The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. B1 / Приключения Шерлока Холмса

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Артур Конан Дойл. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. B1 / Приключения Шерлока Холмса

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Before-reading questions:

A Case of Identity

Glossary

The Five Orange Pips

Glossary

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Glossary

Exercises

Keys

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the Sherlock Holmes character in 1887 for 'A Study in Scarlet', the first novel about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle's other works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, humorous tales about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. Many of Doyle's stories described injustice and cruelty of the British society and became the start of many changes in people's lives.

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“Oh, no, sir! He was too good and kind to leave me so. Why, all the morning he was saying to me that, whatever happened, I should stay true; and that even if something happened to separate us, I should always remember my promise to him. It seemed strange talk for a wedding-morning, but what has happened since gives a meaning to it.”

“Most certainly it does. Your own opinion is, then, that some catastrophe has occurred to him?”

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