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A Pastoral Horror Arthur Conan Doyle A sinister werewolf story by the master of spooky storytelling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In a small village, high in the tyrolean mountains, an Englishman finds himself caught up in a local mystery. Peasants are being mysteriously attacked and killed by a mysterious figure who appears to live in the nearby woods. Joining forces with the local mayor, pastor and chief of police, the Englishman sets out to solve the mystery. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Antes de que llegaran Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Cushing o Jeremy Brett, existió un actor estadounidense que personificó como nadie al mejor detective de todos los tiempos. William Gillette adaptó la obra de teatro escrita por el propio Conan Doyle e interpretó al personaje de Sherlock Holmes por todo el mundo en más de 1300 ocasiones, sentando las bases para todos los actores que vendrían detrás. Esta edición contiene tanto la obra teatral de William Gillette, 'Sherlock Holmes: Un Drama en Cuatro Actos', como la pequeña parodia escrita también por él, 'El Penoso Desafío de Sherlock Holmes'. Ambas obras han sido traducidas y presentadas por Juan José Abenza, webmaster de www.sherlockholmesonline.es, una de las webs más completas en español sobre el personaje.

A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus is a novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1899. The novel features the story of a happily married couple which is threatened by a previous lover of the husband. Conan Doyle hoped that this would be his most successful novel to date, but the novel was widely panned for being banal and inane. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician, 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. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, nonfiction and historical novels.

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Una historia de terror y aventuras por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, el creador de Sherlock Holmes. El Gato del Brasil es una novela en la que nos narra la historia de un joven llamado Marshall el cual no tenía riqueza alguna. Su primo Everard King vivió en Brasil varios años pero se fueron a vivir a Londres...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Un ingeniero, llamado Victor Hatherley, dio lugar a la aventura de Sherlock Holmes titulada The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (El dedo pulgar del ingeniero). El relato tiene lugar en 1889. El doctor Watson acaba de casarse, ha abandonado Baker Street, y se dedica al libre ejercicio de su profesión. Al tener su consulta cerca de la estación de Paddington, atiende a muchos empleados de los ferrocarriles. Uno de éstos, una mañana de verano, trae a su consulta a un curioso paciente, así descrito por el doctor Watson: "Entré en mi consultorio, y me encontré con un caballero que estaba sentado junto a la mesa. Iba modestamente vestido con un traje de mezclilla, y había dejado su gorra sobre mis libros. Tenía envuelta una de sus manos en un pañuelo, en el que se veían manchas de sangre por todas partes. Era joven, de no más de veinticinco años, según mi cálculo, y tenía el rostro muy varonil; pero estaba muy pálido..." Cuando Watson se entera de que no se trata de un accidente, recurre a su amigo Holmes, que le pide un relato completo. Victor Hatherley es un joven y emprendedor ingeniero hidráulico, que a la muerte de su padre se ha instalado por su cuenta, sin demasiado éxito. Un tanto desesperado y a punto de tirar la toalla, aparece un extraño individuo que se presenta como el coronel Lysander Stark y le hace una sorprendente proposición. Debe viajar esa misma noche a Berkshire, para revisar una prensa hidráulica y a cambio recibirá cincuenta guineas. A pesar de las dudas que le ofrecen el aspecto del coronel y las intenciones que en él adivina, tentado por su oferta, la acepta. Su decisión le obliga a protagonizar una rocambolesca aventura, en la que pierde un pulgar y está a punto de perder la vida. Holmes se hace cargo de la situación y, una vezmás, deja asombrados a Watson y al inspector Bradstreet de Scotland Yard, por la rapidez con que resuelve el caso. Pero demasiado tarde, ya que los malhechores han escapado. Por desgracia, el lector se pierde un hipotético y apasionante enfrentamiento entre el malvado Fritz -el falso coronel Stark- y Sherlock Holmes. Al final, el ingeniero se lamenta ante un eufórico Holmes: "-He perdido mi dedo pulgar y he perdido mis cincuenta guineas de honorarios. ¿y qué he ganado? -Experiencia -le dijo Holmes echándose a reír-. La experiencia puede tener para usted un valor indirecto. no debe sino ponerla en palabras para ganar por todo el resto de su vida fama de excelente compañero."

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Micah Clarke is an historical adventure novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1889 and set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 in England. The book is a bildungsroman whose protagonist, Micah Clarke, begins as a boy seeking adventure in a rather romantic and naive way, falls under the influence of an older and vastly experienced, world-weary soldier of fortune, and becomes a grown up after numerous experiences, some of them very harrowing. In the process the book also records much of the history of the Monmouth Rebellion, from the point of view of someone living in 17th century England. Much of the focus is upon the religious dimension of the conflict. The Rebellion was prompted by the desire of many to replace the Catholic King James with a Protestant rival. Micah is the son of a committed Protestant father who sends Micah to fight in the same cause which he himself had fought in during the English Civil War. Micah fights at the Battle of Sedgemoor, which in a narrative aside Doyle obliquely acknowledges to be the last clear-cut pitched battle on open ground between two military forces fought on English soil; Micah also witnesses the execution of James Scott on Tower Hill. Much is made of the role of Protestant ministers in recruiting the rebel army and in motivating its soldiers. Micah Clarke himself becomes increasingly disillusioned with religious extremism and ultimately expresses the view that toleration is a great good. Conan Doyle had himself been brought up as a Catholic and it is likely that Micah expresses Doyle's own thoughts on the subject. In 1889, shortly after the publication of Micah Clarke, Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde were both invited for a dinner party in London with John Marshall Stoddard of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in the United States. As a result of the dinner, both authors agreed to write novels to be published by Lippincott's. Conan Doyle's novel was his second Sherlock Holmes novel, The Sign of the Four (1890). Wilde's was The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).[1] During the dinner party the two authors chatted, and Wilde disclosed that he had read Micah Clarke and liked it.[citation needed] Conan Doyle mentioned the incident in his 1924 autobiography, Memories and Adventures. He explained that he and Wilde became friendly, but that the friendship remained a distant one at best, and that it grew more distant as Wilde's reputation became questionable. The actual friendly relationship appears to be true, but that Wilde liked Micah Clarke remains at issue. In the recent biography of Conan Doyle, Teller of Tales, author Daniel Stashower suspects Wilde would never have liked such a novel. But Conan Doyle pointed out in his autobiography that what Wilde liked was the characterization of Judge George Jeffreys in the novel. Jeffreys, the notorious bully of the law courts of his day, was shown as a handsome, brilliant man with a flaw in his character - a fallen angel type. That would have been of interest to Wilde. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician, 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. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, nonfiction and historical novels.

The translation was done by Oliver Kim (not machine translated!). The language of the text has been simplified to help language learners. La tria aventuro de Sxerloko Holmso en facila Esperanto.

Tales of Terror and Mystery By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Contents Tales of Terror The Horror of the Heights The Leather Funnel The New Catacomb The Case of Lady Sannox The Terror of Blue John Gap The Brazilian Cat Tales of Mystery The Lost Special The Beetle-Hunter The Man with the Watches The Japanned Box The Black Doctor The Jew's Breastplate

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later became two of the most famous characters in literature. Conan Doyle wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the following year. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to Doctor 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."

The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897. It was later adapted into a play Fires of Fate by Doyle. The play was in turn twice adapted into film, a 1923 silent film and a 1932 talkie. PLOT: A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko. They intend to travel to Abousir at the southern frontier of Egypt, after which the Dervish country starts. They are attacked and abducted by a marauding band of Dervish warriors. The novel contains a strong defence of British Imperialism and in particular the Imperial project in North Africa. It also reveals the very great suspicion of Islam felt by many Europeans at the time. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician, 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. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, nonfiction and historical novels.

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Londres, 1912. Edward Malone, du Daily Gazette, est envoyé par son rédacteur-en-chef interviewer le terrible professeur George Challenger, dont la réputation est entachée par de nombreux scandales à la suite de bagarres avec des journalistes. Malone se fait passer pour un jeune étudiant pour mieux berner le professeur, mais il est rapidement démasqué les deux hommes en viennent aux mains. Le journaliste refuse pourtant de porter plainte, ce qui amène le professeur à lui révéler sa découverte concernant l'existence de dinosaures encore vivants en Amérique du Sud d'après le carnet d'un certain Maple White, un explorateur ayant vu des choses formidables sur un haut-plateau coupé du monde moderne. Challenger met sur pied une expédition pour rapporter des preuves à la communauté scientifique sceptique. Malone accepte de se joindre à lui pour couvrir l'évènement en correspondant par lettres à la Gazette, mais aussi pour obtenir la main de sa fiancée Gladys en se distinguant par un acte héroïque. Lord John Roxton, chasseur émérite, ainsi que le professeur Summerlee, confrère et rival de Challenger, sont également de la partie. Après une longue traversée en cargo, puis en pirogue, les quatre explorateurs et leurs guides indigènes s'enfoncent au-delà du bassin de l'Amazone.

Sir Arthur Doyle is best known for his famous detective stories, specifically the character of Sherlock Holmes. The /dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates shows Doyle's range as this is a wonderful collection of pirate stories. Absolutely a great read... A true mater of storytelling...

Relato algo cómico donde el experimento del Dr. consistía en demostrar que el espíritu salía del cuerpo, y en una demostración ante la comunidad científica, que le rodeaba intercambió por accidente su espíritu con el del novio de su hija, joven dado al alcohol y el baile, y él, un anciano dedicado sólo al estudio y catedrático de la universidad.

Que tienen en común un viejo sombrero, una piedra preciosa y un ganso? Son claves en un misterio de Navidad esperando a ser resuelto por Sherlock Holmes. Con su increíble poder de deducción como su única arma, Holmes y su fiel amigo Dr. Watson salen a la ciudad para resolver un nuevo acertijo. Cómo fue que el carbunclo azul, que fue robado de la Condesa de Morcar, terminó dentro de un ganso? La policía encarceló a un hombre pero Holmes no está convencido que ese hombre sea el verdadero culpable.

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The Adventure Of The Red Circle by Arthur Conan Doyle - Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. Another classic adventure from Sherlock Holmes. Any profits made from the sale of this book will go towards supporting the Freeriver Community project, a project that aims to support community and encourage well-being. To learn more about the Freeriver Community project please visit the website- www.freerivercommunity.com

Estudio en escarlata es la primera obra de Arthur Conan Doyle en la que aparece Sherlock Holmes, no sólo el detective más famoso de la realidad y la ficción de todos los tiempos, sino uno de los personajes más entrañables, populares e imperecederos de la literatura. Un cadáver hallado en extrañas circunstancias en una casa deshabitada provoca que los agentes de policía de Scotland Yard se pierdan en divagaciones equivocadas. Y, por si fuera poco, un nuevo asesinato parece complicar aún más la historia. Para resolver el misterio, habría que remontarse en el tiempo a otros asesinatos ocurridos hace 30 años en la ciudad mormona de Salt Lake City... Sólo Sherlock Holmes, gracias a sus implacables poderes deductivos y forenses, será capaz de solventar el crimen.

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (El Aristócrata Solterón), relata el caso de la extraña desaparición de la rica heredera Hatty Doran. Hija única del multimillonario Aloysius Doran, se ha esfumado tras su matrimonio con el citado Lord St. Simon, segundo hijo del duque de Balmoral y perteneciente a la más rancia aristocracia de Inglaterra. A pesar de la poca simpatía que inspira a Holmes el estirado personaje, el caso le interesa, y se hace cargo de él. Como es habitual, resuelve brillante y rápidamente el caso. El supuesto asesinato, en el que está implicada Flora Millar, una antigua "amiga íntima" de Lord St. Simon, se convierte en una romántica aventura en la que, finalmente, vence el amor. El aristócrata se siente humillado, la novia feliz, y el inepto inspector Lestrade de Scotland Yard, una vez más, queda confuso y aturdido ante la probada eficacia del genial Sherlock Holmes.

About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste.He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.-Wikipedia

MR. ROBERT MONTGOMERY was seated at his desk, his head upon his hands, in a state of the blackest despondency. Before him was the open ledger with the long columns of Dr. Oldacre's prescriptions. At his elbow lay the wooden tray with the labels in various partitions, the cork box, the lumps of twisted sealing-wax, while in front a rank of empty bottles waited to be filled. But his spirits were too low for work. He sat in silence, with his fine shoulders bowed and his head upon his hands. Outside, through the grimy surgery window over a foreground of blackened brick and slate, a line of enormous chimneys like Cyclopean pillars upheld the lowering, dun-coloured cloud-bank. For six days in the week they spouted smoke, but to-day the furnace fires were banked, for it was Sunday. Sordid and polluting gloom hung over a district blighted and blasted by the greed of man. There was nothing in the surroundings to cheer a desponding soul, but it was more than his dismal environment which weighed upon the medical assistant. His trouble was deeper and more personal. The winter session was approaching. He should be back again at the University completing the last year which would give him his medical degree; but alas! he had not the money with which to pay his class fees, nor could he imagine how he could procure it. Sixty pounds were wanted to make his career, and it might have been as many thousands for any chance there seemed to be of his obtaining it.

Rodney Stone is a Gothic mystery and boxing novel by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1896. The eponymous narrator is a Sussex country boy who is taken to London by his uncle Sir Charles Tregellis, a highly respected gentleman and arbiter of fashion who is on familiar terms with the most important people of Great Britain. The novel interweaves Rodney's coming-of-age story with that of his friend Boy Jim's boxing endeavors, and a large portion of it deals with the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, such as Jem Belcher, John Jackson, Daniel Mendoza, Dutch Sam, and others. The book includes vignettes of a number of historical personages, notably the Prince Regent, Lord Nelson, Sir John Lade, Lord Cochrane and Beau Brummell. It was adapted into a 1913 silent film, The House of Temperley, directed by Harold M. Shaw. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician, 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. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, nonfiction and historical novels.

A mysterious millionaire, Raffles Haw, comes to reside in Tamfield in Staffordshire. Even before he arrives, people start gossiping about him. As his house is being constructed, people wonder at the number of workers, their speed, and the complete disregard for the amount of money spent. When Haw arrives, he acquaints himself with the McIntyre family, which consists of Robert, his sister Laura, and their father. McIntyre senior had been a prosperous gun merchant, but has gone bankrupt and lost his sanity. Laura is engaged to Hector, the son of the vicar, Mr. Spurling. Hector is a sailor who is summoned for Naval duty at the beginning of the novel. Disregarding McIntyre senior as a greedy beggar, Haw sets about to alleviate the misery of the people of Tamfield through the agency of the McIntyre siblings and Mr. Spurling. He saves many families and businesses with his timely financial succour. He has limitless funds, due to having discovered a process to turn lead into gold. With the passage of time, he becomes disillusioned because his philanthropic activities-though they improve the situations of the recipients-don't improve the recipients themselves. Instead of becoming better citizens, most become parasites reliant upon alms from the millionaire. Despondent, he seeks the counsel of his fiancée, Laura McIntyre, the one person he supposes to be true to him. Unbeknownst to him, Laura has accepted his proposal of marriage without ending her previous engagement to Hector Spurling. As Raffles and Laura are talking, Hector enters the room, his service having ended earlier than expected. When Raffles discovers Laura and Hector are still engaged, he is heartbroken. The fallen millionaire locks himself in his laboratory, destroys his equipment and his immense fortune, and later is found dead. The process that he used to build his fortune is unrecoverable.

About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste.He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.-Wikipedia

About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste.He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.-Wikipedia