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Edinburgh Stories - Arthur Conan Doyle


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Edinburgh Stories - Arthur Conan Doyle

 
Description: ISBN 0951304615 / Author: Arthur Conan Doyle / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... everything he wrote is well worth reading, even if only for the light it sheds on his better work and his personality. ... more

 ... "Parasite", the tale of a "half-caste" woman hypnotically dominating a college professor, was interesting from a psycho-sexual point of view, for example, and Sherlock Holmes completists will definitely want to have a (very) short story about Holmes reading Watson's mind following his receipt of a letter from his alma mater's cricket club (this was written to help raise money for Edinburgh University). The collection is rounded off with some non-fiction too, and includes an extract from Doyl...more

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Premium Review Edinburgh Stories - Arthur Conan Doyle: Edinburgh Stories (175 words)
by - written on 14/07/00 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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The Edinburgh Stories, Arthur Conan Doyle As you might expect from the title, this is a collection of stories set in Edinburgh or with an Edinburgh connexion and although they aren't among Doyle's best stories, almost everything he wrote is well worth reading, even if only for the light it sheds on his better work and his personality. "Parasite", the tale of a "half-caste" woman hypnotically dominating a college professor, was interesting from a psycho-sexual point of view, for example, and Sherlock Holmes completists will definitely want to have a (very) short story about Holmes reading Watson's mind following his receipt of a ...  Read the complete review

 

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