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    Alison M. Lewis who wrote “Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters,” he married a woman named Louisa Hawkins in 1885. Twelve years later he fell in love with another lady named Jean Elizabeth Leckie, but out of respect for his wife he kept their relationship friendly and nothing more. Bittersweetly for Doyle, Loiusa died of tuberculosis in 1906. The next year he was wed to Jean and they stayed together until her death in 1940 (Lewis 114). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also had five children in his lifetime

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    (Avva 1) Dhanush Avva White English 1 3 December 2015 Author Study: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Mastermind Writer The name of Arthur Conan Doyle has become synonymous with classic detective fiction. Doyle is the creator of two of the most well-loved and widely recognized fictional characters of modern literature—the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend and assistant Dr. John Watson. Holmes has continued to impress generations

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    “The differences are obvious” as Arthur Conan-Doyle states. (Doyle, 51) As all stories that have been both stories and books, there will he obviously some similarities and some differences between the two versions. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan-Doyle and the more recent movie in the 2012 TV series “Sherlock”, are two great examples to compare and contrast story lines. It is these two pieces that I will be writing about. Returning to Doyle’s quote, it is obvious while looking for

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    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, and passed on July 7,1930 of a heart attack. He was born into a prosperous Irish family in which he was the eldest son of ten children of Mary Foley Doyle and Charles Doyle. His father, Charles Doyle was not an artist by profession but was responsible for some of the earlier illustrations in his sons series of Sherlock Holmes. His father was also a chronic alcoholic. Mary Foley Doyle was master storyteller with a passion for books which shows in Arthur

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    Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of The Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles - GCSE Coursework Essay In this essay I aim to look at how the settings in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of The Baskervilles affect the atmosphere of the book. I will discuss a number of areas of the novel among these how the main settings of the novel compare and contrast with each other, The history, description and pre-knowledge of the main settings, The characters reactions to their surroundings

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    “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” written by Conan Doyle can be approached from many spheres. Being critical we only challenge ourselves to over whelm and announce a more grandiose work upcoming, or being a marvels critic oppose the massive feedback of readers worldwide. Approaching the matter in a positive way is a result of individuals who have been inspired by detectives. The character of Sherlock Holmes does represent detectives in the best way. In an imaginative and yet realistic readers

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    Literature has been the gateway to imagination and curiosity of the human mind. It enables people to see the world through the perspective of another. As one dives deeper into a novel, they begin a journey through each page of an experience like no other. While literature is ultimately just written words on a page, one can visualize themselves in a totally different world, yet still be in the comfort of their own home just by the power of imagination that is presented with a novel. Most specifically

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    and Watson were running away from the great beast that was chasing them. The beast was big large and fast. Watson pulled out his gun and pow the beast fell to the barren wasteland ground. In the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Conan Doyle,the mystery elements that were used were main conflict,setting,characterization , and the author´s techniques of giving clues. As the reader followed that the plot of the novel, the main conflict is the person versus person, or the unfortunate

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    “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” was spoken by Sherlock Holmes, a famous English Literature icon, and Sherlock lived by this too. Arthur Conan Doyle was a doctor who lived in Scotland, although he is more publicly known as the author for the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories. While he never intended on becoming a writer, he has still set the six fundamental requirements for a good mystery story. These six requirements include the crime

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    The purpose of this project is to assess whether Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories, has Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASP). Antisocial Personality Disorder is a personality disorder characterized by impairments in personality functioning, along with the presence of multiple pathological personality traits. Many aspects of Sherlock Holmes’ personality and behavior are indicative of ASP. In order to demonstrate this, I used the Diagnostic and Statistical

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