Sherlock Holmes (Tome 2): La vallée de la peur - Le chien des Baskerville - Les archives de Sherlock Holmes - Son dernier coup d'archet - Les exploits de Sherlock Holmes - Le diamant de la couronne - Sherlock Holmes

12 nouvelles de 1892 et 1893 :- Flamme d'argent- La Boîte en carton- La Figure jaune- L'Employé de l'agent de change- Le Gloria Scott- Le Rituel de Musgrave- Les Propriétaires de Reigate- L'Estropié- Le Pensionnaire en traitement- L'Interprète grec- Le Traité naval- Le Dernier Problème

Les Mémoires de Sherlock Holmes

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position. He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. They were admirable things for the observer-excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results. Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks. Finally he thrust the sharp point home, pressed down the tiny piston, and sank back into the velvet-lined arm-chair with a long sigh of satisfaction.

Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance, but custom had not reconciled my mind to it. On the contrary, from day to day I had become more irritable at the sight, and my conscience swelled nightly within me at the thought that I had lacked the courage to protest. Again and again I had registered a vow that I should deliver my soul upon the subject, but there was that in the cool, nonchalant air of my companion which made him the last man with whom one would care to take anything approaching to a liberty. His great powers, his masterly manner, and the experience which I had had of his many extraordinary qualities, all made me diffident and backward in crossing him.

The Sign of the Four

Quatre enquêtes de Sherlock Holmes dont la principale se déroule dans la famille aristocratique des Musgrave. Cette dernière procède à un étrange rituel donnant accès à un lieu secret. Est-ce là l'explication de la disparition de la bonne et du sommelier de la famille ?

Le rituel des Musgrave ; l'interprète grec ; une affaire d'identité ; le mystère de la vallée de Boscombe

Cet ouvrage constitue le premier volume desAventures de Sherlock Holmes, le héros le plus célèbre de la littérature, en édition bilingue illustrée et dans une traduction nouvelle et complète.Quand Arthur Conan Doyle fait paraître en 1887 dans le numéro de Noël d’un magazine la première partie d’un roman mettant en scène un détective aux méthodes originales, il ne se doute évidemment pas qu'il vient de donner naissance au personnage le plus célèbre de la littérature, l’archétype même du détective, et que par la même occasion il vient d’inventer le roman policier moderne. Le succès viendra rapidement, puis ce sera un triomphe mondial, qui ne s’est pas démenti à ce jour.De 1887 à 1927, quatre romans et cinquante-six nouvelles mettront en scène Sherlock Holmes et son fidèle Dr Watson, le narrateur de ses aventures.

Les aventures de Sherlock Holmes Tome 1

Sherlock Holmes vient à peine de déchiffrer un message codé le prévenant qu'un certain Douglas, de Birlstone Manor House, est en danger, qu'il apprend par l'inspecteur MacDonald de Scotland Yard que Douglas vient d'être affreusement assassiné. Par le signataire du message, Sherlock Holmes sait que, derrière cette affaire, se trouve son ennemi juré : le professeur Moriarty, criminel génial et machiavélique. Accompagné de son fidèle Watson, Holmes se précipite à Birlstone ... Lire la suite ... Riche d'intrigues et d'action, La Vallée de la peur, où l'on voit Sherlock Holmes se mesurer avec Moriarty, adversaire en tous points à sa taille, est sans doute le meilleur roman de Conan Doyle.

La vallée de la peur

L'histoire de l'Escarboucle bleue se passe à l'époque de Noël. Watson va rendre visite à son ami pour lui présenter ses voeux et le découvre en pleine observation d'un chapeau melon usé. C'est le commissionnaire Peterson qui le lui a remis, ainsi qu'une oie dodue, après qu'il ait été témoin d'une agression dans la rue.

L'Escarboucle Bleue

In the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel, Holmes and Dr. Watson must untangle Moriaty's complex scheme in order to find the villains responsible for the attempted murder of Mr. Douglas. With Douglas in hiding and the clues to solving the mystery firmly planted twenty years in the past, Holmes and Watson are faced with one of the most challenging cases of their career. The Valley of Fear is believed to have been inspired by the real-life case of the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. It has been adapted for film, television, and the stage. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Sherlock Holmes (Tome 2): La vallée de la peur - Le chien des Baskerville - Les archives de Sherlock Holmes - Son dernier coup d'archet - Les exploits de Sherlock Holmes - Le diamant de la couronne - Sherlock Holmes

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