Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

Biographical note

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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Works

The Sherlock Holmes stories

  • A Study in Scarlet [1887] [ read | download ]
  • The Sign of Four [1890] [ read | download ]
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [1892] [ read | download ]
    A Scandal in Bohemia — The Red-headed League — A Case of Identity — The Boscombe Valley Mystery — The Five Orange Pips — The Man with the Twisted Lip — The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle — The Adventure of the Speckled Band — The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
  • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [1894] [ read | download ]
    Silver Blaze — The Yellow Face — The Stock-Broker’s Clerk — The “Gloria Scott” — The Musgrave Ritual — The Reigate Puzzle — The Crooked Man — The Resident Patient — The Greek Interpreter — The Naval Treaty — The Final Problem
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles [1902] [ read | download ]
  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes [1904] [ read | download ]
    The Adventure of the Abbey Grange — The Adventure of Black Peter — The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton — The Adventure of the Dancing Men — The Adventure of the Empty House — The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez — The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter — The Adventure of the Norwood Builder — The Adventure of the Priory School — The Adventure of the Second Stain — The Adventure of the Six Napoleons — The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist — The Adventure of the Three Students
  • The Valley of Fear [1914] [ read | download ]
  • His Last Bow [1917] [ read | download ]
    Preface — The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge — The Adventure of the Red Circle — The Adventure of the Cardboard Box — The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans — The Adventure of the Dying Detective — The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax — The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot — His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes
  • The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes [1927] [ read | download ]
    The Adventure of the Illustrious Client — The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier — The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone — The Adventure of the Three Gables — The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire — The Adventure of the Three Garridebs — The Problem of Thor Bridge — The Adventure of the Creeping Man — The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane — The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger — The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place — The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

Professor Challenger Stories

Historical novels

  • Micah Clarke [1888] [ read | print | download ]
  • The White Company [1891] [ read | print | download ]
  • The Great Shadow [1892]
  • The Refugees [1893]
  • Rodney Stone [1896]
  • Uncle Bernac [1897]
  • Sir Nigel [1906]

Other novels

  • Mystery of Cloomber [1889] [ read | print | download ]
  • The Firm of Girdlestone [1890] [ read | print | download ]
  • The Doings Of Raffles Haw [1891]
  • Beyond the City [1892]
  • The Parasite [1894]
  • The Stark Munro Letters [1895] [ read | print | download ]
  • The Tragedy of The Korosko [1898] [ read | print | download ]
  • A Duet with an occasional chorus [1899]

Short stories

  • Mysteries and Adventures [1889]
  • The Captain of the Pole-Star, and other tales [1890] [ read | print | download ] Preface — The Captain of the “Pole-Star” — F. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement — The Great Keinplatz Experiment — The Man From Archangel — That Little Square Box — John Huxford’s Hiatus — Cyprian Overbeck Wells; A Literary Mosaic — John Barrington Cowles — Elias B. Hopkins, the Parson of Jackman’s Gulch — The Ring of Thoth
  • Round the Red Lamp [1894]
  • The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard [1896] [ read | print | download ]
  • The Green Flag [1900] [ read | print | download ]
    The Green Flag — Captain Sharkey — The Croxley Master — The Lord of Chateau Noir — The Striped Chest — A Shadow Before — The King of the Foxes — The Three Correspondents — The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce — A Foreign Office Romance
  • The Adventures of Gerard [1903] [ read | print | download ]
  • Round the Fire Stories [1908]
  • The Last Galley [1911] [ read | print | download ]
    Preface — Part 1: 1. The Last Galley — 2. The Contest. — 3. Through the Veil. — 4. An Iconoclast. — 5. Giant Maximin. — 6. The Coming of the Huns — 7. The Last of the Legions — 8. The First Cargo — 9. The Home-Coming — 10. The Red Star — Part 2: 1. The Silver Mirror — 2. The Blighting of Sharkey — 3. The Marriage of the Brigadier — 4. The Lord of Falconbridge — 5. A Legend of the Ring — 6. Out of the Running — 7. The Great Brown-Pericord Motor — 8. The Terror of Blue John Gap
  • Danger! and other stories [1918] [ read | print | download ]
    Preface — Danger! — One Crowded Hour — A Point of View — The Fall of Lord Barrymore — The Horror of the Heights — Borrowed Scenes — The Surgeon of Gaster Fell — How it Happened — The Prisoner’s Defence — Three of Them
  • Tales of Terror & Mystery [1923] [ read | print | download ]
    Contents: The Horror of the Heights — The Leather Funnel — The New Catacomb — The Case of Lady Sannox — The Terror of Blue John Gap — The Brazilian Cat — The Lost Special — The Beetle-Hunter — The Man with the Watches — The Japanned Box — The Black Doctor — The Jew's Breastplate

Spiritualism

  • The New Revelation [1918]
  • Vital Message [1919]
  • The Wanderings of a Spiritualist [1921]
  • The Coming of the Fairies [1922] [ read | print | download ]
  • Our American Adventure [1923]
  • Our Second American Adventure [1924]
  • The History of Spiritualism [1926]
  • Pheneas Speaks [1927]
  • Our African Winter [1929]
  • The Edge of the Unknown [1930]

Other non-Fiction

  • Songs of Action [1898]
  • Through the Magic Door [1907] [ read | download ]
  • The Great Boer War [1900]
  • The Crime of the Congo [1909]

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