Arthur Conan Doyle

Ennuy par le manque d'enqu tes, Sherlock Holmes s'adonne la consommation de drogues pour s'occuper, ainsi qu' diverses activit s ennuyeuses, sous le regard de son colocataire, le docteur John Watson. En 1888, une jeune cliente blonde, Mary Morstan, d barque chez Holmes, et lui demande de l'aide. Elle lui explique qu'elle est gouvernante, et que c'est sa patronne qui lui a conseill de venir ici. Watson tombe sous le charme de la jeune femme qui expose son probl me: son p re, navigateur dans les Indes, est d c d environ dix ans auparavant (disparu le 3 d cembre 1878). Or, elle re oit, depuis six ans, et cycle r gulier, des perles de grande valeur. Et ce m me jour lui est parvenu une enveloppe o un anonyme lui demande de venir un rendez-vous, accompagn e si elle le souhaite, mais pas d'un policier. Holmes accepte de l'aider et, paul de Watson, accompagne Mary audit rendez-vous. Ils d couvrent sur place que l'anonyme est le fils d'un ancien ami et coll gue du capitaine Morstan. Celui-ci r v le que leurs p res avaient d couvert un tr sor de cinq cent mille livres, mais que ni le tr sor ni les bijoux n'ont t partag s avec la fille de Morstan. L'homme explique enfin que son fr re a d couvert le coffre hier, cach dans leur maison. Mais arriv s sur les lieux, ils constatent la mort du fr re et la disparition du coffre. Holmes et Watson commencent alors un dangereux p riple qui les m nera jusqu' une course poursuite folle sur la Tamise...

"The Disintegration Machine" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1929. The story centers on the discovery of a machine capable of disintegrating objects and reforming them as they were. This short story is a part of the "Challenger series", a collection of stories about the wealthy eccentric adventurer Professor Challenger.

Ennuy par le manque d'enqu tes, Sherlock Holmes s'adonne la consommation de drogues pour s'occuper, ainsi qu' diverses activit s ennuyeuses, sous le regard de son colocataire, le docteur John Watson. En 1888, une jeune cliente blonde, Mary Morstan, d barque chez Holmes, et lui demande de l'aide. Elle lui explique qu'elle est gouvernante, et que c'est sa patronne qui lui a conseill de venir ici. Watson tombe sous le charme de la jeune femme qui expose son probl me: son p re, navigateur dans les Indes, est d c d environ dix ans auparavant (disparu le 3 d cembre 1878). Or, elle re oit, depuis six ans, et cycle r gulier, des perles de grande valeur. Et ce m me jour lui est parvenu une enveloppe o un anonyme lui demande de venir un rendez-vous, accompagn e si elle le souhaite, mais pas d'un policier. Holmes accepte de l'aider et, paul de Watson, accompagne Mary audit rendez-vous. Ils d couvrent sur place que l'anonyme est le fils d'un ancien ami et coll gue du capitaine Morstan. Celui-ci r v le que leurs p res avaient d couvert un tr sor de cinq cent mille livres, mais que ni le tr sor ni les bijoux n'ont t partag s avec la fille de Morstan. L'homme explique enfin que son fr re a d couvert le coffre hier, cach dans leur maison. Mais arriv s sur les lieux, ils constatent la mort du fr re et la disparition du coffre. Holmes et Watson commencent alors un dangereux p riple qui les m nera jusqu' une course poursuite folle sur la Tamise...

Ennuy par le manque d'enqu tes, Sherlock Holmes s'adonne la consommation de drogues pour s'occuper, ainsi qu' diverses activit s ennuyeuses, sous le regard de son colocataire, le docteur John Watson. En 1888, une jeune cliente blonde, Mary Morstan, d barque chez Holmes, et lui demande de l'aide. Elle lui explique qu'elle est gouvernante, et que c'est sa patronne qui lui a conseill de venir ici. Watson tombe sous le charme de la jeune femme qui expose son probl me: son p re, navigateur dans les Indes, est d c d environ dix ans auparavant (disparu le 3 d cembre 1878). Or, elle re oit, depuis six ans, et cycle r gulier, des perles de grande valeur. Et ce m me jour lui est parvenu une enveloppe o un anonyme lui demande de venir un rendez-vous, accompagn e si elle le souhaite, mais pas d'un policier. Holmes accepte de l'aider et, paul de Watson, accompagne Mary audit rendez-vous. Ils d couvrent sur place que l'anonyme est le fils d'un ancien ami et coll gue du capitaine Morstan. Celui-ci r v le que leurs p res avaient d couvert un tr sor de cinq cent mille livres, mais que ni le tr sor ni les bijoux n'ont t partag s avec la fille de Morstan. L'homme explique enfin que son fr re a d couvert le coffre hier, cach dans leur maison. Mais arriv s sur les lieux, ils constatent la mort du fr re et la disparition du coffre. Holmes et Watson commencent alors un dangereux p riple qui les m nera jusqu' une course poursuite folle sur la Tamise...

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- Dr. Watson is called to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare disease contracted while he was on a case. Watson was shocked, having heard about his friend's illness. Mrs. Hudson says that Holmes has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days. Holmes instructs Watson not to come near him, because the illness is highly infectious. Although Watson wishes to examine Holmes himself or send for a specialist, Holmes demands that Watson wait several hours before seeking help. So, Watson is forced to wait, in extreme worry as Holmes mutters nonsense. While Watson waits, he examines several objects in Holmes's room. Holmes grows angry when Watson touches items explaining that he does not like his things touched. At six o'clock, Holmes tells Watson to turn the gaslight on, but only half-full. He then instructs Watson to bring Mr Culverton Smith of 13 Lower Burke Street to see Holmes, but to make sure that Watson returns to Baker Street before Smith arrives. Watson goes to Smith's address. Although Smith refuses to see anyone, Watson forces his way in. Once Watson explains his errand on behalf of Sherlock Holmes, Smith's attitude changes drastically. Smith agrees to come to Baker Street within a half hour. Watson excuses himself, saying that he has another appointment, and returns to Baker Street before Smith's arrival. Believing that they are alone, Smith is frank with Holmes. It soon emerges, to the hiding Watson's horror, that Holmes has been sickened by the same illness that killed Smith's nephew Victor. Smith then sees the little ivory box, which he had sent to Holmes by post, and which contains a sharp spring infected with the illness. Smith pockets it, removing the evidence of his crime. He then resolves to stay there and watch Holmes die. Holmes asks Smith to turn the gas up full, which Smith does. Smith then asks Holmes if he would like anything else, to which Holmes replies - no longer in the voice of a man near death - "a match and a cigarette." Inspector Morton then enters - the full gaslight was the signal to move in. Holmes tells Morton to arrest Culverton Smith for the murder of his nephew, and perhaps also for the attempted murder of Sherlock Holmes. Smith, still as arrogant as ever, points out that his word is as good as Holmes's in court, but Holmes then calls for Watson to emerge from behind the screen, to present himself as another witness to the conversation. Holmes was never really dying. His feigned illness was a ruse to induce Smith to confess to his nephew's murder. Holmes was not infected by the little box; he has enough enemies to know that he must always examine his mail carefully before he opens it. Starving himself for three days, and the claim of the "disease's" infectious nature was to keep Watson from examining him and discovering the ruse. Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy Timeless Classics for Your BookshelfClassic Books for Your Inspiration and Entertainment Visit Us at: goo.gl/0oisZU

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as a book was first published on 14 October 1892. The author was Arthur Conan Doyle. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He wrote four novels and fifty-six stories with Sherlock Holmes and on July 7, 1930, he died in Crowborough, East Sussex. He was one of the greatest writers in the English language. But still so many readers want to read it again. The novel has the best mystery stories and some interesting stuff in it. It's going to be an amazing adventure with Sherlock Holmes.

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A Sherlock Holmes Novel. Large Print. Complete and Unabridged Classic Edition. Tradecover Paperback 7 x 10 inches. Mnemosyne Books.

The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock (pseudonym), an agent of Professor Moriarty. After Porlock sends the message, however, he changes his mind for fear of Moriarty's discovering that he is a traitor. He decides not to send the key to the cipher, but he sends Holmes a note telling of this decision. From the cipher message and the second note, Holmes is able to deduce that it is a book-cipher and that the book used for the encryption is a common book, large (with at least 534 pages), printed in two columns per page, and standardized. An almanac fits these conditions exactly. Holmes tries the latest edition of Whitaker's Almanac, which he had only received a few days earlier, and fails; he then tries the previous edition. With this almanac, Holmes is able to successfully decipher the message as a warning that "some devilry is intended against one Douglas," a country gentleman residing at Birlstone House. Some minutes later, Inspector Macdonald arrives at Baker Street with news that a Mr. John Douglas of Birlstone Manor House, Birlstone, Sussex, has been murdered. Holmes tells MacDonald of Porlock's warning, suggesting Moriarty's involvement. However, MacDonald doesn't fully believe that the educated and well respected Moriarty is a criminal. Holmes, Watson, and MacDonald travel to Birlstone House, an ancient moated manor house, to investigate the crime.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1886, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, an amateur detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it. A Study in Scarlet is one of only four full-length novels in the original canon. The novel was followed by The Sign of the Four, published in 1890. A Study in Scarlet was the first work of detective fiction to incorporate the magnifying glass as an investigative tool.

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The main character is a young man known as Austin Gilroy. He studies physiology and knows a professor who is studying the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. She is a friend of the Professor's wife. The skeptical Gilroy's fianc e, Agatha, is put into a trance to prove Miss Penclosa's powers. This succeeds and Gilroy begins to go to the Professor's house where Miss Penclosa practices her powers on him . This is so Gilroy can look at the physical part of the powers. Miss Penclosa 'falls in love' with the unfortunate Gilroy. She starts to use her powers on him to make him caress and utter sweet nothings to her. He loses his temper, rejects her love, and she begins to play tricks on him with her powers. The series of cruel tricks ends with him in Agatha's room carrying a small bottle of sulphuric acid. He notices that it is half-past three. He rushes to Miss Penclosa's home and demands for her presence at the door. The nurse there answers in a frightened tone that she died at half-past three. Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy