by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Spiritualism · Faith and Doubt · The Afterlife
Abstract
Conan Doyle’s 1924 autobiography, tracing his Edinburgh childhood, Jesuit schooling, medical training under Dr. Joseph Bell (the real-life model for Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger), his literary career, war service, and his late-life devotion to Spiritualism.
Capitoli / Chapters
- Chapter 32: THE PSYCHIC QUEST
- 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 EXPERIENCES 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
- 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
Connections
Forms & Genres: Biography, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Spiritualism, Empire and Imperialism, Self-Knowledge, Memory and Time, Faith and Doubt, History Motifs: Journey, Memory Historical References: First World War, Boer War (Second South African War), Victorian England, Catholic Church, British Empire Settings: Edinburgh, London, Africa, South Africa Characters: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger Archetypes: The Writer, Pilgrim Topoi: Journey of Life