Ben Werling
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The writer of several hundred stories and novels, English author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began his writing career in 1879. While he introduced the world to his most famous character, Sherlock Holmes, in the 1887 novel "A Study in Scarlet", it would not be until the 1891 publication of "A Scandal in Bohemia" that his illustrative career in writing would truly begin. With this Sherlock Holmes short story, the imagination of the reading public was instantly...
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A towering adventure story set in the wilds of Mexico after the First World War, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" is B. Traven's much-beloved and thrilling tale of three desperate men who set out to make their fortune in the gold-filled Sierra Madre Mountains...and wind up confronting their own greed and paranoia along the way.
The basis for the 1948 John Huston film of the same name (which featured Humphrey Bogart as Dobbs and an Oscar-winning...
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"The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry
"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carré
"Holmes has a timeless talent, passion and literary brilliance that puts him heads, shoulders and deerstalker above all other detectives."- Alexander McCall Smith
Arthur Conan Doyle's The Memoirs...
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"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is the first short story collection published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his greatest creation: the legendary and brilliant consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Written between July 1891 and June 1892 and originally published in The Strand Magazine, this collection features some of the most beloved early Holmes tales, including "The Red-Headed League," "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" and...
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"The Sign of the Four" is the thrilling follow-up to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's premiere novel, "A Study in Scarlet" in which he introduced the world's first consulting detective, the legendary and brilliant Sherlock Holmes.
In this tale, young Mary Marston seeks out Holmes' assistance in unraveling a strange mystery: ten years earlier, her father - a Captain in the army - went missing after arriving back in London after a long overseas posting....
7) The Best of Sherlock Holmes, Volume I: A Study in Scarlet, the Sign of the Four and the Adventures
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Presented here are the first three books of the Sherlock Holmes canon: the novels "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Sign of the Four" and the first collection of short stories, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," all written by Holmes' legendary creator, the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From the alkali plains of Utah to the battlefields of colonial India and back to the confines of 221B Baker Street in London, the stories in this collection are among...
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A Study in Scarlet is a 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...