dimarts, 11 de gener del 2011

Sherlock Holmes

I know Sherlock Holmes is a detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He's a brilliant detective famous for his reasoning, his ability to disguise and his forensic science skills.



Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a doctor, physician and writer who created Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson, two of the most known characters in all literature.
He wrote 9 books about Sherlock Holmes. One of he's stories tells the dead of Holmes and by the pressure from readers, he wrote another story were Holmes comes back.





THE BOOKS

A Study in Scarlet (1890)
This is the first Holmes novel and it appeared in a magazine called Beeton's Christmas Annual.

The Sign of the Four (1890)
A novel with 56 stories of Sherlock Holmes.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
Both The Blue Carbuncle and A Case of Identity appeared in this collection.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)
The Yellow Face appeared in this volume.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)

The Valley of Fear (1915)

His Last Bow (1917)

The Case-Book of Sherlock HOlmes (1927)

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