Name: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library;With Original Illustrations by Sidney Paget
Price: 38.84 GBP
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Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan ; Paget, Sidney
ISBN: 9781528773102

portada The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library;With Original Illustrations by Sidney Paget

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher

Detective Fiction Classics

Language

English

Pages

456

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.9 cm

Weight

0.73 kg.

ISBN13

9781528773102

Synopsis "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library;With Original Illustrations by Sidney Paget"

The 12 short stories featured in this volume were the catalyst for the first literary fandom, the success of The Strand Magazine, and Arthur Conan Doyle's lifelong career as the writer of the Sherlock Holmes adventures. Enter the smoky rooms of 221B Baker Street and immerse yourself in the intriguing lives of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. This volume features tales including 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' and 'The Red-Headed League', which Arthur Conan Doyle named his favourite Holmes stories. Each of these twelve mysteries highlights the famous detective's remarkable skill and methods, narrated by Watson. The stories featured in this volume include: - 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 First published in The Strand Magazine magazine between July 1891 and June 1892, this edition includes the stories' original illustrations by Sidney Paget. A specially commissioned introduction also features in this volume, alongside an article by Arthur Conan Doyle and an essay on the history of detective fiction by S.S. Van Dine.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (UK 1859-1930) Escritor y médico nacido en Escocia, principalmente conocido por haber creado al famosísimo personaje Sherlock Holmes, el detective más conocido de todos los tiempos, versionado para TV y cine de forma cíclica. Otra gran serie de novelas confeccionadas por Doyle fueron las protagonizadas por el profesor Challenger (El Mundo Perdido), también trasladadas a la ficción audiovisual.

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