TY - BOOK AU - Conan Doyle,Arthur AU - Kerr,Douglas TI - Memories and Adventures T2 - The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle SN - 9781474433389 U1 - 823.912 19/eng/20240417 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Novelists, Scottish KW - 19th century KW - Biography KW - Literary Studies KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; General Editor’s Preface --; Acknowledgements --; A Chronology of the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle --; Introduction --; PREFACE --; Chapter 1 EARLY RECOLLECTIONS --; Chapter 2 UNDER THE JESUITS --; Chapter 3 RECOLLECTIONS OF A STUDENT --; Chapter 4 WHALING IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN --; Chapter 5 THE VOYAGE TO WEST AFRICA --; Chapter 6 MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE --; Chapter 7 MY START AT SOUTHSEA --; Chapter 8 MY FIRST LITERARY SUCCESS --; Chapter 9 PULLING UP THE ANCHOR --; Chapter 10 THE GREAT BREAK --; Chapter 11 SIDELIGHTS ON SHERLOCK HOLMES --; Chapter 12 NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND --; Chapter 13 EGYPT IN 1896 --; Chapter 14 ON THE EDGE OF A STORM --; Chapter 15 AN INTERLUDE OF PEACE --; Chapter 16 THE START FOR SOUTH AFRICA --; Chapter 17 DAYS WITH THE ARMY --; Chapter 18 FINAL EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA --; Chapter 19 AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD’S OPINION --; Chapter 20 MY POLITICAL ADVENTURES --; Chapter 21 THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS --; Chapter 22 THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS (CONTD.) --; Chapter 23 SOME NOTABLE PEOPLE --; Chapter 24 SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF SPORT --; Chapter 25 TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1914 --; Chapter 26 THE EVE OF WAR --; Chapter 27 A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS --; Chapter 28 EXPERIENCES ON THE BRITISH FRONT --; Chapter 29 EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT --; Chapter 30 EXPERIENCES ON THE FRENCH FRONT --; Chapter 31 BREAKING THE HINDENBURG LINE --; Chapter 32 THE PSYCHIC QUEST --; Appendix UP TO DATE --; Illustrations --; An Essay on the Text --; Apparatus --; Explanatory Notes; restricted access N2 - A scholarly edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s autobiographyThe Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle serves Conan Doyle’s growing reputation as a significant force in the literature of Scotland, the English language and the world.For the first time, the volume provides students, enthusiasts and researchers with everything needed for a serious appreciation of Memories and Adventures, the autobiography of Conan Doyle’s life in literature, medicine, travel, politics, war, sport and spiritualism.This scholarly edition includes:A collation of four versions of the book including manuscriptsAn introduction giving the history of the book’s composition, publication, revision, and reception, placing it in personal, historical and literary contextsA full textual apparatus, showing all significant emendations and variationsAmple explanatory notes, including data on the hundreds of historical figures and events mentioned in the book UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474433402 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474433402 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474433402/original ER -