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1、TheGreatShadowDoyle,ArthurConanPublished:1892Categorie(s):Fiction,HistoricalSource:http://en.wikisource.org1AboutDoyle:SirArthurIgnatiusConanDoyle,DL(22May1859–7July1930)wasaScottishauthormostnotedforhisstoriesaboutthedetectiveSherlockHolmes,whichareg
2、enerallyconsideredamajorinnovationinthefieldofcrimefiction,andtheadventuresofProfessorChallenger.Hewasaprolificwriterwhoseotherworksincludesciencefictionstories,historic-alnovels,playsandromances,poetry,andnon-fiction.Conanwasori-ginallyagivenname,but
3、Doyleuseditaspartofhissurnameinhislateryears.Source:WikipediaAlsoavailableonFeedbooksforDoyle:•TheAdventuresofSherlockHolmes(1892)•TheCasebookofSherlockHolmes(1923)•TheHoundoftheBaskervilles(1902)•TheReturnofSherlockHolmes(1905)•TheMemoirsofSherlockHo
4、lmes(1893)•AStudyinScarlet(1887)•TheSignoftheFour(1890)•TheLostWorld(1912)•HisLastBow(1917)•TheValleyofFear(1915)Copyright:ThisworkisavailableforcountrieswherecopyrightisLife+70andintheUSA.Note:ThisbookisbroughttoyoubyFeedbookshttp://www.feedbooks.com
5、Strictlyforpersonaluse,donotusethisfileforcommercialpurposes.2Chapter1TheNightoftheBeaconsItisstrangetome,JockCalderofWestInch,tofeelthatthoughnow,intheverycentreofthenineteenthcentury,Iambutfive-and-fiftyyearsofage,andthoughitisonlyonceinaweekperhaps
6、thatmywifecanpluckoutalittlegreybristlefromovermyear,yetIhavelivedinatimewhenthethoughtsandthewaysofmenwereasdifferentasthoughitwerean-otherplanetfromthis.ForwhenIwalkinmyfieldsIcansee,downBer-wickway,thelittlefluffsofwhitesmokewhichtellmeofthisstrang
7、enewhundred-leggedbeast,withcoalsforfoodandathousandmeninitsbelly,forevercrawlingovertheborder.OnashinydayIcanseetheglintofthebrassworkasittakesthecurvenearCorriemuir;andthen,asIlookouttosea,thereisthesamebeastagain,oradozenofthemmaybe,leavingatrailof
8、blackintheairandofwhiteinthewater,andswimminginthefaceofthewindaseasilyasasalmonuptheTweed.Suchasightasthatwouldhavestruckmygoodoldfatherspeechlesswithwrathaswellassurprise;forhewassostrickenwiththefearofof-fendingtheCreatorthathewascharyofcon
