These three short mystery tales from a collection of the greatest literary minds of all time - Conan Doyle, Poe and Maupassant - make for an enjoyable yet spine-chilling read. This volume includes Arthur Conan Doyle's great Sherlock Holmes tale "The Sign of the Four", Guy de Maupassant's "The Flayed Hand", and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". Classics Illustrated tells these wonderful tales in colourful comic strip form, offering excellent introductions for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the stories.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a writer and physician. Born in Edinburgh in Scotland, he began writing short stories while studying medicine. His first work featuring his famous literary creation, (the detective Sherlock Holmes), A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1886. Relentlessly curious about a vast range of subjects, his interests were reflect
More about Arthur Conan DoyleEdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, in 1809. Poe, short story writer, editor and critic, he is best known for his macabre tales and as the progenitor of the detective story. He died in 1849, in mysterious circumstances, at the age of forty.
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