Arthur Conan Doyle

Allerede i denne første fortellingen om Holmes, skrevet av den unge legen Arthur Conan Doyle i 1887, finner vi alt det som gjorde Sherlock Holmes til verdens største detektiv - den lynsnare kombinasjonsevnen, blikket som ser det ingen andre ser, og den eksentriske personligheten. Såret og pengelens vender militærlegen John Watson hjem fra krig i Afghanistan og prøver å finne seg et sted å bo i London. En gammel bekjent vet tilfeldigvis om en annen mann på jakt etter husvære, en underlig fyr ved navn Sherlock Holmes. Og like etterpå flytter Watson og Holmes inn i 221B Baker Street. Men hvem er Holmes egentlig? Og hva driver han med? Liket av en myrdet mann i et tomt hus gir dr. Watson svar på dette - og det blir starten på et langt vennskap, fylt av kriminelle eventyr.

This volume contains the first two novel-length Sherlock Holmes cases: A Study in Scarlet, which to a large extent made Conan Doyle's literary reputation, and The Sign of Four.

Classic chilling fiction from a master storyteller Sir Arthur Conan Doyle needs no introduction. His work-particularly notable for the creation of the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes-has guaranteed him a place in the pantheon of the most renowned storytellers of any age. Like many of his contemporaries Doyle wrote fiction with a wide range of themes, from crime and science fiction to historical romance, and the ever popular genre of the supernatural and strange naturally appeared within his portfolio. Fortunately, Doyle was so prolific that there is a substantial number of these stories-all executed with the consummate skill for which he is famous-and they have been gathered together here within a special three volume set by Leonaur. In this first volume, available in softcover and quality hardcover for collectors, readers will discover the novella, 'The Maracot Deep, ' two novelettes 'Lot No. 249' and 'John Barrington Cowles' together with sixteen short stories including, 'The Beetle Hunter, ' 'The Sealed Room, ' 'The Nightmare Room, ' 'The Terror of Blue John Gap, ' 'A Pastoral Horror' and many others

This volume is the upshot of Conan Doyle's high-profile championing of the authenticity of the Cottingley photographs, purporting to be of fairies; it touches on the author's belief in Spiritualism and contains much reference to the related but distinct creed of Theosophism.

This is one of the most extended of Conan Doyle's works advocating Spiritualism, to which he became a convert after the death of several relatives in World War I.

This volume contains the short stories in which Conan Doyle felt himself obliged to bring his most famous character 'back from the dead' after attempting to kill him off in order to concentrate on other writing.

In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in fiction. Suicide as a murder weapon and homosexual incest are some of the psychological tragedies whose consequences are unravelled by the mind of Holmes before the eyes of Watson. That said, the collection also includes some of the best turns of wit in the series, and indeed in the whole of English literature. The editor of this volume, W. W. Robson, is Emeritus David Masson, Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Modern English Literature. The general editor of the Oxford Sherlock Holmes, Owen Dudley Edwards, is Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh and author of The Quest for Sherlock Holmes. A Biographical Study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The White Company is a historical romance set in the Middle Ages, with perhaps a little more cynicism than usual in the Victorian genre. Conan Doyle subsequently wrote a prequel, Sir Nigel.

Micah Clarke is a historical novel set during the Monmouth rebellion of 1685, and including in the process substantial attempts at narrating history subjectively, an idea which deeply interested Conan Doyle.

A Desert Drama, being the Tragedy of the 'Korosko' is a novel set among late-Victorian tourists in Egypt, and concerning abduction and the then still exotic and unknown peoples of the Upper Nile.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the famous Sherlock Holmes, was also a believer in ghosts and fairies and wrote books about spiritualism and fairies. In 1917 two young girls took photographs of what they said to be real fairies. The History is known as "The Cottingley Fairies" and this is the story about Conan Doyles investigation of the phenomena.

This volume contains, as well as the series of essays on literature after which it is titled, some of Conan Doyle's writings from the Western Front during World War I and The Vital Message, one of the shorter of his late works in defence of Spiritualism.

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