A scientific expedition sets out to explore a plateau in South America that remains frozen in time from the days when prehistoric creatures roamed the Earth. This classic tale still excites the reader today just as dinosaurs continue to grip the popular imagination.

The lost world

Quatrième recueil (publié en Français) de nouvelles mettant en scène le célèbre détective Sherlock Holmes.

Contient les nouvelles suivantes :
- La maison vide
- L'entrepreneur de Norwood
- Les danseurs
- L'école du prieuré
- Peter le Noir

Précédent : 'Souvenirs de Sherlock Holmes', suivant: 'Sherlock Holmes triomphe'

La résurrection de Sherlock Holmes

We owe The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs? Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo

Le chien des Baskerville

About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe'. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for the penetrating mind of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the strangest of cases.  A woman receives a gruesome package - two human ears in a box.  A vital government secret is threatened with exposure.  Miss Brenda Tregennis is found scared to death - could she really have died from fright alone? And when the stability of the country is threatend, Holmes' unrivalled talents are called upon once again ...

Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow (Sherlock Complete Set 8)

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.

The Valley Of Fear

Trente années durant, Conan Doyle a tenté de capter la voix des morts. Il y parvint enfin : ce fut cette Nouvelle Révélation dont, les quinze dernières années de son existence terrestre, il se fit le missionnaire. Toute une part de son oeuvre témoigne de cette expérience bouleversante, une part plus secrète, peut-être, mais fascinante.

Histoires Et Messages De L'au-delà

Conan Doyle aborde l'époque de la lutte acharnée entre l'Angleterre et Napoléon. Il accompagne jusque sur le champ de bataille de Waterloo un jeune villageois arraché au calme de ses falaises natales par le désir de protéger le sol national contre le cauchemar de l'invasion française, qui hantait alors l'imagination britannique.

La Grande Ombre

Un document dont seulement deux personnes connaissaient l'existence a été volé, et si son contenu venait à être révélé, cela pourrait avoir des conséquences terribles pour l'Europe. Cela pourrait même entraîner une guerre! Sherlock Holmes retrouvera-t-il le document à temps?

"La Seconde Tache" est extrait de "Le Retour de Sherlock Holmes".

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) est né à Édimbourg en Écosse et a étudié la médecine à l'Université d'Édimbourg. Après ses études, il fut engagé sur divers bateau comme médecin de bord. Durant la seconde guerre des Boers, il fut médecin d'armée en Afrique du Sud. Suite à son service, il fut fait chevalier en 1902, devenant ainsi Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Quand il rentra au Royaume-Uni et ouvrit sa propre clinique, il se mit aussi à écrire des romans policiers. Outre les livres de la série Sherlock Holmes, il a publié une trentaine de livres.

La Seconde Tache

Le capitaine Peter Carey, « Peter le Noir » en raison de son teint basané, de son imposante barbe, et surtout de son caractère particulièrement violent, est retrouvé mort dans une cabane en bois qu'il avait construite sur le terrain de sa propriété. Son corps a été harponné à un mur avec férocité.

The lost world

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