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portada The Adventures and Memoirs Sherlock Holmes
Type
Physical Book
Introduction by
Publisher
Year
2002
Language
English
Pages
496
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.4x13.3x2.8 cm
Weight
0.39 kg.
ISBN
0375760024
ISBN13
9780375760020
Edition No.
49083rd

The Adventures and Memoirs Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle (Author) · John Berendt (Introduction by) · Modern Library · Paperback

The Adventures and Memoirs Sherlock Holmes - John Berendt

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Synopsis "The Adventures and Memoirs Sherlock Holmes "

From "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which Sherlock Holmes is famously outwitted by a woman, the captivating Irene Adler, to "The Five Orange Pips," in which the master detective is pitted against the Ku Klux Klan, to "The Final Problem," in which Holmes and his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, face each other in a showdown at the Reichenbach Falls, the stories that appear in The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes bear witness to the flowering of author Arthur Conan Doyle's genius. "The plain fact," the celebrated mystery writer Vincent Starrett asserted, "is that Sherlock Holmes is still a more commanding figure in the world than most of the warriors and statesmen in whose present existence we are invited to believe."
Arthur Conan Doyle
  (Author)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Edinburgh, 1859 - Crowborough, United Kingdom, 1930) considered the master of detective literature was a writer and doctor born in Scotland, mainly known for having created the very famous character Sherlock Holmes, the most well-known detective of all times, cyclically adapted for TV and cinema

He studied at the universities of Stonyhurst and Edinburgh, where he graduated in medicine. Between 1882 and 1890, he worked as a doctor in Southsea, England.

To supplement his meager income, he wrote a mystery novel titled A Study in Scarlet, which became the first of sixty-eight stories featuring one of the most famous detectives in literature: Sherlock Holmes.
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John Berendt
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Hijo de dos escritores, John Berendt creció en Syracuse, Nueva York. Se licenció en Literatura Inglesa por la Universidad de Harvard, donde trabajó en la redacción de The Harvard Lampoon. Tras graduarse en 1961, se mudó a Nueva York para dedicarse al mundo editorial. Berendt ha escrito para David Frost y Dick Cavett, fue editor de la revista New York de 1977 a 1979 y escribió una columna mensual para Esquire de 1982 a 1994.

Berendt viajó por primera vez a Savannah a principios de la década de 1980, cuando se dio cuenta de que podía volar allí para pasar un fin de semana de tres días por el precio de "un filete de ternera servido sobre una cama de radicchio marchito" [p. 24] en uno de los restaurantes más de moda de Nueva York. Durante los siguientes ocho años, sus visitas se volvieron más frecuentes y prolongadas, hasta que pasó más tiempo en Savannah que en Nueva York.

Según Berendt, parte del atractivo residía en la inclinación de la ciudad por los chismes morbosos: «En Savannah, la gente no dice: "Antes de salir de la habitación, la señora Jones se puso el abrigo". En cambio, dicen: "Antes de salir de la habitación, la señora Jones se puso el abrigo que le regaló su tercer marido antes de suicidarse de un disparo en la cabeza"». (Entertainment Weekly, 11/03/94, pág. 52)

Desde la publicación y el éxito sin precedentes de Medianoche en el jardín del bien y del mal, Berendt se convirtió en una celebridad de Savannah e incluso recibió las llaves de la ciudad. «Una noche las llevé al ayuntamiento para ver si funcionaban, pero no fue así». (Syracuse Post Standard, 5 de abril de 1994)
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