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"The reader who takes up the book may make sure of having quite enough thrills to last him for some time". -- The Spector, October 17, 1908
"Again and again the sly and highly intellectual humor of the author is in evidence, even in his quite seriously conceived tales". -- The News York Times, November 21, 1908
Originally published in 1908 and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with a Preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These are seventeen tales of suspense and adventure, of the mysterious and fantastic, mean to be read "round the fire" upon a winter's night. Murder, madness, ghosts, unsolved crimes, diabolical traps, and inexplicable disappearances abound in these exciting accounts narrated by doctors, lawyers, gentlemen, teachers, burglars, dilettantes, and convicted criminals. The titles are inviting-"The Pot of Caviare", "The Clubfooted Grocer", "The Brazilian Cat", "The Sealed Room", and "The Fiend of the Cooperage"-and the stories are riveting. This is a rediscovered classic by a master storyteller.
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About the Author
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. Sent off to boarding school, he cut his teeth as a story-teller amusing his schoolmates with tales and writing letters home to his mother.He practiced medicine and, in 1900, volunteered as a medic in Africa during the Boer War - he was later knighted for his service. Doyle lost a son, two brothers in law, and two nephews to the Great War. He is remembered for the Sherlock Holmes stories and his novel The Lost World.
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A collection of 17 works of the great storyteller reprinted from the 1908 McClure Co. edition. These horror stories manifest the skill and ingenuity of the Holmes canon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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- PublisherChronicle Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0877018839
- ISBN 13 9780877018834
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages226
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