Holmes claims to be a criminal investigation consultant, which means that other detectives or private detectives often turn to him for help when they are in trouble. Holmes can often solve many difficult problems without leaving home, but most of the stories focus on some difficult cases that need Holmes to go out to investigate. Holmes is good at solving problems through observation, deductive reasoning and legal knowledge.
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Conan Doyle's contribution to detective stories is enormous. The story structure, reasoning skills and ingenious conception of his novels set a good example for this kind of novels. He is a well-deserved master of literature, pushing detective stories into a brand-new era.
The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes can be described as an immortal classic that opened the "golden age" of detective novels, which is popular all over the world and is the most respected detective novel in history.
The archetype of Sherlock Holmes;
Joseph bell is the main prototype of Sherlock Holmes, but he is not the only prototype. Henry Duncan Littlejohn, a famous Edinburgh forensic doctor, health inspector and autopsy, also injected some personality into Holmes.
Henry was involved in the investigation of almost all the incidents. He was involved in the murder and death in Edinburgh at that time. He initiated "fingerprint identification" and "photo evidence" in the history of criminal investigation. From 1980s to 1990s, when Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes, Henry happened to be in his most active period.
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