Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains many of Doyle's favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. Among those he listed were "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (as his favourite), "The Red-Headed League" (second), "A Scandal in Bohemia" (fifth) and "The Five Orange Pips" (seventh). All of the stories within The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are told in a first-person narrative from the point of view of Dr. Watson, as is the case for all but four of the Sherlock Holmes stories. 6] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for Doyle suggests that the short stories contained in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes tend to point out social injustices, such as "a king's betrayal of an opera singer, a stepfather's deception of his ward as a fictitious lover, an aristocratic crook's exploitation of a failing pawnbroker, a beggar's extensive estate in Kent." It suggests that, in contrast, Holmes is portrayed as offering a fresh and fair approach in an unjust world of "official incompetence and aristocratic privilege".

From his Baker Street apartment, Sherlock Holmes wields his powers of deduction in pursuit of justice and truth, venturing out into foggy Victorian London accompanied by his faithful sidekick Dr Watson. This classic collection of Holmes tales includes many of the detective’s most-loved exploits: Holmes is confronted by a venomous snake in ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’, mystified by a missing thumb in ‘The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb’ and beguiled by a beautiful opera singer in ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’, never once losing his famous cool. First appearing separately in the Strand Magazine, these stories were published together in 1892 in a volume that rapidly became one of the most popular Sherlock Holmes collections. Showcasing Arthur Conan Doyle’s inimitable genius for mystery and storytelling, these tales are proof that the famous detective remains one of the greatest crime fighters ever created.

La historia tiene lugar en 1888, con un flashback basado en el libro de Allan Pinkerton sobre los Molly Maguires en las minas de carb n de Pennsylvania, en 1875. La novela est dividida en dos partes bien diferenciadas. En la primera parte, Sherlock Holmes, utilizando sus t cnicas habituales, descubre la identidad de un homicida. Una vez detenido el asesino, la historia vuelve hacia atr s en el tiempo, y narra en tercera persona los antecedentes del asesino y la v ctima. Esta narraci n est basada en los Molly Maguires, una organizaci n que existi realmente en Estados Unidos. Al final se cuenta brevemente como se lleg a la situaci n inicial y los motivos del asesinato, enlazando ambas historias. En este sentido, El valle del terror, la ltima novela de Sherlock Holmes, imita la estructura entonces Conan Doyle sea el primero de varios escritores que ignora el hecho, narrado en El problema final, de que el doctor Watson oy hablar de Moriarty poco antes de su muerte, sin existir ninguna aventura en com n. El nombre de El valle del terror es una traducci n del nombre de un valle en el sur de Francia. Durante la poca de las cruzadas este valle fue popularizado por los c taros, y algunos creen que el Santo Grial lleg hasta all desde Tierra Santa. Es clara la influencia de esta obra en una posterior del escrito norteamericano Dashiell Hammet, titulada "Cosecha roja". Muchos consideran que "El valle del terror" anticipa a la novela negra como g nero.

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British author Sir 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 was the first work of detective fiction to incorporate the magnifying glass as an investigative tool. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes to creep into the original author's words. Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com to see more classic book titles in this series.

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This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901-1902 (although setting it before Holmes' death) Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character.

In dem gro en, dunkel get felten Wohnzimmer Doktor Watsons sa en die G ste um den Kamin. Die T ren zum Garten standen offen, man h rte das feine gleichm ige Rieseln des Regens auf den schon herbstgelben Bl ttern. Ein w rziger Erdgeruch str mte herein. Das Feuer im Kamin gab dem halbdunkeln Raum wohlige W rme. Die Schatten der Flammen tanzten an den W nden, es war wie ein Spiel fl chtiger Gestalten, die sich immer wieder trennen, um sich immer aufs neue wieder zu vereinen. Die Gespr che, die w hrend des Abendessens so lebhaft gef hrt wurden, waren verstummt. Jedes berlie sich f r eine Weile der Stille und Geborgenheit dieser Abendstunde, die noch erh ht wurde durch den leise fallenden Regen drau en und den eigenen Gedanken, die wie die Schatten an der Wand kamen und gingen, ohne Spuren zu hinterlassen. ...] Mit den Geschichten: Skandalgeschichte im F rstentum O. . . ., Der Bund der Rothaarigen, Der Mord im Tale von Bascombe, Eine sonderbare Anstellung, Die Geschichte des blauen Karfunkels

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four 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 intended death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.

A historical adventure set during the Hundred Years' War. The story follows a young man as he leaves the shelter of an abbey in England and becomes involved with Edward, the Black Prince's campaign in Spain.