On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling
Author(s): Michael Dirda
A passionate lifelong fan of the Sherlock Holmes adventures, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda is a member of The Baker Street Irregulars--the most famous and romantic of all Sherlockian groups. Combining memoir and appreciation, On Conan Doyle is a highly engaging personal introduction to Holmes's creator, as well as a rare insider's account of the curiously delightful activities and playful scholarship of The Baker Street Irregulars. On Conan Doyle is a much-needed celebration of Arthur Conan Doyle's genius for every kind of storytelling.
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Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and longtime book columnist for the "Washington Post". He is the author of four collections of essays, "Readings", "Bound to Please", "Book by Book", and "Classics for Pleasure", as well as the memoir "An Open Book". A lifelong Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle fan, he was inducted into The Baker Street Irregulars in 2002.
Preface "You Know My Methods, Watson" ix "A Hound It Was" 1 "Elementary" 9 "A Most Dark and Sinister Business" 16 "The Lost World" 32 "Twilight Tales" 50 "Steel True, Blade Straight" 74 "I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere" 98 "It Is the Unofficial Force" 126 "I Play the Game for the Game's Own Sake" 140 "A Case for Langdale Pike" 149 "A Series of Tales" 169 "Good Night, Mister Sherlock Holmes" 188 Appendix "Education Never Ends, Watson" 203 Acknowledgments 207 Biographical Note 210
General Fields
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- : Princeton University Press
- : Princeton University Press
- : 01 November 2014
- : 178mm X 114mm
- : United States
- : 01 November 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 224
- : 823.912
- : Paperback
- : Michael Dirda