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Beyond The City Paperback – May 4, 2012

3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 84 ratings
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer and physician. He was born on 22nd May 1859 and was died on 7th July 1930. He was renowned for his ‘Sherlock Holmes Stories’.His famous work includes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Valley of Fear, The Mazarin Stone and His Last Bow etc.
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    204 pages
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    English
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    May 4, 2012
  4. Dimensions
    5.98 x 0.43 x 9.02 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1475299664
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1475299663
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 4, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 204 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1475299664
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1475299663
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.43 x 9.02 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 84 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful listening
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2021
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Another will written romantic novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with interesting will developed characters The story line is set in London and the suburb of Norwood. Where families deal with the trials of life. I would recommend this novella to readers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Enjoy the adventure of reading or listening 2021🏰
Alexa reads to me due to eye damage and issues from shingles. Be safe
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3.0 out of 5 stars "Tragi-Comedy of Life Played Out in Three Suburban Villas"
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2016
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“Beyond the City” is a pleasant little piece of light reading. Too long to be a short story, yet too short to be called a novel, I am reluctant to call it a “novella.” It is more like a drawing room play in narrative form, except that the setting is three recently built and newly purchased up-scale villas in Norwood, a developing suburb south of London. The time period is the 1890s. The setting of the three villas and a commonly-shared tennis court is called “The Wilderness” by the real estate developer. Villa #1 is occupied by retired 65-years-old Admiral Hay Denver, his wife of many years, and their adult son, Harold, who works from morning to night in the city on the stock exchange. Villa #2 is occupied by semi-retired 52-year-old Doctor Balthazar Walker, a widower who has come into a considerable inheritance from a grateful patient and prefers scientific research to routine medical practice; his household is completed by his two young daughters, Clara and Ida, both of marriageable age, and a housekeeper. As the story opens, the new owner is moving into Villa #3. The new owner is Mrs. Westmacott, a wealthy, educated, well-traveled, independent-minded widow who is very active in the Emancipation Guild which advocates for women's social, political and economic equality with men; Mrs. Westmacott is accompanied by her athletic, twenty-something nephew who thinks of himself as relatively stupid and fit only for physical labor. Across the road from The Wilderness is the cottage of the Misses Bertha and Monica Williams, somewhat elderly sisters whose father had originally owned the cottage and all surrounding farm land, including the former open field which has been developed into The Wilderness.

The tale of the dwellers in The Wilderness is told in third-person, with the Misses Williams having minor roles and the remainder being something of an ensemble cast. With the two young men and two young women, part of the tale is obviously a story of love and subsequent marriage; and with the forceful, liberated, independent Mrs. Westmacott and the more conservative doctor and admiral, part of the tale is a romp through the evolving thoughts and actions of late Victorian society. A somewhat unexpected twist near the middle of the tale and subsequent events provide a thread that brings all residents together more closely than otherwise might have been. In the end all is well, and justice is fairly served.

I do not know the publishing history of this Conan Doyle work. However, it is a pleasant and relatively compact tale that might reasonably have been published as a few installments in a Sunday newspaper or magazine. It is nowhere in the same league as Sir Arthur’s tales of Sherlock Holmes or his excellent historical novels, but it is a good entertainment piece and well worth reading.
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Lydia Ipswitch
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2014
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Never having read this book before, I was unsure of what to expect. I found that this is quite a captivating book that leave the reader not wanting to put it down. Would recommend for someone who has a bit of time to kill...you won't want to put this down!
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Freya Gordon
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2014
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Great Transaction - would do business with again
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C. Ebeling
3.0 out of 5 stars Amusing but not groundbreaking
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2012
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This 1893 novella from the creator of Sherlock Holmes is a reminder that Arthur Conan Doyle was a productive writer across many decades, who worked in genres other than detective fiction. This is a lightweight social comedy, easily read in a couple of hours. It really does not have quite enough going for it to attain classic status--Diary of a Nobody by the Grossmith brothers runs circles around it in wit, invention, style and what it divulges about Late Victorian middle class suburban society.

This is the story of four families that live in a new subdivision of the McMansion counterpart of suburban London in the 1890s. There are the elderly spinster sisters, stalwarts of Victorian manners, out of whose family land the subdivision was created; a widower doctor and his two marriageable daughters; a recently retired naval admiral, his wife and adult son; and another young man and his aunt, an attractive woman of a certain age, who stridently advocates suffrage, who is an adventurer and popular lecturer. There ensues some couplings--the daughters and the son and nephew and the doctor and the aunt, but then there are the necessary complications to true love. Two of the three couplings will survive, but all end up happy. The sisters provide amusing perspective of the goings on. Masterpiece Classic could take this and with the right cast and stylish approach make a winsome production.

This edition is print on demand. The cover is thick, glossy photo stock, the back cover has a minimal description, and the interior is laid out competently (not all PODs are, believe me) but is minimal, with no critical introduction to put this in context.
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Grampy
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Doyle's Best Work
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2012
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As a rule, I tend to like everything I've ever read of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writings. I'm a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, but a lot of what Doyle wrote was superior to the Sherlock stories. Beyond the City was okay - I did like it, but it wasn't one of his better pieces.
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Kevin M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2014
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Great read.
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Digital Panache
4.0 out of 5 stars Shows another side of Doyle. A different story. Apt for a play.
Reviewed in India on September 2, 2018
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The most amazing ability of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is to run stories in parallel and bring them all together in a very smooth transition. This story is no different from that construct. The different and parallel groups which have something very important and acute in common come together. Doyle brings them together. Through the chasms in their lives which serves the purpose of the need of filling them.
My favourite chapters were "a family plot" and "friends in need". Thorough adventure, mystery and the incessant curiosity that Doyle has generated throughout the book as well as in these chapters is quite a thing. This book has also presented a very different side of Doyle. The highly sensitive side where he has taken a stance. He has been presenting pictures from many different aspects throughout books, but in this book he has taken a side, a decision, which is great to see from a very mature writer.
If there is a play on this, I would definitely watch it. The adaptation of this into a play format will be great and would be awesome. This story, with a mix of emotions, is very well suited to a play.
Another good book by Doyle if you want to read something different.
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Digital Panache
4.0 out of 5 stars Shows another side of Doyle. A different story. Apt for a play.
Reviewed in India on September 2, 2018
The most amazing ability of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is to run stories in parallel and bring them all together in a very smooth transition. This story is no different from that construct. The different and parallel groups which have something very important and acute in common come together. Doyle brings them together. Through the chasms in their lives which serves the purpose of the need of filling them.
My favourite chapters were "a family plot" and "friends in need". Thorough adventure, mystery and the incessant curiosity that Doyle has generated throughout the book as well as in these chapters is quite a thing. This book has also presented a very different side of Doyle. The highly sensitive side where he has taken a stance. He has been presenting pictures from many different aspects throughout books, but in this book he has taken a side, a decision, which is great to see from a very mature writer.
If there is a play on this, I would definitely watch it. The adaptation of this into a play format will be great and would be awesome. This story, with a mix of emotions, is very well suited to a play.
Another good book by Doyle if you want to read something different.
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Dory
1.0 out of 5 stars normal
Reviewed in Spain on October 24, 2014
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No hay mucho que decir, es un libro que esta bien para leerlo una vez. Sin mucho más que comentar
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A. Lucas
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2011
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I really enjoyed this book. It's not a thrill a minute kind of book (I tend to read a lot of horror/thrillers) but it is just the most delightful read. The characters are all interesting and it's wonderful how their lives are all inter-woven just because they happen to move into the newly built villas and share an outdoor space. I must say, it made me stop and think about how times have changed, and how lovely it would be if life could still be like this - not all squashed together in box-like houses with postage stamp gardens and eveyone being inconsiderate and not at all neighbourly any more. If you want to just chill out and enjoy life as it was, then this is the book for you.
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NADEEM NAQVI
1.0 out of 5 stars Please don't waste money and time on this publication.
Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2020
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Very disappointing! First, the format and typesetting of the book are very poor. Almost like photocopy being bound together with no formatting. Immediately puts the reader off even before starting. Some stories interesting, most others rather drab. Definitely not value for money.
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Mark K Jackaman
3.0 out of 5 stars Bit odd this one....much ado about little, alright if you like gossipy type intrigue I guess.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2021
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Have read several by the author and I found this to be one of the least interesting of any that I have read so far. All rather lighthearted and one for the matchmaker type mind which mine is not.
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