The adventures of sherlock holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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A collection of the most famous cases faced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless creation, now in a beautiful hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

This collection of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary detective one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke-filled room in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as 'The Speckled Band', in which a terrified woman begs their help in solving the mystery surrounding her sister's death, or 'A Scandal in Bohemia', which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mistress. In 'Silver Blaze' the pair investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and the violent murder of its trainer, while in 'The Final Problem' Holmes at last comes face to face with his nemesis, the diabolical Professor Moriarty - 'the Napoleon of crime'.

O proizvodu

Format: 13,5 x 20,6 cm
Uvez: tvrdi
Broj stranica: 576
Biblioteka: -
Izdavač: Penguin Classics
Izdanje: 2018.
ISBN: 9780241347782

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Arthur Conan Doyle, engleski književnik (1859. –1930.), po zanimanju liječnik, tvorac je jednog od najpopularnijih književnih likova, privatnoga detektiva Sherlocka Holmesa. Obogativši detektivsku fabulu strogim logičkim zaključivanjem i pouzdanjem u egzaktne znanosti, te razrađenim odnosom enigmatičnog i ekscentričnog junaka i njegova prijatelja, prostodušna liječnika Watsona, objavio je nekoliko zbirki priča i romana obilježenih ozračjem kasnoga viktorijanskog razdoblja: Grimizna studija (A Study in Scarlet, 1887), Znak četvorice (The Sign of Four, 1890), Pustolovine Sherlocka Holmesa (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892), Uspomene Sherlocka Holmesa (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1894), Baskervilski pas (The Hound of Baskervilles, 1902), Povratak Sherlocka Holmesa (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1905). Pisao je i povijesne romane, npr. Bijeli odred (The White Company, 1891), pustolovne priče, ratne izvještaje, putopise, a nakon sinove smrti i studije o spiritizmu.