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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes  

Arthur Conan Doyle and W. W. Robson (ed.)

Published in Print: 
04 October 2009
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923173
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199555642.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199555642
In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were ... More
The Hound of the BaskervillesAnother Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes  

Arthur Conan Doyle and W. W. Robson (ed.)

Published in Print: 
01 April 2009
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191920875
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199536962.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199536962
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the tale of an ancient curse suddenly given a terrifying modern application. The grey towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor hold ... More
Just So Storiesfor Little Children

Just So Stories: for Little Children  

Rudyard Kipling and Lisa Lewis (ed.)

Published in Print: 
09 March 2015
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191921438
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199538607.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199538607
How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere. ... More
Kim

Kim  

Rudyard Kipling and Alan Sandison (ed.)

Published in Print: 
01 August 2008
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191920677
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199536467.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199536467
Kim (1901) is one of Kipling's masterpieces. Through the story of the young orphan Kimball O’Hara, and his vocation in the Secret Service, Kipling presents a vivid picture of India, its ... More
The Lost World

The Lost World  

Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Duncan (ed.)

Published in Print: 
15 December 2008
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191921490
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199538799.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199538799
‘The ordinary laws of Nature are suspended. The various checks with influence the struggle for existence in the world at large are all neutralized or altered. Creatures survive which would ... More
Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing

Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing  

James Joyce, Kevin Barry (ed.), and Conor Deane (ed.)

Published in Print: 
May 2009
Published Online: 
May 2023
eISBN: 
9780191989971
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199553969.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199553969
‘I may not be the Jesus Christ I once fondly imagined myself, but I think I must have a talent for journalism’ James Joyce’s non-fictional writings address diverse issues: ... More
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden  

Frances Hodgson Burnett and Peter Hunt (ed.)

Published in Print: 
15 May 2011
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923470
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199588220.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199588220
‘It was the garden that did it – and Mary and Dickon and the creatures – and the Magic.’ An orphaned girl, a grim moorland manor with hundreds of empty rooms, strange cries in the night, a ... More
Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories

Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories  

Arthur Conan Doyle and Barry McCrea (ed.)

Published in Print: 
01 May 2014
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923678
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199672066.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199672066
‘Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science.’ For more than a century the Holmes stories have held a strange, almost inexplicable grip on the popular imagination. They are intimately ... More
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows  

Kenneth Grahame and Peter Hunt (ed.)

Published in Print: 
29 July 2010
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923302
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199567560.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199567560
‘Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. ’ So says Rat to Mole, as he introduces him to the delights ... More

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