Conan Doyle : writing, profession, and practice / Douglas Kerr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.

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From the early stories, to the great popular triumphs of the Sherlock Holmes tales and the Professor Challenger adventures the ambitious historical fiction, the campaigns against injustice, and the Spiritualist writings of his later years Conan Doyle produced a wealth of narratives. This text presents a full account of all of his writing, and an investigation of the role of the author as he practised it, as witness, critic and interpreter of his times.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Practice -- Profession -- 2. Sport -- Sport and the nation -- The straight left -- A nation of amateurs -- 3. Medicine -- The statement of the case -- The consultants -- In general practice -- The cold detective -- 4. Science -- The curious adventure in Berlin -- Monsters and committees -- Thinking like a scientist -- 5. Law and Order -- Crimes and punishments -- Edalji�s eyes -- 6. Army and Empire -- Soldier boys -- Army -- Empire -- 7. Spirit -- Church

SpiritualismFairies -- The new life -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

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