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The Firm of Girdlestone

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .It will be mine from the dungeons forty foot below the ground, right up, bedad, to the flagstaff from which the imblem of loyalty flaunts the breeze." At these speeches the simple-minded German used to rub his great red hands together with satisfaction, and feel as pleased as though he had actually been presented with the fee simple of the castle in question.

"Have you had your letter?" the major asked with interest, rolling a cigarette between his fingers. The German was expecting his quarterly remittance from his friends at home, and they were both anxiously awaiting it.

Von Baumser shook his head.

"Bad luck to them! they should have sent a wake ago. You should do what Jimmy Towler did. You didn't know Towler, of the Sappers? When he and I were souldiering in Canada he was vexed at the allowance which he had from ould Sir Oliver, his uncle, not turning up at the right time. 'Ged, Toby,' he says to me, 'I'll warm the. . . Read More

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This a novella that drags out filled with both good and bad characters, double dealings and the efforts to obtain an heiress's-money. The respected and successful London African trading firm of Griddletone founded and run by close to retirement John Griddlestone and son Ezra, most unlikeable, is fou

Обнаружила недавно этот роман в своей библиотеке. Он является первым экспериментом Конан Дойля в крупной форме – на момент его написания Шерлока Холмса ещё не существует, он только в проекте. Писатель пробует силы в так называемом «социальном романе», популярном в 19 веке. В отзывах «Торговый дом Ге

Thought I fell into an unfunny Dickens. Then maybe a Trollope-who-is-getting-the-heiress's-money? But it was more a Gaboriau romp than the others. Keeps you reading. But you know the good guy is going to get the girl and her $. As to racism, the N-word predominates for people of color and antisemiti

Es la primera novela larga de Conan Doyle y se nota en una construcción narrativa un poco floja. Si merece la pena leerla es por culto a su autor. Demuestra que el genio no sólo se nace, sino que también se hace.

I have always loved Holmes, but was put off ACD's other books by reading "The White Company" at school.
I spotted this book a while back. Decided to buy it. My edition is a 1923 small John Murray Fiction Library one, with a very nice loose cover. The book is billed as a "A Romance if the Unromantic".

The story is about John Girdlestone and his son, Ezra who have quite a dreadful problem. Their merchant firm is rapidly descending into financial ruin and if they don't do something to prevent it, the proud name of Girdlestone will be forever disgraced.
One of their schemes to restore stability to t

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