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The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English
The Lock and Key Classic Mystery and Detective Stories
The Lock and Key Classic Mystery and Detective Stories is a collection of short stories that
Rudyard My Own True Ghost Story; The Sending of Dana Da; In the House of Suddhoo; His Wedded Wife. A. Conan A Case of Identity; A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League. Egerton The Baron's Quarry Stanley J. The Fowl in the Pot. Robert Louis The Pavilion on the Links. Wilkie The Dream Woman; The First Narrative; The Second Narrative; The Third Narrative; Fourth (and Last) Narrative The Lost Duchess; The Minor Canon; The Pipe; The Puzzle; The Great Valdez Sapphire
Odin’s Library Classics
Odin’s Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind’s literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
The Lock and Key Classic Mystery and Detective Stories is a collection of short stories that
Rudyard My Own True Ghost Story; The Sending of Dana Da; In the House of Suddhoo; His Wedded Wife. A. Conan A Case of Identity; A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League. Egerton The Baron's Quarry Stanley J. The Fowl in the Pot. Robert Louis The Pavilion on the Links. Wilkie The Dream Woman; The First Narrative; The Second Narrative; The Third Narrative; Fourth (and Last) Narrative The Lost Duchess; The Minor Canon; The Pipe; The Puzzle; The Great Valdez Sapphire
Odin’s Library Classics
Odin’s Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind’s literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
402 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1909
About the author
Arthur Conan Doyle
17.7k books25.2k followersSir 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.
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.
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September 20, 2019
ENGLISH: This book contains 11 stories by six authors who lived at the end of the 19th century and the beginnings of the 20th, plus five additional anonymous stories from the same time.
The six authors are Kipling (four stories, although not those I'd have selected :-), Conan Doyle (the first three stories in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"), Egerton Castle, Stanley Weyman, Robert Louis Stevenson ("The pavilion on the links") and Wilkie Collins (The dream woman").
I had read the eight stories by Kipling, Conan Doyle and Stevenson, and also that by Wilkie Collins, although in its first shorter and milder form, which is included in the collection "The Queen of Hearts." This time I have read the last two, plus the stories I'd never read before, by Castle, Weyman, and the five anonymous.
Castle's story, "The Baron's Quarry", may give the impression that most Polish nobles were quite savage. Perhaps this was typical in England at the time, but reading Polish authors, such as Sienkiewicz, should have corrected that impression.
I found "The great Valdez sapphire" one of the best in this book, although the ending was somewhat predictable. Pity that its author is unknown, so the story appears as anonymous.
ESPAÑOL: Este libro contiene 11 cuentos de seis autores de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, además de otros cinco anónimos de la misma época.
Los seis autores son Kipling (representado por cuatro cuentos, aunque no los que yo habría seleccionado :-), Conan Doyle (por los tres primeros de "Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes"), Egerton Castle, Stanley Weyman, Robert Louis Stevenson ("El pabellón de las dunas") y Wilkie Collins (La dama del sueño").
Ya había leído los ocho cuentos de Kipling, Conan Doyle y Stevenson, y también el de Wilkie Collins, aunque en su forma original, más corta y menos dura, tal como aparece en su colección "La Reina de Corazones". Esta vez he leído los dos últimos, además de los que no había leído antes: los de Castle, Weyman y los cinco anónimos.
El cuento de Castle, "La presa del barón", puede dar la impresión de que muchos nobles polacos eran bastante salvajes. Quizás esto fuese típico en la Inglaterra en esa época, pero la lectura de autores polacos como Sienkiewicz debería haber corregido esa impresión.
"El gran zafiro Valdés" me pareció uno de los mejores cuentos de este libro, aunque el final es algo predecible. Lástima que no sepamos quién fue su autor, por lo que la historia aparece como anónima.
The six authors are Kipling (four stories, although not those I'd have selected :-), Conan Doyle (the first three stories in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"), Egerton Castle, Stanley Weyman, Robert Louis Stevenson ("The pavilion on the links") and Wilkie Collins (The dream woman").
I had read the eight stories by Kipling, Conan Doyle and Stevenson, and also that by Wilkie Collins, although in its first shorter and milder form, which is included in the collection "The Queen of Hearts." This time I have read the last two, plus the stories I'd never read before, by Castle, Weyman, and the five anonymous.
Castle's story, "The Baron's Quarry", may give the impression that most Polish nobles were quite savage. Perhaps this was typical in England at the time, but reading Polish authors, such as Sienkiewicz, should have corrected that impression.
I found "The great Valdez sapphire" one of the best in this book, although the ending was somewhat predictable. Pity that its author is unknown, so the story appears as anonymous.
ESPAÑOL: Este libro contiene 11 cuentos de seis autores de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, además de otros cinco anónimos de la misma época.
Los seis autores son Kipling (representado por cuatro cuentos, aunque no los que yo habría seleccionado :-), Conan Doyle (por los tres primeros de "Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes"), Egerton Castle, Stanley Weyman, Robert Louis Stevenson ("El pabellón de las dunas") y Wilkie Collins (La dama del sueño").
Ya había leído los ocho cuentos de Kipling, Conan Doyle y Stevenson, y también el de Wilkie Collins, aunque en su forma original, más corta y menos dura, tal como aparece en su colección "La Reina de Corazones". Esta vez he leído los dos últimos, además de los que no había leído antes: los de Castle, Weyman y los cinco anónimos.
El cuento de Castle, "La presa del barón", puede dar la impresión de que muchos nobles polacos eran bastante salvajes. Quizás esto fuese típico en la Inglaterra en esa época, pero la lectura de autores polacos como Sienkiewicz debería haber corregido esa impresión.
"El gran zafiro Valdés" me pareció uno de los mejores cuentos de este libro, aunque el final es algo predecible. Lástima que no sepamos quién fue su autor, por lo que la historia aparece como anónima.
September 29, 2026
This is a very nice collection of short stories from some of the premier mystery writers of the late 1880s to early 1900s. My copy starts abruptly, almost as though the introduction, the index, and the title page for the first Rudyard Kipling tale (I had to do a little research to figure out the author and title).
September 25, 2018
A decent collection of mysteries, thrillers, and ghost stories. Only a few are true detective stories, but all have at at least a hint of mystery.
October 3, 2023
great set of stories
November 10, 2025
A good selection of detective stories to keep you entertained.
July 29, 2018
A collection of short stories. Rudyard Kipling's My Own True Ghost Story, Stanley J. Weyman's The Fowl in the Pot, and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Pavilion on the Links were pretty good. I skipped the Sherlock Holmes stories in this collection because I read those a few days ago, but they are classics. The other known-author stories were rather lacking in the mystery department. Wilkie Collins usually shines in his 1st person POVs, but The Dream Woman seemed to lack a distinctive voice in first two narrators, and the third narrator didn't quite make up for that lack.
Ironicily, my favorites were the anonymous stories. Guess I'm not supposed to be getting new favorite authors :P. The Pipe and The Puzzle had great characters and plots. Haunted pipes are rather hard to come by...
Included Stories
Rudyard Kipling
My Own True Ghost Story
The Sending of Dana Da
In the House of Suddhoo
His Wedded Wife
A. Conan Doyle
A Case of Identity
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Red-Headed League
Egerton Castle
The Baron's Quarry
Stanley J. Weyman
The Fowl in the Pot
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Pavilion on the Links
Wilkie Collins
The Dream Woman
Anonymous
The Lost Duchess
The Minor Canon
The Pipe
The Puzzle
The Great Valdez Sapphire
Ironicily, my favorites were the anonymous stories. Guess I'm not supposed to be getting new favorite authors :P. The Pipe and The Puzzle had great characters and plots. Haunted pipes are rather hard to come by...
Included Stories
Rudyard Kipling
My Own True Ghost Story
The Sending of Dana Da
In the House of Suddhoo
His Wedded Wife
A. Conan Doyle
A Case of Identity
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Red-Headed League
Egerton Castle
The Baron's Quarry
Stanley J. Weyman
The Fowl in the Pot
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Pavilion on the Links
Wilkie Collins
The Dream Woman
Anonymous
The Lost Duchess
The Minor Canon
The Pipe
The Puzzle
The Great Valdez Sapphire
June 21, 2013
Fine collection of that classic genre of stories , like freshly brewed coffee .... even the initial stories about humorous ghosts , though not strictly of the detective milieu , are humorous breezers .....A fine, longish , appetizing evening treat !!!
June 24, 2012
This book was donated to the library on my behalf as a graduation gift. A nice collection of stories from Arthur Conan Doyle to Rudyard Kipling.
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