The Doings of Raffles Haw - Softcover

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589638662 ISBN 13: 9781589638662

Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL), 2002

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Doings of Raffles Haw

And indeed in this case the remorseless creditor had gone so far as to exact a claim from the lady also, though in her case the extreme beauty of the upper part of the face drew the eye away from any weakness which might be found in the lower. She was darker than her brother, so dark that her heavily-coiled hair seemed to be black until the light shone slantwise across it. The delicate half-petulant features, the fine traced brows, and the thoughtful humorous eyes were all perfect in their way, and yet the combination left something to be desired. There was a vague sense of a flaw somewhere in feature or in expression, which re solved itself, when analyzed, in a slight out-turning and droop of the lower lip, small indeed, and yet pronounced enough to turn what would have been a beautiful face into a merely pretty one. Very despondent and some what cross she looked as she leaned back in the arm chair, a tangle of bright-colored silks and of drab hol land upon her lap, her hands clasped behind her head, with her snowy forearms and little pink elbows pro jecting on either side.

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1589638662
• ISBN 13: 9781589638662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144