Arthur Conan Doyle

published in 1901 in England. The novel is a detective story, with the main protagonists Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. It was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a famous writer in the 20th Century. Doyle is commonly known for the characters he created. The names Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are known all around the world. At one point in his carrier Doyle was weary of his own character. He then wrote the last novel with his protagonist Sherlock Holmes and after this he even…

“A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Speckled Band” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are both narrated by Dr. Watson. Throughout the stories, Watson explains what is going on and what Holmes has discovered. However, Conan Doyle also uses Watson as a foil character to Sherlock. The things Watson describes are things most people would also see, yet what Sherlock tells him are things only Sherlock has the skills to observe and piece together. This is important because by seeing the events or people first…

A good murder mystery is made of success by having certain qualities. We can examine these qualities by the methods used by Edger Allen Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that maintains the interests of the reader in the murder mysteries, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Speckled Band. One quality is the narrator of the story. The narrators tell the story in their points of view. Another quality is the detective themselves. The different detecting skills. An additional quality is who the…

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes”, a famous quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes series; the series that inspired hundreds and thousands of curious readers to make the fictional concept of solving a crime using powerful substances into a real and tangible science that can be applied in real life. This elaborate discipline is called forensic science, and has become a large part of law enforcement and due process of criminal…

The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb was published by the Strand Magazine in 1892, and was the ninth short Sherlock Holmes story composed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of the Engineer's Thumb starts in 1889 after Watson's marriage. Victor Hath Hatherley is an engineer who has had his thumb cut off. Watson exhorts that they see Sherlock Holmes and the two men go to Baker Street, and Hatherley discloses to them how it happened. In the short story,…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the pioneers of the English detective fiction and he created a new trend in detective fiction through his Sherlock Holmes stories. He is the inspirational force behind many modern sleuths, who still show the traces of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective of the world. Many writers of the later centuries were greatly influenced by Doyle. Isaac Asimov, the popular American mastermind, is one of those writers, who were attracted by Doyle. Though he once…

“Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!” This is a famous quote from the novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book also has many movie adaptations. There are four main movie adaptations of the novel, but the one that this essay will look at is the 2002 variation. This essay will focus on the many similarities and differences between the two works. Some of the major differences between the novel and the movie is that in the movie, Holmes is…

“An Invitation to a Murder” and “The Dying Detective” Compare and Contrast “An Invitation to a Murder” written by Josh Pachter, along with “The Dying Detective” written by Arthur Conan Doyle share both comparisons and alterations. The two stories were mysteries that were both foul-play. The stories similarly involved premeditated circumstances. Finally, both had evidence that epitomized situational irony. When contrasting, “An Invitation to a Murder” was a locked-room mystery, having an…

Professor Moriarty was Sherlock Holmes's arch-enemy from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle series of Sherlock Holmes. Moriarty appears in The Final Problem from the book "Memoirs of Sherlock" where he fights Sherlock on the top of Reichenbach falls. He is mentioned in the books "His Last Bow" and "The Valley of Fear". Professor Moriarty was a good villian because he was a mathemtic pshycopath, consulting criminal, and obsessed with destroying Sherlock Holmes. Professor Moriarty was a pshycopath who…

that is set in motion. After watching Unlocking Sherlock directed by Susannah Ward shows me the extraordinary way as if they were peeling an onion, and showcasing the greatness of Sherlock. The original author for Sherlock is written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from late 18th century to early 19th century. I am in awe about how they bring a set of fictional stories to life. I’m able to say the same thing about disney films and how they are being recreated multiple times and in a variety of ways.…