Arthur Conan Doyle : beyond Baker Street /
This book--the first biography of Arthur Conan Doyle written for young adults--provides a lively account of the writer's fascinating life. Pascal considers the overlaps between the fictional Holmes and Watson and their creator, and draws a memorable picture of late Victorian society. Sidebars c...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | Oxford portraits.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1 THE STUDENT ON HIS NARROW BED
- 2 "ONE LONG WEARY GRIND"
- From A Study in Scarlet
- 3 THE HOPE AND THE MAYUMBA
- 4 "A CAPRICIOUS CREATURE WHO FREQUENTLY GROWLS"
- From The Stark Munro Letters
- 5 DR. CONAN DOYLE OF BUSH VILLAS
- 6 "FEELING LARGE THOUGHTS RISE WITHIN ME"
- 7 THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
- From "The Final Problem"
- 8 CONAN DOYLE, SPORTSMAN
- 9 "I RATHER FELT IT WAS MY DUTY"
- From "His Last Bow"
- 10 THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
- 11 "A GRAND CHANCE OF A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE"
- From The Lost World
- 12 "HOMO SAPIENS! HOMO IDIOTICUS!"
- From The Land of Mist
- EPILOGUE
- CHRONOLOGY
- FURTHER READING
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.