Arthur Conan Doyle 1859—1930
- Book Series:
- Professor Challenger (5)
- Sherlock Holmes (9)
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. (source: Wikipedia)
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1912)
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of... read more »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
A colonel receives five seeds in the mail--and dies within weeks. A young bride disappears immediately after her wedding. An old hat and a Christmas... read more »
A Study In Scarlet (1887)
Doyle's first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world's best-known detective, and the first narrative by Holmes's... read more »
A Visit to Three Fronts (1916)
The book is a glorious effort on the part of the author to record the impressions that he formed during his visit to the fronts of the Western Allies... read more »
Captain Sharkey (1900)
Careening was a very necessary operation for the old pirate. On his superior speed he depended both for overhauling the trader and escaping the... read more »
His Last Bow (1917)
The greatest detective of them all is back...About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous... read more »
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)
Perhaps the most popular of all Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles combines the traditional detective tale with elements of horror... read more »
The Lost World (1912)
Long before Michael Crichton's high-tech dinosaurs roamed the bestseller lists, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle envisioned an isolated land of prehistoric life... read more »
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)
The memoirs are overshadowed by the event with which they close—the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their... read more »
The Parasite (1894)
Austin Gilroy, a physiology student, is introduced to a Miss Penclosa, a cripple who allegedly has psychic powers. After a convincing experiment of Miss... read more »
The Poison Belt (1913)
The legendary Professor Challenger hits the headlines once again. In a letter to The Times, he asserts that a change in the earth's cosmic surroundings... read more »
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905)
When Sherlock Holmes met his demise in The Adventure of the Final Problem, published in 1893, the distress of the unsuspecting reading public was... read more »
The Sign of the Four (1890)
When an Englishwoman receives mysterious gifts of pearls and a letter promising to right wrongs done to her, she calls upon Sherlock Holmes and Dr... read more »
Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922)
This volume presents some of Conan Doyle s unduly neglected masterworks. Each begins in a quietly factual way, making all the more dramatic the... read more »
The Adventures of Gerard (1903)
Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Gerard is an anthology of short stories about the heroics of a Hussar of the French army who lived from the 1780s... read more »
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
Read the final twelve stories that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his brilliant detective. It is perhaps the most unusual and certainly the darkest... read more »
The Disintegration Machine (1929)
The Disintegration Machine is a short story written about Professor Challenger by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Professor Challenger is arguing with people... read more »
The Land Of Mist (1926)
The third novel in Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger series, The Land of Mist, is heavily influenced by Doyle's growing belief in Spiritualism... read more »
The White Company (1891)
The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years during the Hundred Years' War (1366/67), against the background of the campaign of Edward... read more »
The Valley of Fear (1915)
Only Holmes and Watson can get to the bottom of this baffling murder mystery. John Douglas is found in his study blasted faceless with a sawn-off... read more »
When the World Screamed (1928)
Professor Challenger drills into the earth until he reaches the mantle, convinced that it is a sentient being and that by doing so he will be the first... read more »