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Introduction by Anne Perry Includes newly commissioned endnotes � In 1887, a young Arthur Conan Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, creating an international icon in the quick-witted sleuth Sherlock Holmes. In this very first Holmes mystery, the detective introduces himself to Dr. John H. Watson with the puzzling line ?You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive,? and so begins Watson?s, and the world?s, fascination with this enigmatic character. In...
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ABC/Audible Audio
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2017
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English
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Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Arthur Conan Doyle's complete works - four novels and five collections of short stories - has been brought to life by Stephen Fry, a lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, in this The Definitive Collection. In addition, Stephen has written and narrated nine insightful, intimate and deeply personal...
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BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Five seminal SF masterpieces are brought vividly to life in these gripping BBC Radio dramatisations, with casts including Robert Glenister, Francis de Wolff, Carleton Hobbs and Joanne Froggatt. Hugely influential on first publication, these five landmark science fiction classics continue to enthral today, and these thrilling radio adaptations are full of surprise, suspense and excitement. Frankenstein, first broadcast in 1994, is adapted from Mary...
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The Baskerville family has been haunted for generations by a fearsome hound - a phantom beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws. Surely it is just a legend? Then Sir Charles is found dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall. Now it is time to bring in Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to discover the truth about the family curse.
11) The lost world
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Penguin
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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A scientific expedition sets out to explore a plateau in South America that remains frozen in time from the days when prehistoric creatures roamed the Earth.
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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This selection of 12 of the best Sherlock Holmes stories is designed to give a full sense of their world, taking Holmes's career from its early days to its close. It includes the book-length 'The Sign of the Four' and notes by Barry McCrea that give a sense of the different currents running beneath the stories' surface.
14) The poison belt
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Hesperus
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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The legendary Professor Challenger hits the headlines once again when he claims that the Earth is heading towards inevitable destruction. Is this a strange ruse of the Professor's or is total annihilation really only hours away?
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ABC/Audible Audio
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Arthur Conan Doyle's complete works - four novels and five collections of short stories - has been brought to life by Stephen Fry, a lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, in this The Definitive Collection. In addition, Stephen has written and narrated nine insightful, intimate and deeply personal...
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ABC/Audible Audio
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Arthur Conan Doyle's complete works - four novels and five collections of short stories - has been brought to life by Stephen Fry, a lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, in this The Definitive Collection. In addition, Stephen has written and narrated nine insightful, intimate and deeply personal...
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Pearson Education
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Sherlock Holmes is a great detective. There are few cases that he cannot solve. In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of a mysterious speckled band, a family who think that five orange pips are a sign of death, and a banker who believes that his son is a thief. But are things really as they seem?
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Pearson Education
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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In 1891, the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, disappeared in Switzerland while working on a dangerous case. Everyone thought he was dead, but three years later he returned to England. Holmes and his friend, Dr Watson, had many more adventures together. Three of his most interesting cases feature in this book.