2020年10月24日 · In “The Leather Funnel,” Doyle stands head and shoulders above many lesser writers who would have relished describing the water swelling her belly, the vomit splashing on the cobblestones, the cries and moans as her nubile body became drenched in water and her white shift clung to her flesh and turned pink.

The story is about a leather funnel that has a connection to the infamous Marquise de Brinvilliers, a notorious French poisoner and murderer from the 17th century. The narrator's friend, Lionel Dacre, owns the funnel and believes it was used as an …

I did so, and found that what I had imagined to be wood was in reality leather, though age had dried it into an extreme hardness. It was a large funnel, and might hold a quart when full. The brass rim encircled the wide end, but the narrow was also tipped with metal. “What do you make of it?” asked Dacre.

imagined to be wood was in reality leather, though age had dried it into an extreme hard-ness. It was a large funnel, and might hold a quart when full. The brass rim encircled the wide end, but the narrow was also tipped with metal. “What do you make of it?” asked Dacre. “I …

The Leather Funnel: Directed by Alan Gibson, Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Christopher Lee, Simon Ward, Jane Seymour. When a young man discovers a curious funnel made of leather, he has a presentiment that it was once used as an instrument of torture.

2019年10月7日 · “The Leather Funnel” brings her back to life in the narrator’s dreams. That’s a pretty terrifying premise for a story, Sherlock or no Sherlock. And that’s quite a trick on Doyle’s part.

There was no trace of asceticism upon his heavy face, but there was much mental force in his huge, dome-like skull, which curved upward from amongst his thinning locks, like a snowpeak above its fringe of fir trees. His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character.

The story that was chosen as the standout was “The Leather Funnel,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, who was by the time he wrote this pretty sick and tired of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, or at a minimum needed a palate cleanser before chewing on his next case.

The Leather Funnel My friend, Lionel Dacre, lived in the Avenue de Wagram, Paris. His house was that small one, with the iron railings and grass plot in front of it, on the left-hand side as you pass down from the Arc de Triomphe.

2003年1月1日 · A leather funnel retains a certain latent memory, one of the waterboarding of a Madame de Brinvilliers, an infamous Medieval poisoner, which is re-experienced by the protagonist during his stay at his wealthy friend's home (Lionel Dacre).