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The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader: From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualism Hardcover - 2002

by Jeffrey Meyers (Editor); Valerie Meyers (Editor)

This is the first and only reader to encompass the eclectic range representing the complete body of work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930): Sherlock Holmes tales, horror stories, nonfiction reporting, and, in its entirety, the apocalyptic novel "The Poison Belt."


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Best known as the creator of the consulting detective par excellence Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a man of wide-ranging interests and talents, and his literary output went far beyond his Holmes and Watson stories. The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader collects works from all the genres in which he wrote, including mysteries, historical adventure tales, science fiction stories, ghost stories, plays, memoirs, essays on spiritualism (in which he was a dedicated believer) and reports on the Boer War and World War I. This collection features the account of Watson's first meeting with Holmes from A Study in Scarlet, an account of the dinosaurs inhabiting The Lost World, tales of Doyle's Napoleonic hero Brigadier Gerard, a condemnation of Belgium's exploitation of the Congo, and the complete text of his apocalyptic book The Poison Belt, in addition to several other stories and excerpts.

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  • Title The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader: From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualism
  • Author Jeffrey Meyers (Editor); Valerie Meyers (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cooper Square Press, New York
  • Date 2002-04-08
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9780815412021 / 0815412029
  • Weight 1.93 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.27 x 6.32 x 1.39 in (23.55 x 16.05 x 3.53 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002001288
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 05/15/2002, Page 97
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/25/2002, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 03/25/2002, Page 46

About the author

Jeffrey Meyers is the author of Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography, Gary Cooper: American Hero, and Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation. Valerie Meyers is the author of a book on Orwell's fiction and articles on Wyndham Lewis, Hemingway and Barbara Pym. The Meyers live in Berkeley, California.
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