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The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780897332651
ISBN: 0897332652
Label: Academy Chicago Publishers
Manufacturer: Academy Chicago Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 294
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Studio: Academy Chicago Publishers
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Rating: - A good collection
While not particularly scary, but definitely horrific at times, this collection is surely worthwhile. The settings and character types tend to all be quite similar, usually a young doctor on an ocean-going journey or medical students at a university and the writing style is virtually the same as well; however similar all these traits are, they're absolutely good ones to retheme, as it were. This is a good book to have on hand while going about your own journey, be it air, sea, or highway.
Rating: - The master in horror's fine horror fiction revealed
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is most famous for his Sherlock Holmes investigative short stories; but in fact he also was a master of the form in horror fiction, as THE BEST HORROR STORIES OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE proves. From supernatural settings to psychology horror and mysteries, a great diversity of theme, approach and subject is demonstrated in short stories which excel in high drama and intrigue.
Rating:  - An anthology of some of the twentieth century's most chilling horror tales
The Best Horror Stories Of Arthur Conan Doyle, is expertly edited and compiled by the team of Frank D. McSherry, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh is an anthology of some of the twentieth century's most chilling horror tales from by the man most well known for his great Sherlock Holmes stories. Comprised of such stories as: The Captain of the Polestar, The Case of Lady Sannox, The Fiend of the Cooperage, The Horror of the Heights, J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement, John Barrington Cowles, The ... Read More
Rating:  - Good but not good enough
The Stories taken from the "Tales of Terror and Mystery"tion are good but the others are quite horrible. Also the version I have has 1 story missing "The Confession" and a fantastic tale from "T&M" is not part of this collection. Production values average. Buy that collection instead. A much better deal.
Rating: - Gems of their time
Writing in the early part of this century, Doyle (best known for creating Sherlock Holmes) created a series of horror stories with a bent towards spiritualism and mystery. The selection is a good range of work with some very strong entries. "The Case of Lady Sannox" and "The Leather Funnel" are particular stand-outs. Some of Doyle's is more dated than others, but still definitely worth a read.
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