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Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes was created by Arthur Conan Doyle. As well as the author himself, Sherlock was a follower of Spiritualism and firmly believed in fairies and even ghosts.
"Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand. "
~~ Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is one of the greatest and best-known fictional characters in English literature. He was the central character in fifty-six short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is a "consulting detective" specializing in crime, and the stories are told by his friend and chronicler, the famous Dr. John H. Watson. Holmes is known for using his amazing art of deduction to solve what seem to be unsolvable crimes--though he would be the first to tell anyone who asked, as he frequently tells Dr. Watson, that he is only observing "elementary" facts that anyone having eyes to see, would see just as well.
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He is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries but still keeps being a true character in the numerous people’s imagination. His first published appearance took place in 1887.
There have been more than 260 movies, two musicals and even a ballet called "The Great Detective" – all featuring Sherlock Holmes.
In 1964, the stories and books of Sherlock Holmes efforts were the second biggest seller world wide. The bible was in the number one position!
In "The Sign Of Four" written in 1890, we discovered that our beloved detective was addicted to cocaine and morphine.
Holmes is modeled after the Scottish physician Joseph Bell, a teacher for Arthur Conan Doyle.
The most notable story for Holmes is “The Hounds of Baskervilles.”
Four novels and fifty-six short-stories featuring his creation were written by the author. Almost all were narrated by the detective’s friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson. The exceptions are two stories narrated by Holmes himself and two more written in the third person.
The stories describe a period from 1878 up to 1903. The final case takes place in 1914.
“The Strand” was one of the first magazines where the stories appeared and they continued to do so for over forty years.
"Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!"
There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast. "
"It is a question of cubic capacity. A man with so large a brain must have something in it."
"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward. "
"Although he [Lestrade] is absolutely devoid of reason, he is as tenacious as a bulldog when he once understands what he has to do. "
"To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived. "
"My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining light as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Don't you see that the converse is equally valid. I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children."
"It is one of those instances where the reasoner can produce an effect which seems remarkable to his neighbor, because the latter has missed the one little point which is the basis of the deduction. "
I have no desire to make mysteries, but it is impossible at the moment of action to enter into long and complex explanations. "
"To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. "
"I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor."
"Malingering is a subject upon which I have sometimes thought of writing a monograph."
"I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers. "
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence. "
"Only one important thing has happened in the last three days, and that is that nothing has happened. "
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