| Beyond the City by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical, Action & Adventure Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author) |
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ISBN: 159818086X ISBN-13: 9781598180862 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: From "Beyond the City": "How deeply are our destinies influenced by the most trifling causes! Had the unknown builder who erected and owned these new villas contented himself by simply building each within its own grounds, it is probable that these three small groups of people would have remained hardly conscious of each others existence. But there was a common link to bind them together. And especially to the Admiral and the Doctor were this closer intimacy and companionship of value. Each had a void in his life, as every man must have who with unexhausted strength steps out of the great race, but each by his society might help to fill up that of his neighbor." An altogether different sort of tale from the man who gave the world Sherlock Holmes. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 112 pages |
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| Publisher Description: From "Beyond the City": "How deeply are our destinies influenced by the most trifling causes Had the unknown builder who erected and owned these new villas contented himself by simply building each within its own grounds, it is probable that these three small groups of people would have remained hardly conscious of each others existence. But there was a common link to bind them together. And especially to the Admiral and the Doctor were this closer intimacy and companionship of value. Each had a void in his life, as every man must have who with unexhausted strength steps out of the great race, but each by his society might help to fill up that of his neighbor." An altogether different sort of tale from the man who gave the world Sherlock Holmes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan: - "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement," helped to popularize the mystery of the Mary Celeste." |