| A Study In Scarlet Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798573925462 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.26 lbs) 112 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ...easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.""I should like to meet him," I said. "If I am to lodge with anyone, I should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits. I am not strong enough yet to stand much noise or excitement. I had enough of both in Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural existence. How could I meet this friend of yours?""He is sure to be at the laboratory," returned my companion. "He either avoids the place for weeks, or else he works there from morning to night. If you like, we shall drive round together after luncheon.""Certainly," I answered, and the conversation drifted away into other channels.As we made our way to the hospital after leaving the Holborn, Stamford gave me a few more particulars about the gentleman whom I proposed to take as a fellow-lodger."You mustn't blame me if you don't get on with him," he said; "I know nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally i... |