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Through the Magic Door
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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For, after all, which of those writings can be said to have any life to-day? Not "Rasselas," surely—that stilted romance. "The Lives of the Poets" are but a succession of prefaces, and the "Ramblers" of ephemeral essays. There is the monstrous drudgery of the Dictionary, a huge piece of spadework, a monument to industry, but inconceivable to genius. "London" has a few vigorous lines, and the "Journey to the Hebrides" some spirited pages. This, with a number of political and other pamphlets, was the main output of his lifetime. Surely it must be admitted that it is not enough to justify his predominant place in English literature, and that we must turn to his humble, much-ridiculed biographer for the real explanation.
And then there was his talk. What was it which gave it such distinction? His clear-cut positiveness upon every subject. But this is a sign of a narrow finality—impossible to th. . . Read More
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I was swept up immediately. As I continued, I realized how far I have to go to be considered well read. Intrigued, inspired, and feeling as if I found my kindred spirit in a man long dead I made a resolution to escape through the magic door at every chance.
There is something about listening to a writer gush (this was an audiobook) about the books he owns that absolutely gives me my yayas. I suspect that many Goodreads readers might enjoy this book simply because Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was clearly one of us (an avid reader) as he communicates the circu
'Each [book] is a mummified soul embalmed in cere-cloth and natron of leather and printer's ink. Each cover of a true book enfolds the concentrated essence of a man. The personalities of the writers have faded into the thinnest shadows, as their bodies into impalpable dust, yet here are their very s
A wonderful read, lots of books added to my list. Conan Doyle's favorites cover a wide range of interests and authors, many of whom are nearly forgotten today.
Como apuntan los propios editores en la contraportada del libro, "Cruzando la puerta mágica" es una pequeña joya olvidada -en un ameno estilo conversacional- que nos adentra en el mundo imaginativo del creador de Sherlock Holmes. Una maravilla, que por fin, más de un siglo después, podemos disfrutar
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Through the Magic Door” was serialized in 1906-07 when he was 48. His famous Sherlock Holmes stories appeared in The Strand Magazine 1891-93 (with the supposed death of the great detective at Reichenbach Falls) and 1901-27. The book was very revealing – not only to see what boo
No importa lo humilde que sea tu estantería, ni lo modesta que sea la habitación que adorna. Cierra la puerta, acalla todas las cuestiones del mundo exterior, sumérgete de nuevo en la tranquilizadora compañía de los muertos insignes, y entonces atravesarás el portal mágico de aquellos dominios do