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The Stark Munro Letters

Being series of twelve letters written by J. Stark Munro, M.B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881-1884

by Arthur Conan Doyle

"The Stark Munro Letters" by Arthur Conan Doyle is an epistolary novel published in 1895. Written shortly after killing off Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle crafted this deeply autobiographical work to pursue a more literary direction. Through twelve letters spanning 1881 to 1884, young medical graduate J. Stark Munro writes to his American friend, detailing his struggles to establish a practice alongside the brilliant but eccentric James Cullingworth. The novel explores themes of faith, family relationships, and the author's journey from Catholicism toward spiritualism.

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