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The Firm of Girdlestone
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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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
Originally published on my blog here in September 2004.
The most famous and lasting creations of Arthur Conan Doyle - Professor Challenger and, overwhelmingly, Sherlock Holmes - seem to place him firmly in the nineteenth century; these figures are an extremely important part of our iconography of Vic
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