The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader: From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualism by Jeffr

Description: The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader by Jeffrey Meyers, Valerie Meyers Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyles detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyles detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt. Author Biography Jeffrey Meyers is the author of Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography, Gary Cooper: American Hero, and Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation. Valerie Meyers is the author of a book on Orwells fiction and articles on Wyndham Lewis, Hemingway and Barbara Pym. The Meyers live in Berkeley, California. Review The Meyers introduction is detailed, informative, and enjoyable. This reader will be well received by Doyles fans and perhaps even earn him some new fans who never knew that he created worlds outside of Holmes. * Library Journal *For all the much-deserved fame and respect accorded him for his creation of the cocaine-addicted sleuth of Baker Street, it is perhaps Sir Arthur Conan Doyles non-Holmes work which best displays the authors literary talent and virtuosity. Now, with their perceptive and thoughtful The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader, editors Jeffrey and Valerie Meyers provide a single home for an impressive cross-section of the authors fiction and non-fiction, giving ample proof of Conan Doyles storytelling skills and the dizzying diversity of his ideas and styles. [Included are] Holmes mysteries, horror, science fiction and adventure yarns, historical and sporting stories, plus excerpts from some of Conan Doyles hard-to-find volumes of non-fiction and letters... Essential, my dear Watson, quite essential! -- Peter Crowther, award-winning Publisher/Editor and Author of the Koko Tate private eye series and the Holmes and Watson novelette The AdventureHere, in a single volume, is a first-class introduction to the life and work of Arthur Conan Doyle. The introduction provides a superb critical summing up of a very complex personality and outlines some of the major aspects of his work. The addition of the selections themselves, many long out of print, makes this an essential volume: a book to gain knowledge from as well as to enjoy. -- Peter Tremayne, bestselling author of Act of Mercy and other Sister Fidelma mysteries...readers unfamiliar with anything but the Sherlock Holmes stories will be seeking out Conan Doyles other books after sampling some of the material collected in this handsome volume. Particularly appealing to this reader were the Errol Flynn-like escapades of Brigadier Etienne Gerard—an officer in Napoleons army with a rather high opinion of himself—or the clever and entertaining adventures of Professor Challenger and his companions in The Lost World or the doomsday scenario as depicted in The Poison Belt. * Fantasy and Science Fiction * Long Description Best known as the creator of the consulting detective par excellence Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a man of wide-ranging interests and talents, and his literary output went far beyond his Holmes and Watson stories. The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader collects works from all the genres in which he wrote, including mysteries, historical adventure tales, science fiction stories, ghost stories, plays, memoirs, essays on spiritualism (in which he was a dedicated believer) and reports on the Boer War and World War I. This collection features the account of Watsons first meeting with Holmes from A Study in Scarlet, an account of the dinosaurs inhabiting The Lost World, tales of Doyles Napoleonic hero Brigadier Gerard, a condemnation of Belgiums exploitation of the Congo, and the complete text of his apocalyptic book The Poison Belt, in addition to several other stories and excerpts. Review Quote The Meyers introduction is detailed, informative, and enjoyable. This reader will be well received by Doyles fans and perhaps even earn him some new fans who never knew that he created worlds outside of Holmes. Details ISBN0815412029 Short Title SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE READER Pages 544 Audience Age 9-12 Language English ISBN-10 0815412029 ISBN-13 9780815412021 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 2002 Subtitle From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualism Place of Publication Lanham Country of Publication United States Edited by Jeffrey Meyers Birth 1939 Edition 1st Imprint Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. Author Valerie Meyers DOI 10.1604/9780815412021 UK Release Date 2002-04-08 AU Release Date 2002-04-08 NZ Release Date 2002-04-08 US Release Date 2002-04-08 Publisher Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. Publication Date 2002-04-08 DEWEY 823.912 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137145518;

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