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Beyond the City
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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This son it was who kept them in the neighborhood of London, for the Admiral was as fond of ships and of salt water as ever, and was as happy in the sheets of a two-ton yacht as on the bridge of his sixteen-knot monitor. Had he been untied, the Devonshire or Hampshire coast would certainly have been his choice. There was Harold, however, and Harold's interests were their chief care. Harold was four-and-twenty now. Three years before he had been taken in ha. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
In need of a short gentle read, this little mystery hit the spot.
What was fascinating was to see the female characters, some who were progressively fighting for the rights of women and others who were content to fit in to society in more traditional roles. Which made me thankful for how far we’ve co
Excellent and quite modern slice of life from around the turn of the 20th century. The characters are so rich and they drive the book. I got what I feel is a better glimpse of Conan Doyle than through Sherlock or other books that I also loved like the White Company, a rollicking (what a great review
(view spoiler)[I would never have suspected Doyle of choosing to write such a gentle romance. I half suspected that he would spring some dastardly crime on us just for a shocker, but what a wonderful surprise when instead it really was just a sweet story of friendship and loyalty. (hide spoiler)] I know you shouldn’t start out w
Funny or strange, the Romanian editor (Aldo Press) tricked me, as the cover of the book is about Sherlock Holmes and he's not part of the story. Anyway, that's an interesting one, at least because it shows Doyle's style in a novel not involving any detective. It looks like Charles Dickens ...more
Kind of a soap opera set around 1900 in England. I'm sure there was more to the subtext than I got, but I got enough to make it interesting, even enjoyable for all Doyle's somewhat stilted style.
There was a theme of moving to the suburbs where life is better than the horrible city. A rich man's land
Focusing on the lives of three families in Victorian London, Doyle gives s fascinating insight into what life was like in the 19th century.