A Case of Identity, by A. Conan Doyle : Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. An uncommon original article from The Strand Magazine, 1891 by Arthur Conan Doyle - 1891

MP3 Audio CD. A Case of Identity by Arthur Conan Doyle (in Short Story Collection Vol. 074 ) ADVENTURE III. A CASE OF IDENTITY "My dear fellow," said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, "life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most outré results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable." "And yet I am not convinced of it," I answered. "The cases which come to light in the papers are, as a rule, bald enough, and vulgar enough. We… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. A Case of Identity by Arthur Conan Doyle (in Short Story Collection Vol. 074 ) ADVENTURE III. A CASE OF IDENTITY "My dear fellow," said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, "life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most outré results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable." "And yet I am not convinced of it," I answered. "The cases which come to light in the papers are, as a rule, bald enough, and vulgar enough. We… Read More

Detective Fiction Classics, 2023. Paperback. New. 52 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.13 inches.

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[Strand Magazine],, [1891]. 8vo., First Edition,with illustrations in the text; attractively bound in full blue buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND. Original serial publication from The Strand Magazine, Vol. II, September 1891; complete with Paget's iconic illustrations. First published in book form as the third of the collected 'Adventures' (1892). De Waal 131; Green & Gibson p.55.