Darryl Jones is Professor of English and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, where he has taught since 1994. He has held Visiting Professorships at Dartmouth College, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, and Tongji University, Shanghai. He is the author or editor of 10 books, including most recently the Oxford editions of the Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James and Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson, as well as many articles on nineteenth-century and popular literature.
This volume provides a welcomed and much-needed reminder of the full range of Conan Doyleâs achievement, deepening our appreciation of his unbounded imagination and fertile legacy. * Christopher Metress, English Literature in Transition 1880â1920 * The introduction and notes, by the book's editor Darryl Jones, helpfully explain the more obscure period details which are scattered throughout the book and where Doyle was at in his life with regards to the wide body of interests that occupied him when he was not writing. * Iain MacLeod, Gore in the Store * Beautifully designed edition * Times Literary Supplement * This volume provides a welcomed and much-needed reminder of the full range of Conan Doyleâs achievement, deepening our appreciation of his unbounded imagination and fertile legacy. * Christopher Metress, English Literature in Transition 1880â1920 *