The Black Doctor, the Original Short Story:

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Bishop's Crossing is a small village lying ten miles in a south-westerly direction from Liverpool. Here in the early seventies there settled a doctor named Aloysius Lana. Nothing was known locally either of his antecedents or of the reasons which had prompted him to come to this Lancashire hamlet. Two facts only were certain about him; the one that he had gained his medical qualification with some distinction at Glasgow; the other that he came undoubtedly of a tropical race, and was so dark that he might almost have had a strain of the Indian in his composition. His predominant features were, however, European, and he possessed a stately courtesy and carriage which suggested a Spanish extraction.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories, Audiobook, Classics, Detective

26 pages, Paperback

Published May 13, 2015

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Diamond Cowboy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good. I shall give a review at a later date.

[Richard Dominguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an audio book for me. I thought it was a great story, that kept me intrigued to the very end. The story of a murdered Dr and the innocent man accused of his death.
It is not by far the best of Conan's work, but it carries it's own and has a nice surprise towards the end.
I would recommend this .... (just under and hour long)

[Charles van Buren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weak mystery/court room drama

This story was first published in "The Strand Magazine in October 1898 and later collected in several anthologies. It was also adapted for television as an episode of the BBC TV series "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" broadcast in 1967.

The black doctor does not refer to race but to a swarthy or dark complexion as in the term Black Irish. The doctor in the story eventually proves to be from Argentina.

I did not enjoy this mystery/crime drama. The evidence presented in the story is far too weak for there to have been any likelihood of a successful prosecution for murder. The English legal system is, of course, different from the American. Perhaps under that system the evidence is sufficient.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐





The two women made their way into the study, having first dispatched the maidservant to the police-station. They found the doctor dead upon the floor.

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining mystery 🎧
Another will written British mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The characters are interesting. The story line is set in a small village in England. The doctor is from Argentina but he is found dead in his office and the fun begins. I would recommend to anyone looking for a quick read. Enjoy 2021 🕵️‍♂️🎩

[Jose Antonio · Rating 4 out of 5]

“El médico moreno” de Conan Doyle es un relato de intriga en la línea de los del canon de Sherlock Holmes, incluso mejor que muchos de ellos. Aquí no tenemos las deducciones holmesianas pero sí las sorpresas y giros con explicación aclaratoria final. Brillante. No hago referencias al argumento porque en este tipo de relatos es esencial y un destripe estropea la lectura.

[Teemu Öhman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guess the plot twist wasn't that old 125 years ago when this mystery story was written, but by now it's become quite ridiculous. Other than that the short story was another good one, read very skillfully by Greg Wagland / Magpie Audio.

3.5/5

[Jini · Rating 3 out of 5]

He left her heartbroken over the broken engagement and then grief-stricken over his death and later as an afterthought sent her a letter. How can this translate into 'much devoted to her'?

[Genesis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that Mr. Lana was going to be send to prison. I was gladly wrong.

[Christina Geoghegan]

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[Christina Geoghegan]

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[Janete on hiatus due health issues · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh, Lord! Give me patience, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Rolynn Thornton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I had only read his Sherlock Holmes series. It was good

[Sorkunde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining 19th century thriller filled with classism, hence the phrase 'The Black Doctor' perhaps in contrast with the British villagers of. The series of wrong diagnosed about the murder make it so hard to put aside.

[Alba Marin · Rating 3 out of 5]

great short story by the best crime writer ever!