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"El valle del terror" (1914) es la 4º y última novela de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) en la que aparece Sherlock Holmes, su mítico personaje.
En ella, que anticipa el género de la "novela negra", una vez más el genial investigador descubre la identidad de un asesino usando su increíble capacidad de análisis y deducción…
Pero lo extraño es la estructura de la novela donde, tras la primera parte, dedicada en su totalidad al esclarecimiento...
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"The Final Problem" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This story, set in 1891, introduced Holmes's archenemy, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty. Conan Doyle later ranked "The Final...
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"The Reigate Squires" was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Reigate Squires was first published in 1893. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" twelfth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.
Watson takes Holmes to a friend's estate near Reigate in Surrey to rest after a rather strenuous...
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"The Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1919 and was collected later in “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”. Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson providing an introduction, the story within a story is a classic example of a frame tale....
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"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, and, amongst six other stories, was collected in an anthology titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration...
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"The Stockbroker's Clerk" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the fourth of the twelve collected in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and third of eleven in most American ones (owing to the omission of the "scandalous" "Adventure of the Cardboard Box"). The story was first published in Strand Magazine in March 1893 and featured seven illustrations by Sidney Paget.
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A murderer is hounded for the rest of his life-not for his crimes, but for the very act that won his freedom-in a story by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
As leader of the Bluemansdyke gang, infamous criminal "Wolf-Tone" Maloney plays his part in a series of gruesome murders. But when the gang is finally caught in New Zealand, Maloney betrays his comrades in exchange for a pardon. Though he's spared the gallows, he soon realizes he'll never be free....
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These twelve short stories by the creator of Sherlock Holmes range from mystery and crime fiction to strange tales of the supernatural.
First published in 1889 as a collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's early short fiction featuring tales of crime and trickery, Mysteries and Adventures was later expanded to include stories of ghosts, hauntings, and strange sightings, as well as one of the American West that was originally published anonymously. This...
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These horror stories -- never before compiled in one volume -- are carefully crafted, compelling and believable. Written in about the same decade as the Sherlock Holmes series, they will convince you that Arthur Conan Doyle was a master of more than just the detective story.
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Eight spectacular Sherlock Holmes stories, including his dramatic final adventure Years have passed since he tangled with Irene Adler and Professor Moriarty, since he solved the mysteries of the Red-Headed League and the Hound of the Baskervilles, but even in retirement Sherlock Holmes remains as sharp witted and inimitable as ever. Good thing, because England needs him and his loyal friend Dr. Watson now more than ever. On the eve of World War I,...
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A short story about a young man with a radical approach to the game of cricket from the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
While walking in the forest, veteran cricket player Walter Scougall comes upon a young schoolteacher named Spedegue practicing an unusual bowling delivery. When Scougall attempts to have the man repeat his actions in public, it yields entertaining results . . . Originally published in the Strand Magazine in 1928, The Story of Spedegue's...
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The most ESSENTIAL stories of the Sherlock Holmes canon -- with new essays and illustrations!
At last! The third of four volumes bringing together, in chronological order, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most important adventures of SHERLOCK HOLMES from a biographical point of view, augmented with insightful essays and striking illustrations.
The stories featured in this third volume of The Essential Sherlock Holmes include three adventures united...
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Holmes y Watson son llamados a investigar los extraños crímenes aparentemente relacionados con la antigua maldición que pesa sobre la familia Baskerville. El "asesino" parecer ser un "animal enorme y negro con forma de perro, aunque mayor que ningún otro visto jamás por criatura humana".
14) Estudio en rojo
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John Watson es un médico militar retirado que busca un piso donde vivir el resto de sus días en paz. Un encuentro con su viejo amigo Stamford lo conduce a Baker Street. Allí, conocerá a su nuevo compañero de piso: un excéntrico hombre que parece saberlo todo sobre él sin necesidad de preguntarle.
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"La Corbeta Gloria Scott" de Arthur Conan Doyle es un cuento de Sherlock Holmes. Un viejo amigo consulta a Holmes, quien descubre una trágica historia de un motín a bordo, un mensaje codificado y un misterio de asesinato, que finalmente revela secretos familiares ocultos.
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Sherlock Holmes ist von einem pensionierten Farbenhändler, Josiah Amberley aus Lewisham, engagiert worden, um im Fall des Verschwindens seiner Frau zu ermitteln. Sie hat ihn mit einem Nachbarn, Dr. Ernest Ray, und einer beträchtlichen Menge an Geld und Wertpapieren verlassen. Amberley fordert, dass Holmes die beiden aufspürt.
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In this story, Holmes is presented with a perplexing mystery involving a league set up to aid and benefit men with especially vivid red hair who live in London. Is this a crime? Of course not, but even the brilliant Holmes needs 'three pipefuls' of meditation time to penetrate the nefarious plots hidden beneath this seemingly innocuous fraternal aid society. Listen and enjoy the beautiful way in which only the great Sherlock Holmes deals with the...
18) Der zweite Fleck
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Hoher Besuch in der Baker Street: Der britische Premierminister Lord Bellinger und der Staatssekretär Trelawney Hope bitten Sherlock Holmes um seine Hilfe in einem brisanten Fall. Ein wichtiger Brief wurde gestohlen, dessen Inhalt den Frieden in Europa gefährden könnte. Kann Holmes das Dokument rechtzeitig wiederfinden und so das Schlimmste verhindern?
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Doyle considered "Silver Blaze" among his favorite Sherlock Holmes stories. As one of the most popular Sherlock Holmes stories, "Silver Blaze" focuses on the disappearance of the famous winning race horse Silver Blaze on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer. The tale is distinguished by its atmospheric Dartmoor setting and late-Victorian sporting milieu. The plotting hinges on the "curious incident of the dog in the...
20) The Devil's Foot
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'You should write about the case of the Devil's Foot. I am sure your readers would love to hear about the day we almost died.'
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All Watson wants is a nice quiet holiday with Holmes, but that's not what he's getting. When Brenda Tregennis is found dead at her dinner table, with no clues as to how or why,...