Sir Arthur Conan Doyle S Sherlock Holmes
When conan doyle came back to holmes in the copyrighted stories between 1923 and 1927 it was no longer enough that the holmes character was the most brilliant rational and analytical mind.
Sir arthur conan doyle s sherlock holmes. He created the character sherlock holmes in 1887 when he published a study in scarlet the first of four novels and fifty six short stories about holmes and dr. You are yourself sherlock holmes and well you know it he wrote him. Holmes has essentially an obsessive personality. With 62 stories of the detective it is the most numerous of conan doyle recurring characters.
He works compulsively on all his cases and his deductive powers are phenomenal. Sherlock holmes is a fictional character created by arthur conan doyle between 1887 and 1927 in 62 cases 4 novels and 58 short stories. Arthur conan doyle is best known for the 60 stories he wrote about sherlock holmes. Arthur conan doyle wrote 62 stories of sherlock holmes published between 1887 and 1927.
His body of work includes nearly 200 novels short stories poems historical books and pamphlets. Conan doyle may have been influenced also by his admiration for the neat plots of gaboriau and for poe s detective m. Arthur conan doyle 1859 1930 sherlock holmes s creator in 1914 edgar allan poe s c. The 62 stories includes 4 novels and 58 short stories.
He is an amateur detective with powerful observation and deduction abilities. Sir arthur ignatius conan doyle kstj dl 22 may 1859 7 july 1930 was a british writer and medical doctor. His detective sherlock holmes was modeled in part after dr. Auguste dupinis generally acknowledged as the first detective in fiction and served as the prototype for many later characters including holmes.
Over 125 years after his creation sherlock holmes remains the most popular fictional detective in history. Bell who gave credit to the author for sherlock holmes s genius. Joseph bell of the edinburgh infirmary a man with spectacular powers of observation analysis and inference. About conan doyle about us.