Throughout these classic crime stories, we see Holmes at his incisive and eccentric best. All groups within Victorian society feature, from European aristocrats to travelling Gypsies, mad doctors to innocent ladies. These are truly classic stories an…

A book of historical fiction representing Conan Doyle's ability to make the long-gone past come alive.

"Round the Red Lamp" features realistic stories and episodes of medical life, sketches of old-fashioned doctors, medical students and their pranks.

In the debut of literature's most famous sleuth, a dead man is discovered in a bloodstained room in Brixton. The only clues are a wedding ring, a gold watch, a pocket edition of Boccaccio's Decameron, and a word scrawled in blood on the wall. With th…

"The New Revelation" is a firsthand account of investigation into the world of spiritualism. The treatise deals not only with the issue of physical versus metaphysical, but also considers the problem of death (and afterlife) and the question of commu…

The Refugees is a historical novel, centring on the fate of the Huguenots during the reign of Louis XIV and the revoking of the Edict of Nantes.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the…

"Through the Magic Door" is an essay by Arthur Conan Doyle: his subject is the charisma and charm of books. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishne…

В данный сборник вошли произведения Артура Конан Дойла о приключениях знаменитого сыщика Шерлока Холмса. В книгу вошли такие рассказы как: «Этюд в багровых тонах», «Союз рыжих», «Человек с рассеченной губой» и многие другие. Текст адаптирован для про…

В книгу вошла одна из самых известных детективных историй Артура Конана Дойла о Шерлоке Холмсе – «Собака Баскервилей» (The Hound of the Baskervilles). Предназначается для продолжающих изучать английский язык (уровень Intermediate). Книга также содерж…

The Captain of the Pole-Star is a collection of strange mystery tales that are independent of each other, sometimes involving ship voyages, shipwrecks, amnesia, lost love, grand thefts, comedy, and fairy tales.

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax is required …

Перед вами самоучитель нового типа: читаем художественное произведение и постепенно овладеваем лексикой и грамматикой. В книгу входят всемирно известные произведения: роман Дж. Лондона «Мартин Иден» и три рассказа о Шерлоке Холмсе А. Конан-Дойла. Тек…

"His Last Bow" is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in American editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Adventures involving an illustrious client and a Sussex vampire; the pr…

The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a short Sherlock Holmes detective story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was published in 1910 and set in 1897 taking place in Cornwall where Sherlock Holmes is taking a holiday because he has been pushing hi…

The Adventures of Gerard is a compilation of short stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote regarding a French Brigadier named Etienne Gerard who thinks very highly of himself as can be reflected in how he told his stories. The book is divided into …

Irish athletic reporter Malone narrates tale of bold squat quarrelsome Professor Challenger seeking remote Amazonian plateau where “the ordinary laws of Nature are suspended” with prehistoric creatures and ape-men. Other armed British whites are spar…

«Пестрая лента» – один из самых известных рассказов А. К. Дойла из сборника «Приключения Шерлока Холмса», выпущенного в 1892 году. Текст произведения незначительно сокращен и адаптирован. Книга также содержит систему упражнений, комментарий и словарь…