The Adventure of the Devil's Foot and Other Stories

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Genres: Short Stories, Classics

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

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

[John Yelverton]

Despite the paranormal title, it's a rather straightforward Sherlock Holmes mystery with the detective using his tried and true "methods" to deduce the answer to the mystery.

[Jason Donoghue]

boring tiresome and i was forced to skip to the end. same template used over and over again with the same outcome and story line.

avoid reading this save yourself some time.

[Vämpiriüs]

Další nadčasový příběh Sherlocka Holmese. Je neuvěřitelné, že i po tolika letech jsou jeho příběhy stále tak čtivé a poutavé. Je tam všechno, co bych od dobrého příběhu čekal ... nenávist, láska, napětí, dobrodružství stejně jako nečekané zvraty v ději a události dovedené do extrémů. Stačí přidat bystrý mozek, dedukci, logiku a nějakou tu záhadu. To vše nám dá Sherlocka Holmese. Je to hoděn dobrá kniha.

[Ana ♡]

Na svou dobu jsou příběhy Sira Doyla opravdu úžasné. Jistě, našla jsem mezi nimi i oblíbenější, ale jako vždy jsem se velmi bavila a obdivuji Holmesovy myšlenkové pochody! Těším se na další Sherlockova a Johnova dobrodružství!

[Bert]

Wonderful tale that stand the test of time. I thoroughly enjoyed the narration.

Listened to this on chirpbooks.com.

[Susan Forsgren]

Classic mystery with all the correct elements for a fabulous mystery.

[Chan Lee Tung Crystal]

I think this is a nice book, it is quite mysterious,I really enjoy reading it, this is one of the best short book that I read. But it is too short in all the books about Sherlock Holmes, this can let me quickly know the answer and ending. I think I will share this book to my friends

[Noelle Wong]

It is a short and straightforward story. I do not like this book because it is quite boring. I would not recommend this to my friends or classmates because it is too “classic”. It is similar to other Sherlock Holmes series.

[Richard Pohl]

Well, not sure if reading about murders is the best for the Christmas Day, but I really enjoyed it this time!