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41) La Figure jaune
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Extrait: "En publiant ces croquis tirés de dossiers innombrables, j'insiste tout naturellement davantage sur les succès de Holmes que sur ses échecs. Ne croyez pas que je le fasse dans l'intérêt de sa réputation: c'était en effet dans les cas o toutes ses ressources paraissaient épuisées qu'il déployait une énergie et une vivacité d'esprit absolument admirables."
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Eight spectacular Sherlock Holmes stories, including his dramatic final adventure Years have passed since he tangled with Irene Adler and Professor Moriarty, since he solved the mysteries of the Red-Headed League and the Hound of the Baskervilles, but even in retirement Sherlock Holmes remains as sharp witted and inimitable as ever. Good thing, because England needs him and his loyal friend Dr. Watson now more than ever. On the eve of World War I,...
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Un scientifique du XIXe va découvrir l'amour !
Rationaliste convaincu, le professeur Ainslie Grey ne jure que par la science. Pour lui, les sentiments, les émotions, l'amour ne sont que des manifestations physiques ou chimiques d'états naturels : l'espèce doit se perpétuer et l'instinct y veille.
Aveuglé par ses convictions, le professeur apprendra à ses dépens qu'on ne peut pas ignorer sa propre sensibilité.
Plongez dans une nouvelle...
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After surviving a nearly fatal encounter with his nemesis Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes returns to 221B Baker Street. Spanning thirteen thrilling adventures, Sherlock Holmes and his friend John Watson reunite to solve mysteries and fight crime in foggy England, confronting corrupt criminals and deciphering clues. With the duo back at work, they must stop a suspicious man with a bicycle from stalking a woman, locate a missing ten-year-old boy, find the...
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It's the eve of the First World War, and Sherlock Holmes has retired and taken up beekeeping, or has he? This short spy story is the final tale in the masterful detective's chronology and reveals new depths to his sleuthing skill.
Now past his prime, Sherlock Holmes has retired to the countryside to live a quiet life in his remaining years. Yet as the First World War approaches, British government officials reach out to the once-great detective...
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Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate the curious disappearance of a young woman's fiance in this mysterious case of stolen identity.
When Mary Sutherland comes to Sherlock Holmes to request he find her missing fiance, the remarkable detective wastes no time solving the puzzling case. After being abandoned at the altar on what should've been her wedding day, Mary is convinced that the disappearance of her husband-to-be is the result of...
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Follow Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to a university town where they investigate three students to uncover who is attempting to cheat on a valuable examination paper.
In this short Sherlock Holmes story, the famous detective is called away from his usual high-stakes crime investigations and must solve a case with very few clues on a university campus. Someone has snuck into a lecturer's office and copied the answers to an important examination...
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These early works by Arthur Conan Doyle were originally published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Sherlock Holmes series. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's...
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Descubra los mejores cuentos de Arthur Conan Doyle.
Arthur Conan Doyle logra a través de sus extraordinarias creaciones mantener la atención del asombrado lector en todo momento, y no sólo con las famosas aventuras de su héroe, el excéntrico gentleman poseedor de la inteligencia más sofisticada y brillante de toda la literatura, el incisivo y perspicaz detective Sherlock Holmes, sino también con relatos cortos de terror y misterio, algunos...
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A thrilling and suspenseful short story featuring the renowned Sherlock Holmes and his remarkable companion, Doctor Watson, as they investigate the curious happenings at Three Gables.
When an elderly woman, Mary Maberley, approaches Sherlock Holmes to ask for help, her case doesn't seem interesting enough to appeal to him. Shortly after receiving her request, the masterful detective is threatened by a hired thug to stay away from the case, and...
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These early works by Arthur Conan Doyle were originally published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Sherlock Holmes series. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's...
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Read the short story that shocked Sherlock Holmes fans across the globe and discover how the renowned detective got away with his greatest coup yet: surviving death.
It's been three years since Sherlock Holmes had a fatal encounter with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, and Doctor Watson has started investigating crime alone. When a seemingly unsolvable locked-room murder occurs, Watson visits the crime scene. Several odd characters are...
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This short story highlights the phenomenal mind of Sherlock Holmes as the detective unravels the complex case of a star rugby player's disappearance.
Godfrey Staunton plays in the three-quarters position of the University of Cambridge rugby team. When he disappears just before a big game against Oxford, the entire team is desperate to uncover his whereabouts. Despite sports being beyond Sherlock Holmes' field of knowledge, he agrees to take on...
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Join Sherlock Holmes as he investigates a quietly curious tenant who only communicates with his landlady through a series of notes in broken English.
Mrs. Warren comes to 221B Baker Street to ask for Sherlock Holmes' help after a new tenant moves into her rooms. The gentle landlady is concerned that her tenant isn't all he first appeared to be. After requesting to pay double the current rent on the condition of getting the room on his own terms,...
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