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THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE is a novel by British author, SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. It was first published in 1890 by CHATTO &WINDUS in London that year. In 1915 a silent film adaptation THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE was released. A 1958 BBC television adaptation THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE was also produced.
John Girdlestone owns the firm of Girdlestone. It is a very lucrative business and John Girdlestone and his son Ezra Girdlestone are respected by everyone. A series of disastrous speculations by the elder Girdlestone financially ruins the firm. They resort to chicanery to save the firm. Their plan is to o claim to have found diamond mine, which will cause the price of diamonds to plumet and they can buy diamonds cheaply before the fraud is discovered and the price goes back up. It doesn’t work. They try other unsuccessful schemes to replace their lost wealth.
THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE
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