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Abercrombie Smith, Edward Bellingham and William Monkhouse Lee are three students at Oxford University, sharing adjacent lodgings. When people against whom Bellingham holds a grudge are attacked, Smith starts to investigate. Is Bellingham innocent? But what are the strange noises coming from his room when he is not home? This short gothic horror story first published in 1892 is a bit outside the usual haunts of Conan Doyle and has been compared to the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and H. Rider Haggard. - Summary by Availle

Dr. Watson chronicles here some of the more interesting detective cases that he and his good friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, have encountered during their association. We see the cases unfold as he does, scratch our heads as does he while the evidence is collected, and then marvel at the impeccable observations, remarkable insight, and doggedness which Holmes displays as he teases apart the tangled clues.Packaged as twelve distinct cases, by the end of this book your own senses of observation and deductive reasoning should be improved. It's easy to see why this book became a model for detective ...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Each of the stories are told in a first-person style from the point of view of Dr. Watson, Holmes' associate and sidekick. The stories detail Holmes and Watson's various adventures in solving cases that befuddle others within law enforcement. This book is a collection of twelve of Doyle's favorite Sherlock Holmes stories. - Summary by TheBookBro

A governess comes to Sherlock Holmes for advice on an offer of a excellent position with a new employer. But the conditions are odd and expectations strange. What is behind the smiling demeanor of the owner of the Copper Beeches house? Sherlock and Dr. Watson are happy to help this lady with her conundrum and save lives as a consequence.

Sherlock Holmes uses his amazing brain to unravel another strange occurrence. A mysterious lodger in his own building who remains locked away and is very secretive, causes fear and agitation in his landlady who brings her concern to him. At first reluctant to get involved in such a petty matter, he is persuaded at last and proceeds to unravel a mystery that spans the Atlantic and involves a secret Italian society of murderers and blackmailers. And it has a satisfying conclusion where the killer is actually congratulated. (Summary by philip chenevert)

Three years after the events that took place in The Lost World ( http://librivox.org/the-lost-world-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/ ), Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow explorers (Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and reporter E.D. Malone) to a meeting. Oddly, he requires each to bring an oxygen cylinder with him.What he soon informs them is that from astronomical data and just-received telegraphs of strange accidents on the other side of the world, he has deduced that the Earth is starting to move through a region of space containing something poisonous to humankind.Shutting ...

In this short novel of 1894, Conan Doyle describes a character with seemingly extraordinary powers. Are these powers occult or are they only in the minds of other people? There is no Sherlock Holmes to solve this mystery. (Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier)

When a young lady approaches Sherlock Holmes looking for help in finding out what happened to her father when he disappeared 10 years earlier, both Holmes and Watson are sent on a mission involving stolen treasure, service in colonial India and a secret pact among four ex-convicts. (Summary by Robin Cotter)

The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, accomplished horseman and gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often. Obsessed with honour and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady. (Introduction from Wikipedia)

A new Professor Challenger Story! When Mr. Peerless Jones, artesian borer, is contact by the great but eccentric Professor Challenger with an urgent request, his curiosity and the endorsement of his friend Malone who had previous dealings with Challenger convinces him to meet with the Professor. Challenger's plan is as absurd as it is potentially Earth-shattering... Will Jones experience the sound of WHEN THE WORLD SCREAMED? - Summary by Ben Tucker

Imagine a strange, tropical place that is almost inaccessible. Time appears to have stood still there. Species of animal and plant life not seen elsewhere on Earth, except in the fossil record, inhabit the place. The lakes heave with the shapes of huge grey bulks moving under the surface. The woods are places where chittering cries move about above your head, as powerful apes move swiftly in the canopy of leaves. Then, a tree splinters nearby, and a dinosaur steps out from his hiding place... and he's eyeing YOU.Jurassic Park? Not quite. The Lost World was an inspiration for Jurassic Park; in ...

Weihnachtsabend in der Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes genießt zusammen mit Alice und Eddy das Festtagsessen, als plötzlich der junge Lord Greenwhich erscheint und Holmes um Hilfe bittet. Sein Vater liege im Sterben. Der behandelnde Arzt geht von einer vorsätzlichen Vergiftung aus. Doch wer trachtet dem alten Lord um sein Leben? War es wirklich ein Giftanschlag und kann Sherlock Holmes es noch schaffen, das Leben des Lord Greenwhich zu retten? Schlussendlich gerät Holmes noch selbst ins Visier des Täters und muss um sein Leben bangen.

Der Sohn des Grafen Schönburg verschwindet am helllichten Tag aus dem Garten der Familienvilla. Schnell wird klar, dass er das Opfer einer Entführung geworden sein muss und sein Leben am seidenen Faden hängt. Der Meisterdetektiv ahnt jedoch, dass die Lösung des Falles nicht ganz so einfach ist, und reist mit Dr. Watson nach Wien, um das Leben des Jungen zu retten.

En esta aventura, Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson son visitados por Violet Hunter, una joven que ha recibido una oferta de empleo muy extraña. Un hombre llamado Rucastle le ha ofrecido un puesto de institutriz con un salario realmente bueno, pero ella sospecha de las condiciones de su empleo y del extraño comportamiento de su empleador.

Un antiguo condiscípulo de Holmes, Reginald Musgrave, soltero, rico y miembro de una antigua familia, solicita su ayuda para que investigue la desaparición de su mayordomo, un hombre inteligente y eficaz, al que ha sorprendido en la biblioteca leyendo un antiguo papel.

Este relato narra un extraño caso de ambición desmedida, en el que se ve involucrado un pobre personaje, por el mero hecho de ser intérprete griego. Una bella y adinerada joven griega cae en las redes de un malvado desaprensivo, que raptará al hermano de la joven para lograr hacerse con el dinero de la familia.

Una vez más, Holmes irrumpe en casa del doctor Watson a horas intempestivas y sin avisar, para que lo acompañe a resolver un extraño caso. El fallecimiento del coronel Barclay, de los Royal Mallows. Ambos amigos se encuentran con la muerte de un respetado militar, felizmente casado, y sin móvil ni explicación aparente. Tras una discusión del matrimonio, cuando el servicio logró entrar en la habitación, el coronel yacía muerto en el suelo junto a su esposa, víctima de un desmayo.

En la historia que tiene lugar en 1890, un prestamista londinense llamado Wilson, un hombre con "cabellos muy rojos", visita a Holmes y Watson. Les dice que su joven empleado, Vincent Spaulding, le había enseñado un anuncio que daba trabajo a alguien con pelo rojo en algo llamado "la Liga de los Pelirrojos" y le había dicho que se presentara para hacer una entrevista. A la mañana siguiente, Wilson había esperado en una cola llena de pelirrojos, fue entrevistado y fue el único candidato contratado, porque ninguno de los demás candidatos tenía un pelo tan rojo como el de Wilson.

Un joven ingeniero hidráulico de Londres, el Sr. Victor Hatherley, les relata los sucesos extraños de la noche anterior, primero al doctor Watson y luego a Sherlock Holmes en persona. Hatherley había sido visitado en su oficina por un hombre viejo y sospechoso que se identificó como el coronel Lysander Stark.

"El gato del Brasil" de Arthur Conan Doyle trata sobre un joven aristócrata inglés que se encuentra al borde de la ruina decide visitar a su primo millonario que acaba de regresar de Brasil. El joven descubre que, entre otras curiosas aficiones, su pariente tiene un inmenso e intrincado jardín tropical lleno de especies exóticas -con raras plantas, aves y reptiles- donde destaca un enorme e inquietante animal enjaulado: el gato de Brasil, cuyo alimento preferido es la carne humana.