Arthur Conan Doyle`s most famous novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, heralds the return of Sherlock Holmes after his apparent death in The Final Problem. This masterwork of crime writing expertly fuses suspense and dread with a primal terror of the weird, unfamiliar, and invisible.Set in Devonshire, the lonely moorlands and the imposing Baskerville Hall provide the sinister backdrop over which the daemonic hound casts an ominous shadow over the landscape. The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville raises many questions. Could his death be linked to the legend of a hound that has terrorized his family for multiple generations? Only Sherlock Holmes can unravel the mystery...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson travel to Dartmoor to investigate the bizarre death of Sir Charles Baskerville. Is there really a curse on the family? And is there a huge dog living on the moor?
ISBN: 978-0-230-02924-8
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by the author featuring the famous detective. It tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. His Last Bow is a collection of famous stories about the legendary sleuth. Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature`s greatest detective team - the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08132-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
В книге представлено произведение «Собака Баскервилей» и другие рассказы английского писателя Артура Конан Дойла. Все произведения даны на языке оригинала.Знакомство с оригиналами творений классиков зарубежной литературы, науки, искусства поможет сегодняшним студентам составить более точное представление о неповторимой стилистике каждого автора, а также расширит словарный запас, знания об истории...
ISBN: 9785534056792
Издательство:
Юрайт
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2017
Книга известного Артура Конан Дойля "Собака Баскервиллей" на английском языке. Захватывающая история для знающих английский на уровне Elementary (A2). Задания на понимание в конце книги. Графические иллюстрации. Audio СD.
Более 100 лет мир читает рассказы о Шерлоке Холмсе. Слава этого героя затмила всех литературных персонажей мировой литературы. В настоящее издание вошли сборник рассказов "Возвращение Шерлока Холмса" и самое захватывающее и любимое читателями всех возрастов произведение о приключениях Шерлока Холмса и доктора Уотсона - "Собака Баскервилей". В книге произведения даются в том порядке и с тем...
ISBN: 978-5-9922-0800-9
Издательство:
Альфа-книга
Дата выхода: март 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He received his early education from Jesuits, but as an adolescent rejected Christianity, proclaimed himself an agnostic and later embraced Spiritualism. Attracted to both literature and medicine, Conan Doyle sold his first story to Chambers`s Edinburgh Journal whilst studying to become a doctor at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his studies and established an unsuccessful ophthalmology practice in Plymouth. With few patients, Conan Doyle supplemented a rather meagre income through writing. His first major success came at the end of 1887, with the publication of A Study in Scarlet in Beeton`s Christmas Annual. Published in book form the following summer, the short novel...
