Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859~ 1930), born in Edinburgh, Scotland, became one of the most important writers in the history of detective novels by portraying a successful detective character-Sherlock Holmes. Can be called the originator of detective mystery novels. His representative works include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (including A Study of Blood Characters, Four Signs, The Hound of the Baskerville, etc. ).

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.

In addition, he has written many other types of novels, such as The Lost World, whose works involve science fiction, suspense, historical novels, love novels, plays, poems and so on.

Conan Edogawa, the protagonist of G?sh? Aoyama animated film Detective Conan, was named after him.

The life of the character

Conan Doyle liked literature since he was a child, and he was the editor-in-chief of the school magazine when he was in middle school. Graduated from Edinburgh Medical University, practicing medicine 10 for many years, earning only one living allowance. After writing detective stories.

Conan Doyle was sent to Jesus Preparatory School at the age of 9. By the time he left school on 1875, Doyle had developed an aversion to Catholicism and became an agnostic.

1876 to 188 1, studying medicine at Edinburgh University. After graduation, he went to the coast of West Africa as a ship doctor. 1882 started practicing medicine in Portsmouth after returning to China. However, his medical practice was not very smooth, during which Doyle began to write. After moving to Nanhai, he began to spend more time on writing.

Doyle's first important work is A Study of Blood Characters, a detective novel published in Beaton Christmas Annual at the price of 1887. The novel was published after several rejections, and the protagonist was Sherlock Holmes who became famous later.

Doyle married Louise Hawkins in 1885 and Louise Hawkins died in 1906. Doyle married Miss Joan Leckie. Doyle has five children, two of whom are children of his first wife and the other three are children of his second wife.

Doyle went to Vienna to study medicine in 0/890, and returned to London to become an ophthalmologist in 0/89/0/,which gave him more time to write. Doyle wrote in a letter to his mother: "I am thinking of killing Sherlock Holmes ... I want to get rid of him and get rid of it." He takes up too much of my time. "

1893 12 In The Last Case, Doyle let Sherlock Holmes and his sworn enemy Professor moriarty die together at Lessingbach Falls. The ending of the novel surprised the readers. They don't want to believe that a great detective died like this. At that time, many people in London wore black veil to commemorate Sherlock Holmes, and even some women cursed Conan Doyle as an animal.

The reader's love and persistence for Sherlock Holmes made Doyle finally "resurrect" Sherlock Holmes. 1903, Doyle published The Empty House, which saved Sherlock Holmes from death. Then he wrote detective stories, such as The Hound of the Baskerville and uncanny valley.

Sherlock Holmes has become a household name in the world. In Doyle's life, there are 56 detective short stories and 4 novellas featuring Sherlock Holmes, while other short stories, such as The Brand of Romance, have no fixed protagonist.

/kloc-At the end of 0/9, the British Boer War in South Africa was condemned by the whole world. Doyle wrote a pamphlet entitled "The War in South Africa: Causes and Actions" to defend Britain.

This book has been translated into many languages and published, which has a great influence. Doyle believes that it was this book that made him knighted in 1902. Doyle ran for Congress twice in the early 20th century, but neither was elected.

Doyle himself was involved in two interesting cases. 1906 once, an anglo-Indian lawyer was accused of sending threatening letters and cruelty to animals. Although the animals were still abused after the lawyer was arrested, the police insisted that the lawyer was guilty. It is worth noting that after this case, the criminal appeal court was established in Britain, from 65438 to 0907.

Therefore, it can be said that Moore not only helped lawyers, but also indirectly helped to establish a grievance appeal mechanism. Another time was in 1908, when a German Jew who ran a casino was accused of attacking an old woman of 100 with a stick.

In his later years, Doyle began to believe in spiritualism and even wrote several novels about it. Arthur Conan Doyle died on1July 7, 930. "Truth is like steel, honesty is like a sword" is Sir Conan Doyle's epitaph.

In the 20th century, when "ghost photography" prevailed in World War I, william hope in Britain continued to carry forward "ghost photography" in the aftermath of World War I, and even won the support of Conan Doyle. The latter wrote a book called Ghost Photography at 1922. Doyle even ended his friendship with magician Harry Houdini when he publicly mocked that "ghost photographers are ridiculous".

2. Introduction to Sherlock Holmes:

An investigation into many classic Sherlock Holmes cases. A Study of Blood Characters, The Signs of Four, The Hound of the Baskerville, The Lost World, uncanny valley, The Last Salute, The Silver Horse, The Yellow Man, Gloria Scott and The sloop? , the riddle of Regatt, Musgrave ceremony, hunchback, secretary of securities broker, hospitalized patient;

Last case? Greek translator, naval agreement, Bohemian scandal, red hair society, identity case, spotted tape case, engineer's thumb case, aristocratic bachelor case, emerald crown case, Boscombe case, Bixi Valley secret case and so on.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (A Collection of arthur conan doyle's Novels)

The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of novels by British writer arthur conan doyle. The protagonist is Sherlock Holmes (also translated as Sherlock Holmes), with 4 long stories and 56 short stories.

The first novel, A Study of Blood Characters, was completed on 1886, and published in Beaton Christmas Yearbook together with other works the following year. It has been adapted into movies and TV series many times.

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes