Sir Arthur Conan Doyle S Sherlock Holmes

With 62 stories of the detective it is the most numerous of conan doyle recurring characters.

Sir arthur conan doyle s sherlock holmes. The 62 stories includes 4 novels and 58 short stories. 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. Arthur conan doyle 1859 1930 sherlock holmes s creator in 1914 edgar allan poe s c. He works compulsively on all his cases and his deductive powers are phenomenal.

About conan doyle about us. With nigel stock peter cushing douglas wilmer peter madden. Conan doyle may have been influenced also by his admiration for the neat plots of gaboriau and for poe s detective m. His body of work includes nearly 200 novels short stories poems historical books and pamphlets.

Over 125 years after his creation sherlock holmes remains the most popular fictional detective in history. Auguste dupinis generally acknowledged as the first detective in fiction and served as the prototype for many later characters including holmes. Sir arthur ignatius conan doyle kstj dl 22 may 1859 7 july 1930 was a british writer and medical doctor. Arthur conan doyle is best known for the 60 stories he wrote about sherlock holmes.

You are yourself sherlock holmes and well you know it he wrote him. Conan doyle dedicated the adventures of sherlock holmes to dr. A series of sherlock holmes adaptations based on the stories of sir arthur conan doyle. Joseph bell of the edinburgh infirmary a man with spectacular powers of observation analysis and inference.

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. He is an amateur detective with powerful observation and deduction abilities. 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 wrote 62 stories of sherlock holmes published between 1887 and 1927.