The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most famous for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.
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The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated) - Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Works of
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
VOLUME 28 OF 80
The Parasite
Parts Edition
By Delphi Classics, 2017
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‘The Parasite’
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Parts Edition (in 80 parts)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Parts Edition
This eBook is Part 28 of the Delphi Classics edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 80 Parts. It features the unabridged text of The Parasite from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.
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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
IN 80 VOLUMES
Parts Edition Contents
The Sherlock Holmes Collections
1, A Study in Scarlet
2, The Sign of the Four
3, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
5, The Hound of the Baskervilles
6, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
7, The Valley of Fear
8, His Last Bow
9, The Field Bazaar
10, How Watson Learnt the Trick
11, The Adventure of the Tall Man
12, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The Challenger Works
13, The Lost World
14, The Poison Belt
15, The Land of Mist
16, When the World Screamed
17, The Disintegration Machine
Historical Novels
18, Micah Clarke
19, The Great Shadow
20, The Refugees
21, Rodney Stone
22, Uncle Bernac
23, Sir Nigel
Other Novels and Novellas
24, The Mystery of Cloomber
25, The Firm of Girdlestone
26, The Doings of Raffles Haw
27, Beyond the City
28, The Parasite
29, The Stark Munro Letters
30, The Tragedy of the Korosko
31, A Duet
32, The Maracot Deep
The Short Story Collections
33, The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales.
34, The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen
35, My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures
36, The Gully of Bluemansdyke and Other Stories
37, Round the Red Lamp
38, The Green Flag and Other Stories
39, The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
40, The Adventures of Gerard
41, Round the Fire Stories
42, The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
43, The Last Galley
44, Danger! and Other Stories
45, Tales of Terror and Mystery
46, The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates
47, The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure
48, Uncollected Short Stories
The Opera
49, Jane Annie, or the Good Conduct Prize
The Plays
50, Waterloo
51, Sherlock Holmes
52, The Speckled Band
53, The Crown Diamond
54, The Journey
The Poetry
55, Songs of Action
56, Songs of the Road
57, The Guards Came Through
The Non Fiction
58, The Great Boer War
59, The War in South Africa
60, Through the Magic Door
61, The Crime of the Congo
62, The Case of Mr. George Edalji
63, The Case of Mr. Oscar Slater
64, The Holocaust of Manor Place
65, The Bravoes of Market-Drayton
66, The Debatable Case of Mrs. Emsley
67, The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker
68, The British Campaign in France and Flanders Volumes I- VI
69, A Visit to Three Fronts. June 1916
70, A Glimpse of the Army
71, Great Britain and the Next War
72, The Future of Canadian Literature
73, The New Revelation
74, The Vital Message
75, The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
76, The Coming of the Fairies
77, the History of Spiritualism Volume I
78, The History of Spiritualism Volume II
79, The Edge of the Unknown
The Autobiography
80, Memories and Adventures
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The Parasite
This is a 1894 novella, whose main character is a young man known as Austin Gilroy. He studies physiology and knows a professor who is studying the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. She is a friend of the Professor’s wife. The skeptical Gilroy’s fiancée, Agatha, is put into a trance to prove Miss Penclosa’s powers. This succeeds and Gilroy begins to go to the Professor’s house where Miss Penclosa practices her powers on him (one of the many things she tells him is that her powers vary with her strength).
THE PARASITE
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March 24. The spring is fairly with us now. Outside my laboratory window the great chestnut-tree is all covered with the big, glutinous, gummy buds, some of which have already begun to break into little green shuttlecocks. As you walk down the lanes you are conscious of the rich, silent forces of nature working all around you. The wet earth smells fruitful and luscious. Green shoots are peeping out everywhere. The twigs are stiff with their sap; and the moist, heavy English air is laden with a faintly resinous perfume. Buds in the