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Conan Doyle’s Other Dartmoor Stories: Pt 2
Conan Doyle’s earliest Dartmoor story was ‘The Winning Shot’, published in ‘Bow Bells’ in 1883 following his failed attempt to establish a medical practice in Plymouth in 1882. Until the final paragraph’s twist, its narrator is Lottie Underwood, fiancée of Charley, elder son of Colonel Pillar of Roborough. She and her mother, other family and…
Read MoreDartmoor’s Literary Legacy: An Inspirational Landscape
It is a universal truth that the natural beauty of Dartmoor nourishes both body and mind: the vast openness invigorates us, and we are free to move without constraint. But what about its role as a literary inspiration? Defined by a raw beauty brought alive on windy autumn days, Dartmoor’s unique character and associated mysticism…
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