Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Genres: Pirates, Classics, Adventure, Fiction

260 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Charles van Buren · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Kissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fun, entertaining collection of pirate themed stories! While some are comical in nature, others are captivating mysteries. Many of Doyle's characters in these short stories are quite fascinating and at times I wish we had more of their adventures, especially the pirate Captain Sharkey and those he crossed paths with. There was only one story - the highwayman one - that seemed the odd one out in relation to the others as there was no seafaring or pirate scenarios in it; regardless, it was still fun to read. Fans of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories and pirate stories (whether it's true historical ones or fictionalized ones like Our Flag Means Death and Black Sails) will enjoy this collection.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining Pirate listening 🔰😀 captain sharkey

Twelve will written pirate and seafaring adventure thriller short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Each short story is stand alone in story line and interesting will developed characters. I would recommend this novel to readers of seafaring adventures from Britain to the Caribbean to the Arctic. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or 🎶 listening to books 📚 2021

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Person reading was reading too fast and had an echo. Story itself was a collection of pirate stories. Some were quite creepy.

[Ronald Morton · Rating 3 out of 5]

There’s a fairly good reason you’ve likely never heard of these stories.

I’m not saying that they’re bad – some are, but most aren’t – it’s just that they don’t particularly stand out or distinguish themselves in any real way. Anyone expecting the nuance of character demonstrated in Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories would do better to look elsewhere.

But, since this is available for free through both Project Gutenberg and Amazon, I will say that the few stories in the book –all at the front (which is helpful because my e-book was not divided into chapters) – that actually contain the pirate, Captain Sharkey, are the stand out tales of the collection. Even then, they’re fairly straightforward, and most of the “twists” are telegraphed from miles away.

Truth be told, I don’t think any of the non-Sharkey tales here are really worth the effort – there are a few throw away “phantasmagorical” mysteries, a (incredibly bad) re-hash of a Sherlock Holmes twist, and a couple other non-Sharkey Pirate tales that never really go anywhere.

Wouldn’t you rather just re-read Sherlock Holmes?

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this collection of storys which mainly(except for a highwayman one) are tales with a nautical flair...the storys are fun and generally have a 'Tales of the unexpected' type flair..the storys vary in being either tales of Pirates..slight suspense tales to light fantasy but are a collection that gel together and seem consistent.
I got it via Project Gutenburg for kindle reading too and as such found it an interesting find and a great public domain book.

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rousing collection of pirate tales. Its pirate tales! It's free! (Gutenberg.org)

You either like your pirates or you don't.