The Firm of Girdlestone
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Finalmente disponibile per i lettori italiani il primo romanzo di Arthur Conan Doyle! Da uno dei più famosi scrittori del XIX secolo, una storia - per adolescenti e adulti - affascinante, avventurosa, sorprendente, misteriosa, elegante, romantica, divertente…insomma, in una sola parola, in-di-men-ti-ca-bi-le. “La Ditta di Girdlestone” vi porterà nella Londra vittoriana, in Scozia, su brigantini oceanici, nelle miniere diamantifere del Sud Africa e in tanti altri interessanti luoghi dove, tra ardimentosi gentiluomini e loschi individui senza scrupoli si dipaneranno vicende che il magistrale toc...
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- THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE.
- TO MY OLD FRIEND PROFESSOR WILLIAM K. BURTON, OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO, WHO FIRST ENCOURAGED ME, YEARS AGO, TO PROCEED WITH THIS LITTLE STORY, I DESIRE AFFECTIONATELY TO DEDICATE IT. THE AUTHOR.
- PREFACE
- THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE.
- CHAPTER I. — MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT.
- CHAPTER II. — CHARITY A LA MODE.
- CHAPTER III. — THOMAS GILRAY MAKES AN INVESTMENT.
- CHAPTER IV. — CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS OF THE "BLACK EAGLE."
- CHAPTER V. — MODERN ATHENIANS.
- CHAPTER VI. — A RECTORIAL ELECTION.
- CHAPTER VII. — ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND.
- CHAPTER VIII. — A FIRST PROFESSIONAL.
- CHAPTER IX. — A NASTY CROPPER.
- CHAPTER X. — DWELLERS IN BOHEMIA.
- CHAPTER XI. — SENIOR AND JUNIOR.
- CHAPTER XII. — A CORNER IN DIAMONDS.
- CHAPTER XIII. — SHADOW AND LIGHT.
- CHAPTER XIV. — A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
- CHAPTER XV. — AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XVI. — THE FIRST STEP.
- CHAPTER XVII. — THE LAND OF DIAMONDS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. — MAJOR TOBIAS CLUTTERBUCK COMES IN FOR A THOUSAND POUNDS.
- CHAPTER XIX. — NEWS FROM THE URALS.
- CHAPTER XX. — MR. HECTOR O'FLAHERTY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER.
- CHAPTER XXI. — AN UNEXPECTED BLOW.
- CHAPTER XXII. — ROBBERS AND ROBBED.
- CHAPTER XXIII. — A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION.
- CHAPTER XXIV. — A DANGEROUS PROMISE.
- CHAPTER XXV. — A CHANGE OF FRONT.
- CHAPTER XXVI. — BREAKING GROUND.
- CHAPTER XXVII. — MRS. SCULLY OF MORRISON'S.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. — BACK IN BOHEMIA.
- CHAPTER XXIX. — THE GREAT DANCE AT MORRISON'S.
- CHAPTER XXX. — AT THE "COCK AND COWSLIP."
- CHAPTER XXXI. — A CRISIS AT ECCLESTON SQUARE.
- CHAPTER XXXII. — A CONVERSATION IN THE ECCLESTON SQUARE LIBRARY.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIORY.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE MAN WITH THE CAMP-STOOL.
- CHAPTER XXXV. — A TALK ON THE LAWN.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE INCIDENT OF THE CORRIDOR.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. — A CHASE AND A BRAWL.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. — GIRDLESTONE SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. — A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
- CHAPTER XL. — THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER.
- CHAPTER XLI. — THE CLOUDS GROW DARKER.
- CHAPTER XLII. — THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW.
- CHAPTER XLIII. — THE BAIT ON THE HOOK.
- CHAPTER XLIV. — THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
- CHAPTER XLV. — THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE.
- CHAPTER XLVI. — A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.
- CHAPTER XLVII. — LAW AND ORDER.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. — CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS SEES A VISION.
- CHAPTER XLIX. — A VOYAGE IN A COFFIN SHIP.
- CHAPTER L. — WINDS UP THE THREAD AND TIES TWO KNOTS AT THE END.
- THE END.
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