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My Friend The Murderer

My Friend The Murderer

by Arthur Conan Doyle

My Friend the Murderer is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the London Society magazine in december 1882, signed A. Conan Doyle...

The Gully of Bluemansdyke, and Other stories

The Gully of Bluemansdyke, and Other stories

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Gully of Bluemansdyke and Other Stories is a volume collecting 7 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1892 by Walter Scott Ltd. (London). The same stories were published before in the volume Mysteries and Adventures between 1889 and 1891 in limited edition...

The Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of Adventure

The Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of Adventure

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure is a volume collecting 15 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1925. The collection is divided in two parts : Tales of Adventure with miscellaneous stories, and Tales of Medical Life with stories about medecine and doctors...

The Cabman's Story

The Cabman's Story

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Cabman's Story (sub-titled The Mysteries of a London "Growler") is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published anonymously in the Cassell's Saturday Journal on 17 may 1884. A cabman tells one if his clients three stories he experienced. The first one is about a dead passenger, the second about a passenger with a mysterious box, ..

The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport

The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport is a volume collecting 15 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle published on 27 march 1900...

The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales

The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales is a volume collecting 18 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1911 by Smith, Elder & Co. and George Bell & Sons. Also titled The Passing of the Legions (R. Harold Paget [US]) in 1911...

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories

by Oscar Wilde

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Model Millionaire, In later editions, another story, ?The Portrait of Mr. W. H., was added to the co..

The Figure in the Carpet

The Figure in the Carpet

by Henry James

The Figure in the Carpet is a short story (sometimes considered a novella) by American writer Henry James first published in 1896. It is told in the first person; the narrator, whose name is never revealed, meets his favorite author and becomes obsessed with discovering the secret meaning or intention of all the author's works.“The Figure in the Ca..