The Stark-Munro Letters - Softcover

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3849690210 ISBN 13: 9783849690212

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag, 2016

Synopsis

Obviously “The Stark Munro Letters" have not the fascination of the unique Sherlock Holmes, but the book is a bit of real literature. It narrates the struggles of a young medical man to secure a footing, and the courage and energy of this person are not less than admirable. There are some excellent sketches of character apart from that of Dr. Munro himself, the principal one being that of a strange mixture of genius and charlatanism named Cullingworth, who nearly wrecks the manly Munro, but whose influence is happily thrown off in time. The book has a curious life-like quality, almost impelling a conviction that its material has been taken from facts in the author's knowledge, and yet we have so high an opinion of Dr. Doyle's invention that we do not insist upon this theory.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3849690210
• ISBN 13: 9783849690212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156