Round the Fire Stories
1908
These are not the adventures of a consulting detective. These are something far older - stories designed to make the flames gutter and the shadows deepen. Conan Doyle, that master of Victorian suspense, turns his attention to darker waters: the occult, the macabre, and the terrible secrets that lurk within inherited objects and ancient houses. The collection opens with 'The Leather Funnel,' in which a wealthy eccentric collector in Paris proposes an unsettling experiment with a torture device that has absorbed centuries of suffering - an object that dreams, perhaps, of the horrors it has witnessed. Other tales follow in similar vein: ghostly visitations, curses that span generations, and the creeping dread of things that should remain buried. Written in 1908, when spiritualism swept through society and the line between rational men and believers in the supernatural grew dangerously thin, these stories showcase Conan Doyle's gift for atmosphere over gore. The terror here is psychological, lingering - the slow realization that some doors, once opened, cannot be closed. Perfect for a winter night, a single lamp, and the uneasy knowledge that the darkness outside is nothing compared to what imagination can conjure.
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“Rache, is the German for 'revenge;' so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel.””
— Arthur Conan Doyle
“Gussie opened his vaudeville career””
— Arthur Conan Doyle
“I told him that I could not tell how far he spoke the truth, but that I would judge him by his actions.””
— Arthur Conan Doyle
“Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplor in arca.””
— Arthur Conan Doyle
“We must hurry up, for I want to go to Halle’s concert to hear Norman Neruda this afternoon.””
— Arthur Conan Doyle
“Poison,” said Sherlock Holmes curtly, and strode off. “One other thing, Lestrade,” he added, turning round at the door: “‘Rache,’ is the German for ‘revenge;’ so don’t lose your time looking for Miss Rachel.””
— Arthur Conan Doyle
“Your reasoning is certainly plausible.” “The further points, that he is middle-aged, that his hair is grizzled,””
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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