The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 3-Including the Novel 'The Mystery of Cloomber, ' Two Novelettes and Thirteen

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

The final helping of Conan Doyle's tales of strange events in this world and beyond

This is the final volume of the Leonaur special edition of the collected tales of the uncanny by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Each volume is substantial-over 400 pages each-and together they bring together perhaps the most comprehensive collection of Doyle's weird and supernatural fiction now available. This fine looking set is available in softcover and hardcover with dust wrapper for bibliophiles everywhere. This volume continues the pace set by its predecessors with the novel, 'The Mystery of Cloomber.' two novelettes, 'The Parasite' and 'The Black Doctor' together with thirteen short stories each one demonstrating Doyle's skill at portraying the unearthly, the chilling, the odd and the peculiar. Among them readers will discover, 'The Horror of the Heights.' 'The Silver Hatchet, ' 'The Fiend of the Cooperage, ' 'Selecting a Ghost, ' 'The Lift, ' 'The Silver Mirror' and many others. This Leonaur three volume set in coordinating covers, is available in softcover and in hardcover with dustjacket making it an essential addition to the libraries of collectors

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846778421
Publisher:	Leonaur Ltd
Publication date:	08/06/2009
Pages:	424
Sales rank:	520,210
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885