Stories have always infatuated audiences. Tales of warriors, leaders, and heroes captivate the populace and fill it with wonder. Many look to these fictional stories for comfort and meaning, but when readers follow only the stories they miss the opportunity to enjoy the greatest men and women of all, the authors. The authors are the ones who create the amazing worlds that are filled with people worth reading about. There is no author that has done this as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Doyle named Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born May 22, 1859. He was the third of nine children in his Irish Family. Doyle’s father Charles Altamont Doyle was a part time artist who battled alcoholism and was the family’s only source of income, because of …show more content…
He worked for a while as the medical officer on a steamship heading to Africa. Afterwards Doyle began his own private practice in Portsmouth, England. In 1885 Doyle married his first wife Louisa Hawkins. A year after his marriage Doyle put the finishing touches on his first novella A Study in Scarlet. This story marked the first ever appearance of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation Sherlock Holmes. The story initially was rejected by various publishers and the full rights to the story were eventually sold for twenty five euros. A Study in Scarlet was published the next year in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. Sherlock Holmes officially launched Doyle’s writing career and allowed him countless more opportunities to write countless more stories and officially retire from medicine. In an ironic twist of fate Doyle’s most famous creation became a thorn in his side. Doyle saw Holmes as an obstacle stopping him from writing his true passion “chivalric, historical novels based on British history” (Discovering Sherlock Holmes). In an attempt to stop writing Holmes, Doyle began raising his price for each Sherlock Holmes story, but in an unexpected turn publishers paid Doyle no matter how high the price went. Finally in one last desperate attempt to separate himself from Holmes, Doyle’s killed of Sherlock Holmes in the 1893 story “The Final …show more content…
She passed on July 4, 1906. Doyle later remarried Jean Elizabeth Leckie who he widely considered his first true love. Later on in his life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became an advocate and spokesperson for Spiritualism. Having been converted in college Doyle was an avid believer in psychic mediums, ghost, and even fairies. He wrote papers supporting the belief system and even set up a séance for after he passed. Near the end of his life Doyle became ill with Angina Pectoris, a disease that causes chest pain, and was told to stop all travel immediately by his doctor. Despite this warning Doyle traveled to the Netherlands for a Spiritualism tour. When he returned he had a severe chest pain that left him bedridden. On July 7, 1930 Doyle rose and walked to his garden were his picked a flower and suffered a heart attack. His final words to his wife were “You are
Doyle named Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born May 22, 1859. He was the third of nine children in his Irish Family. Doyle’s father Charles Altamont Doyle was a part time artist who battled alcoholism and was the family’s only source of income, because of …show more content…
He worked for a while as the medical officer on a steamship heading to Africa. Afterwards Doyle began his own private practice in Portsmouth, England. In 1885 Doyle married his first wife Louisa Hawkins. A year after his marriage Doyle put the finishing touches on his first novella A Study in Scarlet. This story marked the first ever appearance of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation Sherlock Holmes. The story initially was rejected by various publishers and the full rights to the story were eventually sold for twenty five euros. A Study in Scarlet was published the next year in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. Sherlock Holmes officially launched Doyle’s writing career and allowed him countless more opportunities to write countless more stories and officially retire from medicine. In an ironic twist of fate Doyle’s most famous creation became a thorn in his side. Doyle saw Holmes as an obstacle stopping him from writing his true passion “chivalric, historical novels based on British history” (Discovering Sherlock Holmes). In an attempt to stop writing Holmes, Doyle began raising his price for each Sherlock Holmes story, but in an unexpected turn publishers paid Doyle no matter how high the price went. Finally in one last desperate attempt to separate himself from Holmes, Doyle’s killed of Sherlock Holmes in the 1893 story “The Final …show more content…
She passed on July 4, 1906. Doyle later remarried Jean Elizabeth Leckie who he widely considered his first true love. Later on in his life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became an advocate and spokesperson for Spiritualism. Having been converted in college Doyle was an avid believer in psychic mediums, ghost, and even fairies. He wrote papers supporting the belief system and even set up a séance for after he passed. Near the end of his life Doyle became ill with Angina Pectoris, a disease that causes chest pain, and was told to stop all travel immediately by his doctor. Despite this warning Doyle traveled to the Netherlands for a Spiritualism tour. When he returned he had a severe chest pain that left him bedridden. On July 7, 1930 Doyle rose and walked to his garden were his picked a flower and suffered a heart attack. His final words to his wife were “You are