Arthur Conan Doyle

"Il Parassita" un romanzo breve di Arthur Conan Doyle, creatore del celebre personaggio di Sherlock Holmes, scritto in forma di diario in cui si narrano le vicende del professor Austin Gilroy, giovane e brillante docente universitario. Totalmente devoto al metodo scientifico e alla razionalit , nonostante una carriera ben avviata e un matrimonio imminente con la bellissima Agatha, egli si lascia trascinare in un mondo misterioso e oscuro, quello del mesmerismo e della suggestione ipnotica, a cui introdotto dall'enigmatica Miss Penclosa. Il professor Gilroy annota coscienziosamente ogni avvenimento e sensazione, accorgendosi troppo tardi del pericolo che incombe su di lui e rendendosi drammaticamente conto che ogni giorno un passo inesorabile verso il baratro, da cui solo il suo sangue freddo e l'amore per Agatha potranno salvarlo. ********* la primavera pi dolce a memoria d'uomo. Cos verde, cos mite, cos bella Ah, che contrasto tra la natura esteriore e la mia anima tanto lacerata dal dubbio e dal terrore stata una giornata senza eventi di rilievo, per so di essere sull'orlo di un abisso. Lo so, eppure vado avanti con la routine della mia vita. L'unico lato positivo che Agatha felice e sta bene ed lontana da tutti i pericoli. Se questa creatura avesse una mano su entrambi, cosa non potrebbe fare? ********* EDIZIONE INTEGRALE E ANNOTATA - La copertina riprende la grafica della seconda edizione del 1895. All'interno quattro tavole di Howard Pyle per la prima edizione del 1894.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is narrated by award-winning actor Christopher Eccleston who is best known for his lead role in the 2005 revival of Doctor Who. Most recently Eccleston has starred in the critically acclaimed BBC drama The A Word. This definitive edition features an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'© Introduction Peter Ackroyd 2001 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories contains, in two volumes, all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's world-famous detective. Volume II contains the fourth of the Sherlock Holmes novels, The Valley of Fear, in which Holmes memorably faces his malignant archenemy, Professor Moriarty. The short stories collected here include such celebrated gems as The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, The Adventure of the Red Circle, The Adventure of the Devil's Foot, The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, and His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes. With the stories from the final collection, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1927, this volume carries the venerable detective through to the very end of his enthralling four-decade career as one of the most beloved characters in literature.

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories contains, in two volumes, all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's world-famous detective. Volume I includes the novels and stories that introduced the brilliant and unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson, to the world. A Study in Scarlet is a drama of long-simmering revenge that ranges from the fog-bound streets of London to the pioneer settlements of Utah. The Sign of Four weaves together a stolen treasure from India, poison darts, and double-crossing thieves, while The Hound of the Baskervilles sets the legend of a diabolical hellhound and an old family curse against the backdrop of a moonlit moor. The short stories in this volume include such favorites as "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-Headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Final Problem," tales that have thrilled generations of readers with Holmes's astounding powers of deduction.

«... mens de så på, rev skapningen strupen over på Sir Hugo, og idet den løftet sine flammende øyne og dryppende kjever mot dem, skrek tre av redsel og red for sitt bare liv, fremdeles skrikende, over moen ...» En forbannelse hviler over slekten Baskerville. Den har form av en kjempestor, kullsort, djevleaktig hund, og den varsler voldsom og tragisk død. Nå har forbannelsen slått til igjen, og Sherlock Holmes påtar seg å beskytte den siste gjenlevende ætling av familien - en oppgave som fører ut på de tåkelagte heiene i Dartmoor, det ville øde landskapet av steinklipper og bunnløse myrer. Hunden fra Baskerville presenterer mesterdetektiven på sitt ypperste og er mange ganger kåret til tidenes beste kriminalroman. Bokvennens kriminalbibliotek. Kriminallitteraturens hovedverker, utvalgt og med forord av Nils Nordberg

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892; the individual stories had been serialised in The Strand Magazine between July 1891 and June 1892. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character

‘Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days’Sherlock Holmes: the quintessential British hero and the world's most popular detective. Through his powers of deduction, and with the help of his faithful companion Dr Watson, Holmes takes on all manner of devious criminals and dangerous villains – and wins. But the cases involving murder are the most dastardly of them all… Selected from The Complete Sherlock HolmesVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Power by William Shakespeare Independence by Charlotte BronteLondon by Charles Dickens

'His Last Bow', the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Partington Plans', and 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax'. In 'The Dying Detective', Dr Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from a mysterious tropical disease as his friend lays a trap for a murderer.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure.