Stories for Summer

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Katherine Mansfield, Oscar Wilde

A collection of stories. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlett" is the longest in the book. From Katherine Mansfield are "The Garden Party," "At the Bay," and "Life of Ma Parker." The last author is Oscar Wilde, with "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," "The Sphinx Without a Secret," and "The Model Millionaire."

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

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.