The Mystery of Cloomber

The Mystery of Cloomber

by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Publication Date: 15/08/2022

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In 'The Mystery of Cloomber', Arthur Conan Doyle, more widely recognized for his legendary Sherlock Holmes series, showcases his deft skill in crafting a suspense-filled narrative beyond the streets of Victorian London. Set in the remote Scottish countryside, Doyle intertwines the gothic with the mysterious, adopting a prose style that incisively captures the eerie atmosphere and foreboding tensions of the isolated Cloomber Hall. Eschewing the detective formula for which he is best known, Doyle here explores themes of fate, supernatural premonitions, and Eastern mysticism within the literary context of late 19th century British fiction, reflecting contemporaneous interests in spiritualism and the occult. In delving into the life and works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it becomes evident that his breadth of interests and life experiences informed his writing to an extensive degree. A physician by training with a profoundly inquisitive nature, Doyle's fascination with the unexplained and his encounters in the British Empire, notably in South Asia, are reflected in this novel's thematic content. His capacity to marry weaving complex plots with rich character development is on full display, demonstrating Doyle's versatility and depth as a writer beyond his iconic detective tales. 'The Mystery of Cloomber' is, therefore, recommended not merely as a curious footnote in Doyle's oeuvre but as an essential read for enthusiasts of classic literature and aficionados of Gothic and mysterious tales. Readers seeking to unravel the layers of Doyle's literary genius, beyond the analytical sleuthing of Holmes, will discover in these pages an evocative, spine-tingling journey into the arcane that continues to resonate with modern literary appetites for the strange and the spectral.

ISBN:
8596547177869
8596547177869
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
15-08-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
DigiCat
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859 and died in 1930. Within those years was crowded a variety of activity and creative work that made him an international figure and inspired the French to give him the epithet 'the good giant'.

He was the nephew of 'Dickie Doyle' the artist, and was educated at Stonyhurst, and later studied medicine at Edinburgh University, where the methods of diagnosis of one of the professors provided the idea for the methods of deduction used by Sherlock Holmes. He set up as a doctor at Southsea and it was while waiting for patients that he began to write.

His growing success as an author enabled him to give up his practice and turn his attention to other subjects. His greatest achievement was, of course, his creation of Sherlock Holmes, who soon attained international status and constantly distracted him from his other work; at one time Conan Doyle killed him but was obliged by public protest to restore him to life.

And in his creation of Dr Watson, Holmes's companion in adventure and chronicler, Conan Doyle produced not only a perfect foil for Holmes but also one of the most famous narrators in fiction.

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