Penguin The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Дойл Артур Конан

'Come at once if convenient - if inconvenient come all the same . . .' • The note from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson cannot be ignored and soon the pair find themselves investigating the curious case of an aged professor whose sudden strange alteration in behaviour terrifies everyone from his daughter and her fiance to the family dog. This and eleven other cases which confound clients or perplex the police are tackled by Holmes and Watson in the final collection of the duo's detecting adventures

In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in fiction. Suicide as a murder weapon and homosexual incest are some of the psychological tragedies whose consequences are unravelled by the mind of Holmes before the eyes of Watson. That said, the collection also includes some of the best turns of wit in the series, and indeed in the whole of English literature • The editor of this volume, W.W. Robson, is Emeritus David Masson, Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Modern English Literature

В 1901 году Конан Дойл наконец уступил давлению общественности и возродил любимого детектива нации. В этом сборнике, включающем последние 12 рассказов, когда-либо написанных о Шерлоке Холмсе, собраны некоторые из самых злодейских и необычных персонажей Конан Дойла. Разочарование, испытанное в 1920-х годах, отражается в мрачном настроении многих рассказов, и многие полагают, что растущий интерес автора к спиритизму повлиял на темы, которые он выбрал для исследования • Книга на английском языке • In l901, Conan Doyle finally bowed to public pressure and resurrected the nation's favourite detective. Featuring the last 12 stories ever written about Sherlock Holmes, this collection contains some of Conan Doyle's most villainous and unusual characters

It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr Watson. The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat. The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals

A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Classics in beautiful paperback cover designs • From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging for the immortal detective's unique power of deduction

Пройдя по туманным улицам викторианского Лондона в глубь сельской местности, Шерлок Холмс использует свои уникальные способности к дедукции в восьми захватывающих расследованиях, включая тайны "Пестрой ленты" и "Головоломки Рейгейта" • Присоединитесь к знаменитому сыщику с книгой Артура Конан Дойля "Необычные дела Шерлока Холмса"! • Книга на английском языке • Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle' • With a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud

Прошло более столетия с тех пор, как аскетичный и загадочный детектив Шерлок Холмс впервые появился в "Этюде в багровых тонах". С 1891 года, начиная с "Приключений Шерлока Холмса", ставший легендарным и новаторским журнал "Стрэнд" начал публиковать серии "несравненных рассказов Артура Конан Дойла о расследованиях", в которых несравненному сыщику терпеливо помогал его преданный и очаровательно педантичный друг и компаньон доктор Ватсон. Литературный культ Шерлока Холмса не проявляет никаких признаков угасания со временем, поскольку каждое новое поколение начинает любить и почитать проницательный ум и безжалостную логику, которые погубили стольких выдающихся преступников викторианской эпохи • Книга на английском языке • It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet

Дано • Украденный драгоценный камень, необъяснимая смерть молодой девушки, пропажа одного из лучших скаковых коней Англии, отсутствующий дворецкий, загадочные пляшущие человечки, разбитый бюст Наполеона, кучер с простреленным сердцем • Решение • Элементарно! Вызвать Шерлока Холмса – гениального сыщика из дома 221Б на Бейкер-стрит • Сборник рассказов культового британского писателя сэра Артура Конана Дойла в оригинале. Включает словарь терминов и задания, с помощью которых можно проверить собственную внимательность и дедуктивные способности • Книга на английском языке • 'On the contrary, my dear Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see' • Herein lie the problems: a stolen jewel, the inexplicable death of a young woman, the disappearance of one of the most remarkable racehorses in England, a missing butler, the curious symbols of dancing men, a broken bust of Napoleon, a possible kidnapping and the bad business of a coachman shot through the heart

A collection of the most famous cases faced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless creation, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes contains an introduction by Iain Pears and notes by Ed Glinert in Penguin Classics • This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes 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

В заполненной дымом квартире на Бейкер-стрит живёт человек, повергающий в ужас всех преступников Англии. В этом сборнике ценители детективного жанра найдут 12 историй о приключениях Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона. Легендарному детективу-консультанту понадобится вся сила его необычайного интеллекта, ведь его ждут самые запутанные дела, в которых будут фигурировать человек с рассечённой губой, чудесный голубой карбункул, пять зёрнышек апельсина, тайна короля Богемии и загадочный союз рыжих • Сборник рассказов культового британского писателя сэра Артура Конана Дойла в оригинале • Книга на английском языке • Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of inequity… The twelve mysteries gathered in this first collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's adventures reveal the brilliant consulting detective at the height of his powers

'It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' • Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson solve twelve breathtaking and perplexing mysteries • In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the first collection of the great consulting detective's cases, we encounter some of his most famous and devilishly difficult problems, including A Scandal in Bohemia, The Speckled Band, The Red-Headed League, The Blue Carbuncle, The Five Orange Pips and The Man with the Twisted Lip

'Holmes,' I cried.'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?' • Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time! London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murderous individual with an air gun stalks the city • Among thirteen further brilliant tales of mystery, detection and deduction, Sherlock Holmes investigates the problem of the Norwood Builder, deciphers the message of the Dancing Men, and cracks the case of the Six Napoleons