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    The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)
    The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)
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    The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)

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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Parasite’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’.

    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. The Delphi Classics edition of Doyle includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Parasite’
    * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Doyle’s works
    * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786564115
    The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)
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    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is the creator of the Sherlock Holmes character, writing his debut appearance in A Study in Scarlet. Doyle wrote notable books in the fantasy and science fiction genres, as well as 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

      Version 7

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘The Parasite’

      Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Parts Edition (in 80 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 411 5

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      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.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or the Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      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

      CONTENTS

      I

      II

      III

      IV

      I

      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

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