Subject for April, 2020
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Subject: Science Fiction
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sa...
XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES – III.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“I took it up and examined it. It was of the same peculiar tint, and the same thickness. But then the impossibility of the thing obtruded itself upon me. How could my hair have ...
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XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Holmes shook his head gravely. “It would cease to be a danger if we could define it,” said he. “But at any time, day or night, a telegram would bring me down to your help.” “Tha...
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XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“To the man who loves art for its own sake,” remarked Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of The Daily Telegraph, “it is frequently in its least important and...
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XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET – III.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent spirits, swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand. He chucked it down into a corner and helped himself ...
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XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“‘Arthur!’ I screamed, ‘you villain! you thief! How dare you touch that coronet?’ “The gas was half up, as I had left it, and my unhappy boy, dressed only in his shirt and trous...
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XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“Holmes,” said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, “here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to com...
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X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“Did your wife hear all this?” “No, thank goodness, she did not.” “And she was seen walking with this very woman afterwards?” “Yes. That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, ...
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X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves. Fresh ...
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IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB – III.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my heart into my mouth. It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the leaking cylinder. He had set the engine ...
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