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221B Baker Street: Rough Draft Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born, May 22, 1859 (wikipedia.com). He “was, in fact, one of the most fascinating and complex people of his age. He was an adventurer, a scientist and physician, a crusader for an eclectic and often unpopular set of causes, a deeply spiritual lapsed Catholic, a loyal and faithful husband who waited until after his wife’s death to marry the woman he really loved, and an incredibly versatile writer not only of detective fiction but also of

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

According to the English crime writer P.D. James (1920-) “for a book to be described as detective fiction there must be a central mystery and one that by the end of the book is solved satisfactorily and logically, not by good luck or intuition, but by intelligent deduction from clues honestly if deceptively presented.” (James. 2009: 16). This is traditionally conducted via a detective; a figure deployed within the narrative structure ‘whose occupation is to investigate crimes’ (Oxford. 2006: 202)

Throughout many novels authors use the methods of characterization to describe the characters in their book. In The Hound of the Baskervilles the Author Arthur Conan Doyle develops by using three of the methods of characterization first he gives Jack Stapleton by giving him a physical description, next he uses the methods of thoughts and dialogue. Lastly the Doyle uses the methods of action or incident to analyze how Jack reacted to the incident. In the book the the narrator, Mr. Watson, gives

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote novels, short stories, poems and autobiographical works. In 1890, his novel, A Study in Scarlet, introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. He also strove to spread his spiritualism and faith through a series of books that were written from 1918 to 1926. Doyle had many struggles in his life, but became a better person through all the hard times. His struggles show how much

Power is the one thing that makes the world go around and that is evident in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”. Within the story, there are two ways that the characters can receive their power, through their knowledge and from their ability to obtain money. Power is affected by a few factors that either make it more difficult to obtain power or make it easier to use ones power. How one reacts to power and obtains their power is affected by factors of gender and agency, by

Arthur Conan Doyle chooses Watson instead of Holmes, because Watson is more of a person someone can relate to, and Holmes is very arrogant and eccentric. Even though Watson is not as skilled at solving crimes as Holmes is, without Watson, Sherlock Holmes would not be who he is as a character. Holmes has a lot of admiration because of his name but many individuals cannot relate to him because of his arrogance, nonetheless when you are reading, Watson is the character we can relate to more. If Sherlock

of time, the contradiction between good and evil has been present in all stages of life. Everybody is capable of having good and evil in their lives, is just a great part of what defines a human being. In the books of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, there are many villainous characters that are constantly forcing this detective to go out of his way and offer a more honorable sense of justice. Specifically, Professor Moriarty, as is known as the most mysterious, popular and clever of all

Arthur Conan Doyle's life experiences influenced his writings in ways that a lot of his readers understand a love. Its as if he wants his reads to be able to see his life and what he seen and done through his eyes.. An excellent example of him using his life to create his writings are in, The Hound of the Baskervilles. As a child enrolled in boarding school, Doyle excelled in many things. Particularly, Doyle was very athletic and he did very well at many sports. The character of Sherlock Holmes demonstrates

Suspense in Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles When Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle was writing The Hound of the Baskervilles it was the era of Queen Victoria. He used Victorian England for the setting because it increased tension. The Victorian times were a frightening and eerie time. There were flickering gas lamps, which lit the streets casting scary shadows, and also there was a weak police force and crime, prostitution, drug abuse and murders were common. Factories made the