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The Gully of Bluemansdyke

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .In the dim light he saw strange creeping things around him. A bushmaster writhed across the path in front of him, a cold, dank lizard crawled over his hand as he crouched down; but the trooper thought only of the human reptiles in front, and made steadily for his goal. Once he seemed to be pursued by some animal; he heard a creaking behind him, but it ceased when he stopped and listened, so he continued his way.

It was when he reached the base of the hill which he had seen from the distance that the real difficulty of his undertaking began. It was almost conical in shape, and very steep. The sides were covered with loose stones and an occasional large boulder. One false step here would send a shower of these tell-tale fragments clattering down the hill. The trooper stripped off his high leather boots and turned up his trousers; then he began cautiously to climb, cowering down behind every boulder.

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- Teemu - Jan 25, 2024

The Gully of Bluemansdyke is an early ACD short story, first published in London Society magazine in 1881. It's a surprisingly bloody adventure/revenge story set in Australia. Rather predictable but entertaining enough.

The version I read is not an annotated version but just a part of a Kindle compil

5.00
- Simone - Mar 03, 2020

I enjoy so much how Doyle writes stories that I enjoyed this admittedly minor work of his.

5.00
- Anna - Jan 04, 2019

Surprisingly good experience. I liked these short stories, I will definitely read more from ACD!

3.00
- Yibbie - Oct 25, 2017

This is a group of Doyle’s short stories. It’s more varied than many of the collections of his works. The stories are set in countries around the world and are many different genres. It includes…
The Gully of Bluemansdyke - It’s not so much a mystery as a tale of justice and vengeance. It’s good. I j

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