福尔摩斯短篇故事集.ppt

(d) This writer wrote stories about a priest. (e) This writer wrote four collections of ghost stories. (f) This writer wrote about a secret agent called Roger Brook. (g) This writer wrote serious books about ghosts. Agatha Christie Margery Allingham Cyril Hare (d) G. K. Chesterton (e) M. R. James (f) Dennis Wheatley (g) Elliott O’Donnell The Blue Cross G. K. Chesterton Plot A murderer betrays himself through his use of an America expression ... Characters Edward Hart John Benjamin Spencer Joseph Wilbur Spencer William Harris Thomas Wilson Place An Unpleasant Man Cyril Hare Plot The story is an eerie ghost story. Characters Fernaghan Peter Lindsey Guy Lang Raymond Ross Lang’s wife The Unlucky Theatre Elliott O’Donnell  Plot A young woman marries a man she has recently met. Then she realises that her life is in danger ... Characters Alix Dick Windyford Gerald Martin George  Philomel cottage Agatha Christie Plot The story is about a picture which keeps changing. Characters Mr. Williams Arthur Francis Gawdy The Mezzotint M. R. James Plot A couple disappear from their house in the middle of breakfast.  Characters Charles Luke Albert Campion Peter McGill Maureen Family Affair Margery Allingham Plot The story is about how we do not notice “ordinary” people. But in this case, ordinary person is a murderer. Characters John Turnbull Angus Laura Isidore Smythe James Welkin Father Brown Flambeau The Invisible Man G. K. Chesterton Plot a succession of mystifying murders is solved in an extraordinary manner. Characters Bruce Neils Orsen Mark Hemmingway Angela Morgenfeld The Case of the Thing that Whimpered Dennis Wheatley ⅡSherlock Holmes Short Stories 1 About the Author 2 About the Characters 3 The Man with the Twisted Lip 1 About the Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born inEdinburgh and qualified as a doctor after