Автор: Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.   This collection of stories consists of:  A Scandal in Bohemia  The Red-Headed League   A Case of Identity   The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips   The Man with the Twisted Lip   The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle   The Adventure of the Speckled Band   The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb   The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet The Adventure of the Copper Beeches  

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Illustrated edition with original illustrations by Sidney Edward Paget, a famous British illustrator, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. All of the stories are told in a first-person narrative from the point of view of Dr. John H. Watson, Holmes friend, assistant and sometime flatmate.

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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer, and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. This collection of stories consists of: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone The Adventure of the Three Gables The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire The Adventure of the Three Garridebs The Problem of Thor Bridge The Adventure of the Creeping Man The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Illustrated edition with original illustrations by Alfred Gilbert. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 in total) by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, the Boscombe Valley, an illustrious client and a creeping man.

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories. MultiBook

Arthur Conan Doyle

It is this collection that includes stories that became insanely popular in the early 20th century and still remain popular. This story is about one of the greatest detectives of our time, recorded by his friend and partner. A resident of an unpretentious house on Baker Street, one after another, reveals the most difficult cases, easily transforms into bandits, booksellers, chimney sweeps. he multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.

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The Disintegration Machine

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Disintegration Machine is a story featuring Doyles famous character Professor Challenger. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1929. The story centers on the discovery of a machine capable of disintegrating objects and reforming them as they were. This short story is a part of the Challenger series, a collection of stories about the wealthy eccentric adventurer Professor Challenger. Unlike Conan Doyles laid-back, analytic character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger is an aggressive, dominating figure. The professor is described as a lion of a man with a full beard and a rotund physique. One day, he is interrupted by the young journalist, Malone, to go investigate a machine designed by Latvian inventor, Theodore Nemor.

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The Doings of Raffles Haw

Arthur Conan Doyle

The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors spread like wildfire about him. When his home is overtaken by workmen and strange boxes are seen coming and going, it only adds to the intrigue. Robert and Laura are his nearest neighbors and are soon delighted to meet this eccentric new addition to the small English town. The advent of Mr. Haw, however, changes the town, and particularly the lives of the McIntyre family, in ways no one could ever have guessed. A mysterious rich man, a desperate father, an ambitious daughter and the semi-detached and naive hero form the cast of this somewhat surprising Doyle piece. The Doings of Raffles Haw is a fantasy novel that explores the nebulous origins of the fortune of a mysterious millionaire, delving into the shadowy scientific process that Raffles Haws has used to amass his extravagant wealth.

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The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard is a volume collecting 8 short stories about a courier and cavalryman in the personal service of Napoleon Bonaparte. The stories in The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard are all told in the first person by an aged Gerard looking back on his military endeavours in the early 1800s when there was no man prouder to serve the Emperor Napoleon. Etienne Gerard is a dashing, chivalrous, and stalwart French officer who becomes involved various suspenseful and often comical political intrigues. He battles outlaws, Englishmen and Cossacks and always maintains a his honor and his style. However, despite his ludicrous self-adoration, Gerard is a hugely likeable figure owing to the fact that he does display the commendable traits of loyalty and bravery that he cannot disguise.