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1、HisLastBowDoyle,ArthurConanPublished:1917Categorie(s):Fiction,Mystery&Detective,ShortStoriesSource:Wikisource1AboutDoyle:SirArthurIgnatiusConanDoyle,DL(22May1859–7July1930)wasaScottishauthormostnotedforhisstoriesaboutthedetectiveSherlockHolmes,whicharegeneral
2、lyconsideredamajorinnovationinthefieldofcrimefiction,andtheadventuresofProfessorChallenger.Hewasaprolificwriterwhoseotherworksincludesciencefictionstories,historic-alnovels,playsandromances,poetry,andnon-fiction.Conanwasori-ginallyagivenname,butDoyleuseditasp
3、artofhissurnameinhislateryears.Source:WikipediaAlsoavailableonFeedbooksforDoyle:•TheAdventuresofSherlockHolmes(1892)•TheCasebookofSherlockHolmes(1923)•TheReturnofSherlockHolmes(1905)•TheHoundoftheBaskervilles(1902)•TheMemoirsofSherlockHolmes(1893)•AStudyinSca
4、rlet(1887)•TheSignoftheFour(1890)•TheLostWorld(1912)•TheValleyofFear(1915)•TheDisintegrationMachine(1928)Copyright:ThisworkisavailableforcountrieswherecopyrightisLife+70andintheUSA.Note:ThisbookisbroughttoyoubyFeedbookshttp://www.feedbooks.comStrictlyforperso
5、naluse,donotusethisfileforcommercialpurposes.2Chapter1TheAdventureofWisteriaLodge1.TheSingularExperienceofMr.JohnScottEcclesIfinditrecordedinmynotebookthatitwasableakandwindydayto-wardstheendofMarchintheyear1892.Holmeshadreceivedatele-gramwhilewesatatourlunch
6、,andhehadscribbledareply.Hemadenoremark,butthematterremainedinhisthoughts,forhestoodinfrontofthefireafterwardswithathoughtfulface,smokinghispipe,andcast-inganoccasionalglanceatthemessage.Suddenlyheturneduponmewithamischievoustwinkleinhiseyes."Isuppose,Watson,
7、wemustlookuponyouasamanofletters,"saidhe."Howdoyoudefinetheword'grotesque'?""Strange—remarkable,"Isuggested.Heshookhisheadatmydefinition."Thereissurelysomethingmorethanthat,"saidhe;"someunderlyingsuggestionofthetragicandtheterrible.Ifyoucastyourmindbacktosome
8、ofthosenarrativeswithwhichyouhaveafflictedalong-sufferingpublic,youwillrecognizehowoftenthegrotesquehasdeepenedintothecriminal.Thinkofthatlittleaffairofthered-headedmen.Thatwasgrotesqueen
