Publisher: Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Red Circle" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His Last Bow.
Stories are one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements. Whether written down or spoken they have an ability to capture our imagination and thoughts, and take us on incredible journeys in the space of a phrase and the turn of a page. Within a few words of text or speech, new worlds and characters form, propelling a narrative to a conclusion with intricate ease. Finely crafted, perfectly formed these Miniature Masterpieces, at first thought, seem remarkably easy to conjure up. But ask any writer and they will tell you that distilling the essence of narrative and characters into a short story is one of the hardest acts of their literary craft. Many attempt, but few achieve.Show book
War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.Book 12: 1812: In Petersburg at that time a complicated struggle was being carried on with greater heat than ever in the highest circles, between the parties of Rumyántsev, the French, Márya Fëdorovna, the Tsarévich, and others, drowned as usual by the buzzing of the court drones.Show book
Journey to the utopian island of Bensalem in this novel by the influential English philosopher and scientist.A group of Europeans leave South America by boat and, after a bout of dangerous weather, find refuge on an island where a society like none other exists. Here, the travelers find themselves welcomed by a people who, thanks to a long-ago miracle, received the message of Christ, and practice the virtues neglected by so many others. They also practice the scientific method (established by Sir Francis Bacon himself in real life), using empirical knowledge for human advancement. This work by one of the geniuses of his time reveals his vision of what our world could be—and makes for a thought-provoking journey for the modern reader.Show book
Set against the bloody background of the French Revolution, this is perhaps Dickens' most famous work. Doctor Manette, his devoted daughter Lucie, and the young French aristocrat Charles Darnay are memorable characters. Above all the others rises the reckless Sidney Carton, whose selfless love makes him one of literature's great heroes.Show book
Volume 11 begins with Doug's well researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by Edgar Allan Poe’s highly acclaimed gothic romance ‘Ligeia.’ Disc 2 presents Ambrose Bierce’s haunting ‘A Fruitless Assignment’ and HP Lovecraft’s dark and disturbing ‘Pickman’s Model’. Disc 3 brings us Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s sinister masterpiece uncovering the mysteries surrounding ‘Blue John Gap’ and the ‘Terror’ that lurks within it. Jeffery Combs reads Part 4 of ‘Herbert West Reanimator’ entitled ‘ The Scream of the Dead’, and Robert Englund completes the volume with The Traveller knocking on the moonlit door in Walter de la Mare’s poem ‘The Listeners’.Show book
The theme of romance continues in this volume and begins with iconic 'The Lady with the Dog' by Anton Chekhov.Set in Yalta, Crimea, appears at first as a holiday romance. Gurov is a married man but he holidays on his own and has a history of holiday affairs. He meets the lady of the story’s title with her Pomeranian dog. But Chekhov’s love stories are not romantic accounts of unrequited love or of love at first sight. Or, even of tortured love that is amplified by the agony of being unfulfilled. No, these are Chekhovian tales that surprise and intrigue our imagination.In the second part of this volume we continues to a more familiar ground of Shakespearian love in his masterpiece 'King Lear'.Show book
