Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: '... that strange internal kingdom of which we are the hapless and helpless monarchs.' From the master of the detective story and creator of Sherlock Holmes, the first ever tale to feature a supernatural Egyptian mummy. One of 46 new books in the best-selling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'In calling Moriarty a criminal you are uttering libel in the eyes of the law-and there lie the glory and the wonder of it! The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry, the controlling brain of the underworld, a brain which might have made or marred the destiny of nations — that's the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world...' In London, 1888, the razor-sharp detective skills of Sherlock Holmes are to be put to the test. Mary Morstan reports two…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a lasting interest in the supernatural, and Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies has selected those Holmes and Watson cases that reflect this. The first is that classic novella, the terrifying The Hound of the Baskervilles, followed by nine Gothic adventures: The Sussex Vampire, The Creeping Man, Shoscombe Old Place, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, The…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 787 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1136) Аннотация: A master of deductive reasoning who can solve the most difficult crimes by spotting obscure clues overlooked by others, dilettante sleuth Sherlock Holmes was the hero of sixty stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between 1887 and 1927. He even rose from the dead after Doyle tried to dispatch him in his twenty-fourth adventure, and readers protested. Here, in one volume, are all four…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Includes an Introduction by Anne Perry and a New Afterword by Regina Barreca. Indisputably the greatest fictional detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes lives on — in films, on television, and of course through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inimitable craft. These twenty-two stories show Holmes at his brilliant best.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it After a harrowing tour in Afghanistan, Dr. Watson returns to London to convalesce at 221B Baker Street, home to the enigmatic Sherlock Holmes. Their lives are irrevocably thrown together by news that a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Pocas veces en la historia de la literatura un personaje de ficción alcanza tal celebridad que incluso oscurece la figura de su propio creador, y el caso de Sherlock Holmes es uno de los más representativos. Primera novela del mítico detective, “Estudio en escarlata” gira en torno a un crimen cometido en Londres y cuya trama se relaciona con la secta mormona y su cuna, el estado de…
Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: «Después de la publicación de su primer caso en «Estudio en escarlata», hubo que esperar tres años para que, en 1890, Sherlock Holmes reanudara su actividad resolviendo el misterio que se le planteaba en «El signo de los cuatro». Novela previa aún a la sucesión de relatos que poco más tarde habrían de catapultar a la celebridad al famoso detective y a su…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The Penguin English Library edition. As usual with the Sherlock Holmes stories it is very hard to say which are the best — but there are many stories here which would get the vote — ranging from The Boscombe Valley Mystery to the wonderful Adventure of Silver Blaze, from the Adventure of the Norwood Builder to A Case of Identity, but above to the uniquely strange and macabre Adventure of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The Penguin English Library edition. Many readers would claim that The Adventure of the Copper Beeches or The Man with the Twisted Lip was their favourite Sherlock Holmes story — but then that would be doing an injustice to The Adventure of the Yellow Face and The Problem of Thor Bridge. It is just as well that in the end we do not have to choose — as if we did then there would be no doubt it…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Heroes from classic novels are so popular and have become part of our lives, even without knowing it! We love them, hate them, or identify with them. Selection of thoughts and quotes from some of the most remarkable authors and philosophers in the mankind history.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This is the classic Sherlock Holmes story, and an iconic work of detective fiction. The family is cursed; at least that is the hypothesis when Sir Charles Baskerville is found on the dark and eerie moors near his home, the footprints of some ferocious beast by his lifeless body. In these wild and haunting surroundings it is down to Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant Dr Watson, to solve the…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Original stories plus contemporary illustrations and thumbnail text create the backdrop of Conan Doyle's master-sleuth in Victorian Britain.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Originally published in 1903-1904, The Return of Sherlock Holmes is the thirteen-story collection of one of the greatest-ever fictional detectives. Three years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes and his archenemy Professor Moriarty in the torrent of Reichenbach Falls, Holmes makes a disguised…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 630 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 713) Аннотация: «Sherlock Holmes is the greatest fictional detective in the world. The hero of 56 short stories and four novels, he is so convincing that letters still arrive at 221b Baker Street seeking his help, and when it was thought that he had died in his clash with the evil Professor Moriarty ('the Napoleon of Crime') young men in London wore black armbands. This handsome edition, bound in real cloth,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson... He sits motionless, like a spider in the centre of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson, solve these…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 889 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 960) Аннотация: From the strange case of The Red-Headed League to the extraordinary tale of The Engineer's Thumb, Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging, no mystery insoluble, for the immortal detective's unique powers of deduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Featuring the last 12 stories ever written about the infamous detective, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains some of Conan Doyle's most villainous and unusual characters. The 1920s was a disenchanting era, and the darker mood of many of these stories reflects the environment at the time. Some even felt that…
Скачать книгу (размер 218 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 44) Аннотация: Sherlock Holmes is a very clever man. When people have strange, difficult problems, they come to him. Where is Mr Hosmer Angel? Which student saw the exam paper before the exam? Why is somebody following Miss Smith? Can you find the answers before Sherlock Holmes does? Penguin Readers — блестящая коллекция художественной литературы, адаптированная к семи уровням сложности языка (от Easystarts до…