The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Couverture souple

Conan Doyle, Arthur

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007934424 ISBN 13 : 9780007934423

Editeur : William Collins, 2013

Synopsis

The Return of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories by "Arthur Conan Doyle." This was the first Holmes collection since Holmes had "died" in The Final Problem. Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles (although setting it before Holmes' death) Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character. The Adventure of the Empty House The Adventure of the Norwood Builder The Adventure of the Dancing Men The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist The Adventure of the Priory School The Adventure of Black Peter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Adventure of the Six Napoleons The Adventure of the Three Students The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter The Adventure of the Abbey Grange The Adventure of the Second Stain

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland into an Irish family. He trained as a doctor, gaining his medical degree from Edinburgh University in 1881. He worked as a surgeon on a whaling boat and also as a medical officer on a steamer travelling between Liverpool and West Africa. He then settled in Portsmouth on the English south coast and divided his time between medicine and writing. He is most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in 'A Study of Scarlet', published in 'Beeton's Christmas Annual' in 1887. This later led to a contract writing more Sherlock Holmes stories for the Strand magazine. It was in these early stories that he developed the character of Sherlock Holmes. It was a character that fascinated the reading public and he soon became one of the best-loved fictional characters. In 1893, Conan Doyle killed off Holmes, hoping to concentrate on more serious writing. A public outcry later made him resurrect Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle also wrote a number of other novels, including 'The Lost World' and various non-fictional works. Arthur Conan Doyle died on 7 July 1930.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Collins
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0007934424
• ISBN 13: 9780007934423
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384