literature. It narrates the struggles of a young medical man to secure a footing, and the courage and energy of this person are not less […]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” is the first of many short story collections featuring detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson. Among many others, it contains the following episodes: A Scandal In Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case Of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five […]
The Refugees
The Refugees – Arthur Conan Doyle It is a very enticing study in the manner of Dumas pere that Mr. Conan Doyle has written in „The Refugees.“ Brightly conceived, carried through with spirit, gracefully and gaily written are the two strings that are woven together. In the earlier part we have a picturesque summary of […]
The Great Shadow
The Great Shadow – Arthur Conan Doyle “The Great Shadow”is a romance with an historical background of the Scottish border in the time of Napoleon, who personifies the great shadow that hung over the land and filled men’s hearts with fears of an invasion. The principal figure in the tale is a young girl, wayward, […]
Beyond the City
Beyond the City – Arthur Conan Doyle Two maiden ladies living “beyond the city“ of London rent some of their land to a builder, who puts up three villas. The novel tells the story of the people who become tenants of these cottages, the most important of whom is a handsome widow who works for […]