

Tales of Terror and Mystery
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrator: Fred Williams
Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/17/2009
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrator: Fred Williams
Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/17/2009
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer whose works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction, is best known as the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was the embodiment of scientific thinking, Doyle himself did not exhibit the same rationality, believing in fairies and occultism. His Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages and have been made into plays, films, radio and television series, cartoons, and comic books. By 1920, Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world. Other works by Doyle include The Lost World, the first book in the Professor Challenger series; The White Company, one of his many historical novels; and The Great Boer War.
Doyle was born at Picardy Place, near Edinburgh, in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools and studied at Edinburgh University. In 1884, he married Louise Hawkins. Doyle qualified as a doctor in 1885 and practiced medicine as an eye specialist in Hampshire until 1891, when he became a full-time writer. Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and introduced the detective's faithful associate, Dr. Watson.
During the Boer war in South Africa (1899-1902), Doyle served several months as the senior physician at a field hospital. There he wrote The War in South Africa, in which he expressed the imperial view. He twice ran unsuccessfully for Parliament but nevertheless was knighted in 1902. In 1907, fourteen months after his wife died, Doyle married Jean Leckie. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, Doyle dedicated himself to spiritualistic studies at his home in Windlesham, Sussex. He died himself in 1930.
Tales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Canon Doyle and my first literary experience with him so far. I have to admit that some of stories were truly thrilling. My ratings on each story: 1. The Horror of the Heights: ⭐ 3.5 stars 2. The Leather Funnel: ⭐ 4 stars 3.......more
Of the twelve stories included, my favourite was "The Brazilian Cat."......more
Zauvek ćemo biti uskraćeni za sve horor priče koje Artur Konan Dojl nije napisao. Odavno nisam osećala tu strepnju, taj užas sudbinama likova sa papira - zna Dojl kako da mi zaledi krv u žilama pukim poznavanjem ljudske psihologije. Ne opisuj, samo pusti da maštoviti um popuni praznine. Prvih šest pr......more
A few of Doyle's supernatural/paranormal stories, and a handful of his non-Holmes and Watson crime/mystery stories. To single out a singular tale, "The Horror of the Heights" seems to anticipate some of H. P. Lovecraft's stories. As usual, Doyle had a magic touch with drawing a reader in and, in pla......more
This is the collection of stories that had convinced me about the incredible storytelling ability of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. People tend to remember him only as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. But these stories are miniature classics in building of suspense, mystery and horror. Absolutely must-read.......more