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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. From finding a diamond in a bird's stomach, to stealing a racehorse - in these four stories, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes works with his friend Dr Watson. Holmes understands people and he finds many clues. But will he solve the crimes?

"Wielu wykpiwa zjawiska nadprzyrodzone lub to, co nasz marny intelekt za takie uważa..." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) światową sławę zdobył jako twórca postaci Sherlocka Holmesa, ale interesował się bardzo wszelkimi zjawiskami nadprzyrodzonymi, brał udział w seansach spirytystycznych i ma w dorobku literackim sporo opowieści spod znaku grozy. Po edycji tomu ?Dziwne zjawiska? nadszedł czas na trzynaście kolejnych historii przedstawiających różne barwy strachu i grozy pióra jednego z najsłynniejszych pisarzy szkockich. Z najczęściej chyba wspominaną przez krytyków gatunku nowelą ?Obiekt numer 249?, o której sam Rudyard Kipling mówił, że żadna lektura tak go nie przeraziła od lat. Podobnie jest z wyróżnianymi przez wielu czytelników opowieściami: ?Historia brunatnej ręki? czy ?De profundis?, podziwianymi za wyśmienicie wykreowany klimat. Aż szkoda, że autor ?Psa Baskerville?ów? zostawił po sobie opowieści z dreszczykiem tak mało...

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled rooms in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as 'The Speckled Band', in which a terrified woman begs their help in solving the mystery surrounding her sister's death, or 'A Scandal in Bohemia', which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mistress. In 'Silver Blaze' the pair investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and the violent murder of its trainer, while in 'The Final Problem' Holmes at last comes face to face with his nemesis, the diabolical Professor Moriarty - 'the Napoleon of crime'.

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Emerging from their smoke-filled rooms at 21B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson grapple with the forces of crime that stalk the streets of London. From the first story, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' where Holmes is foiled by the quick-thinking of 'the woman', Irene Adler, to what was presumed to be the last, 'The Final Problem' where Holmes at last comes face to face with the diabolical Professor Moriarty, this selection is presents the very best of Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective. 'Arthur Conan Doyle is unique ... Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read him to the milkman' Stephen Fry

Sir Charles Baskerville is dead. Did the hound of the Baskervilles kill him? Can Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson stop the hound from killing again? Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills. The Hound of the Baskervilles, a Starter level Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Starter level is ideal for readers who are learning English for the first time. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present simple and continuous tenses, possessives, regular and irregular verbs, and simple adjectives. Illustrations support the text throughout, and many titles at this level are graphic novels.

"Przygody Sherlocka Holmesa" to zbiór dwunastu opowiadań, w których detektywi z Baker Street rozwiązują różne skomplikowane zagadki kryminalne. Ich drogi krzyżują się m.in. z Ireną Adler, arystokratami, plebejuszami i innymi ludźmi różnych profesji. W tle przewijają się zło, zagadkowe morderstwa, drogocenne klejnoty...

Na prezentowany tom składają się trzy opowieści Arthura Conan Doyle?a: "Blizna. Tajemnicze zniknięcie małżonka, odnalezienie i ciekawa jego opowieść" ("The Man with the Twisted Lip", 1891), "Ezaw i Jakub. Ciekawe skradzenie syna książęcego przez jego brata w celu uzyskania od ojca spadkobierstwa" ("The Adventure of the Priory School", 1904) oraz "Trzej studenci, czyli tajemnicza kradzież na uniwersytecie ("The Adventure of the Three Students", 1904 r.). Ich głównym bohaterem jest jeden z najbardziej znanych detektywów świata ? Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle umieścił "Ezawa i Jakuba" na dziesiątym miejscu wśród dwunastu swoich ulubionych historii o Sherlocku Holmesie. Polskie wydania tych trzech opowiadań, które posłużyły za podstawę niniejszego reprintu, ukazały się w Toledo w 1911 r., czyli jeszcze za życia autora.

Postać detektywa z Baker Street od lat niezmiennie fascynuje wielbicieli opowieści z dreszczykiem. Jaki w istocie jest Sherlock Holmes, w którego ręce trafiają najbardziej niezwykłe i skomplikowane zagadki kryminalne? Niezwykłą postać Sherlocka Holmesa przybliża czytelnikowi jego najbliższy współpracownik, a zarazem przyjaciel - doktor Watson. Jego pasjonujące relacje ze wspólnej pracy tworzą niezwykle barwną kronikę dokonań najznamienitszego z detektywów, jednocześnie ukazując obraz Anglii przełomu XIX i XX wieku.

?My name is Sherlock Holmes. it is my business to know what other people don't know.? The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes first introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective the readers of The Strand Magazine. In these twenty three tales, collected here in one volume, you have some of the best detective yarns ever penned. In his consulting room at 221B Baker Street, the master sleuth receives a stream of clients all presenting him with baffling and bizarre mysteries to unravel. There is, for example, the man who is frightened for his life because of the arrival of an envelope containing five orange pips; there is the terrified woman who is aware that her life is in danger and cannot explain the whistling sounds she hears in the night; and there is the riddle of the missing butler and the theft of an ancient treasure. In the last story, there is the climatic battle between Holmes and his arch enemy, ?the Napoleon of Crime? Professor Moriarty. Holmes, with trusty Watson by his side, is equal to these and the other challenges in this splendid collection. This edition contains the original illustrations from Strand Magazine drawn by Sidney Paget.