Risultati per "Arthur Conan Doyle" in Letteratura mondiale

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. La caja de cartón es un audiolibro en español de Arthur Conan Doyle que reúne una única historia de la serie de Sherlock Holmes: La aventura de la caja de cartón. Una caja de aspecto inquietante pone a prueba el ingenio de Holmes y del doctor...

Step into the rich world of British literature with ten of the greatest novels ever written. Spanning more than two centuries, this remarkable collection brings together unforgettable stories of love, ambition, mystery, revolution and resilience. From windswept moors and Gothic castles to...

Peu après Noël, un homme abandonne dans la rue un vieux chapeau et une oie. Lorsque celle-ci révèle une découverte aussi précieuse qu'inattendue, Sherlock Holmes entreprend de remonter la piste de son mystérieux propriétaire. Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes écrite par Arthur Conan Doyle...

O lume dispărută, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, este un roman clasic de aventură și science-fiction care urmărește expediția profesorului Challenger într-un ținut izolat din America de Sud, unde timpul pare să fi rămas pe loc. Acolo, exploratorii descoperă dinozauri, plante preistorice...

„Scandal în Boemia” este o povestire polițistă scrisă de Arthur Conan Doyle, avându-l ca protagonist pe celebrul detectiv Sherlock Holmes. Acesta este angajat de regele Boemiei pentru a recupera o fotografie compromițătoare aflată în posesia inteligentei și fermecătoarei Irene...

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes adventure - The Hound of the Baskervilles. In "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", Holmes relates the aftermath of "The Final Problem", and how he survived.

Watson nos narra la historia de un joven aristócrata inglés en horas de finanzas bajas que decide visitar a un excéntrico primo millonario recién llegado a Inglaterra. 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 animal enjaulado: el gato de Brasil, cuyo alimento preferido es la carne humana.

El sabueso de los Baskerville, también traducido como El perro de los Baskerville o El mastín de los Baskerville, es la tercera novela de Arthur Conan Doyle que tiene como protagonista principal a Sherlock Holmes. Fue publicada por entregas en el The Strand Magazine. La novela está principalmente ambientada en Dartmoor, en Devon, un condado del oeste de Inglaterra. Conan Doyle escribió esta historia poco después de regresar de Sudáfrica, donde había trabajado como voluntario médico en The Langman Field Hospital en Bloemfontein.

There is no better description of this book than that of Dr. Watson himself: "The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism. He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between philosophy and agriculture. During this period of rest he has refused the most princely offers to take up various cases....

A "Blue Carbuncle" is stolen from a hotel suite, and a former felon is soon arrested. However, an acquaintance of Holmes discovers the carbuncle in the throat of a Christmas goose. Holmes traces the owner of the goose, but soon determines that he was not the thief by offering him a replacement goose. The detective continues his search, first to an inn and then a dealer in Covent Garden...

Bondadosamente el investigador policial Sherlock Holmes y su compañero Watson atienden la consulta de la Sra. Warren, ella como la propietaria de una casa de huéspedes, requiere urgente ayuda policial. Previamente un hombre a rentado un cuarto en su propiedad, pagando generosamente el doble de lo que el alquiler vale y sin avisarle a nadie , este hombre desaparece de la faz de la tierra. Sin llegar a verlo de nuevo y asumiendo lo peor, la Sra. Warren piensa que el cuarto alquilado se encuentra desocupado, sin llegar a imaginarse que dentro de este lugar sellado completamente por el silencio

La sra. Warren, ama de llaves de Sherlock Holmes, está preocupada por un extraño huésped que ha recibido en su casa y al que nunca se le ve fuera de su habitación. Al fin, sucede algo que la hace recurrir a Sherlock Holmes.A regañadientes, Holmes se hace cargo del caso y empieza a tirar del hilo, hasta llegar a toda una conspiración criminal, que le hará colaborar con Scotland Yard y una agencia americana para resolver lo que, en contra de su criterio original, se convertirá en un trepidante caso.

Watson visits Sherlock Holmes at Christmastime and finds him contemplating a battered old hat, brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson after it and a Christmas goose had been dropped by a man in a scuffle with some street ruffians. Peterson takes the goose home to eat it, but comes back later with a precious carbuncle that his wife found in the bird's crop.

While investigating the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean, a team led by Dr. Maracot is cut off from their ship and hurled to the bottom of the ocean. There, they find themselves in the remnants of the ancient civilization of Atlantis. Like some other later works by Arthur Conan Doyle, this...

The rich life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is featured here: His work as a doctor, his novels and journalistic writings, his support of Spiritualism and his defense of fairies. This is a unique set for the 150th anniversary of his birth. After his early years in medicine, the writing talents of Arthur Conan Doyle took over. Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger were among his successes.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. Whether they hail from the Lowlands or the Highlands, to be a Scottish author is to part of a quite an extraordinary band of authors and its literary traditions. These beguiling stories example the full range and majesty of their talents and the subjects they explore.

The 20th Century Modern Classics Collection includes some of the most groundbreaking novels of the 1900s, read by narrators including David Rintoul, Greg Lockett, Jonathan Keeble, Ian Porter, Ako Mitchell, Robert G. Slade, Nathan Osgood, Ruairi Conaghan, Katherine Fenton, Miranda Raison, and...

The British Classics Collection – Volume 2 steps into the grand world of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century British literature to create a compelling anthology featuring iconic works that span time and genres. From the whimsy of Alice in Wonderland to the mystery of The Woman in White, the philosophical insights of The Waste Land and the unforgettable detective stories of Sherlock Holme, this volume offers a rich variety of British literary masterpieces.

When the hot-headed Professor Challenger claims that extinct species of animals are still to be found living on an isolated Amazonian plateau, Dr Summerlee, Lord John Roxton and intrepid reporter Edward Malone find themselves committed to a journey of a lifetime. Arriving in the Amazon, they...

"The last red streaks had faded away in the west and night settled upon the moor. A few faint stars were gleaming in a violet sky. Watson and I gazed out over the shadowy moor, half silver and half gloom. A distant howl arose from the shadowy depths, menacing, almost musical, rising and falling like the low constant murmur of the sea, the hound!"