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After accepting a post as a music teacher at a country house, a woman begins to worry when she is followed by a mysterious stranger on her w

A young Lady employs Holmes to negotiate with London's most notorious blackmailer.

Holmes investigates the disappearance of the top player in the Cambridge University Rugby team on the eve of a match against Oxford.

A woman marries a meek, scientifically minded doctor but can't help comparing him to her much-admired artistic friends.

A writer becomes obsessed with a portrait of a young girl.

A man takes up an offer to stay with a charming but ferocious baron - who promises some unusual hunting near his cold Carpathian home.

Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.

A drifter describes making, spending and losing a few bucks.

A prize fighter struggles to survive in his twilight years. A lyrical Rocky 10.

During the French Revolution, three nuns and a priest live in fear of a man who appears to be watching them.

A couple are in agreement on the ethics of marriage but personal feelings, inevitably, intrude.

Two sisters readjust their lives following the death of their father.