The Collected Works of Arthur Conan Doyle (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Including The Sherlock Holmes Series, Poems, Plays, Works on Spirituality, History Books & MemoirsBy Arthur Conan Doyle
Length447h 14m
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The Collected Works of Arthur Conan Doyle gathers the remarkable range of a writer too often reduced to his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. Alongside the detective stories—models of lucid plotting, forensic observation, and late-Victorian rationalism—stand historical romances, adventure tales, science-fictional speculations, and works of supernatural and military interest. Doyle's prose is energetic, disciplined, and vividly narrative, shaped by the periodical culture of the nineteenth century and by an age fascinated with empire, science, crime, and moral courage. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), trained as a physician at Edinburgh, brought to fiction the habits of diagnosis, inference, and empirical scrutiny that animate Holmes and Dr. Watson. His medical education, travels, sporting interests, and public engagement with war, justice, and spiritualism all informed his imagination. Though he sometimes resented Holmes's overshadowing fame, Doyle's broader career reveals an author persistently drawn to heroism, ethical testing, and the encounter between modern reason and mystery. This collection is recommended to readers seeking both classic detective fiction and a fuller view of Doyle's literary achievement. It offers entertainment, historical insight, and a compelling portrait of popular literature at its most inventive.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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Publish dateDec 17, 2023
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Table of contents
1The Collected Works of Arthur Conan Doyle (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Sherlock Holmes Books
7Novels
8A Study in Scarlet
9Part I. Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department
10Part II. The Country of the Saints
11The Sign of Four (pt. 1)
12The Sign of Four (pt. 2)
13The Hound of the Baskervilles (pt. 1)
14The Hound of the Baskervilles (pt. 2)
15The Hound of the Baskervilles (pt. 3)
16The Valley of Fear
17Part 1. The Tragedy of Birlstone (pt. 1)
18Part 1. The Tragedy of Birlstone (pt. 2)
19Part 2. The Scowrers (pt. 1)
20Part 2. The Scowrers (pt. 2)
21Short Story Collections
22The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 1)
23The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 2)
24The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 3)
25The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 4)
26The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 5)
27The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 1)
28The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 2)
29The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 3)
30The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 4)
31The Return of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 1)
32The Return of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 2)
33The Return of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 3)
34The Return of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 4)
35The Return of Sherlock Holmes (pt. 5)
36His Last Bow (pt. 1)
37His Last Bow (pt. 2)
38His Last Bow (pt. 3)
39His Last Bow (pt. 4)
40Sketches
41The Field Bazaar
42How Watson Learned the Trick
43Professor Challenger Series
44The Lost World (pt. 1)
45The Lost World (pt. 2)
46The Lost World (pt. 3)
47The Lost World (pt. 4)
48The Poison Belt (pt. 1)
49The Poison Belt (pt. 2)
50When the World Screamed
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