Conan O'Brien

investigation, some red herrings to throw the reader off, and a lot of action. But, most of all, detective stories need a good and qualified detective at the helm. Easily the most famous of all detectives in the genre and possibly the world is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Being the most enduring character of detective stories, he is known for having “an obsessive personality.” Two traits of many, placidity and arrogance, come together to define Sherlock Holmes an enduring character.…

The first dystopian piece of fiction to be created is credited to the work of H.G. Wells, who published The Time Machine in 1895. Since The Time Machine, hundreds of thousands of dystopian fiction works have been published, making it one of the most popular genres in works with young adult audiences, be it literature or movies. The movie The Hunger Games, based on a book published in 2008 by Suzanne Collins, is one of these works of dystopian fiction. The dystopian genre has several common…

Kate Chopin, born from Katherine O’flaherty, was an American author of short stories and novels. Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies. Although these writers are almost a generation apart in age, both individuals display a remarkable similarity in their lives. Each has written a tongue twisting story about how love takes a toll on a human being and eventually leading them into death. Though…

Irene Adler: The Unexpected Victor In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal In Bohemia,” one of the first things mentioned is Sherlock Holmes’ lasting impression of Irene Adler. It becomes clear to the reader within the first few sentences of this short story that Sherlock Holmes was captivated by this mysterious woman. It is not until the end of the story that the reader learns why Holmes, who formerly seemed to mostly disregard the opposite sex, was so enamored with this particular woman.…

Author (Sir) Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, in year 1886. Transcending literature onto stage and screen, Sherlock Holmes continues to fascinate audiences to this day. The Sherlock Holmes exhibition of The Museum of London titled “The Man Who Never Lived And Will Never Die”, London’s first on the detective since 1951, uses early film, photography and paintings plus original Victorian era artefacts to recreate the atmosphere of Sherlock’s London, and to…

Literary Universe 2016 - Yesterday our detective, Sherlock Holmes, just saved another person’s life. Helen Stoner, a young woman who fears that her life is being threatened by her stepfather. Sir Grimesby Roylott, is a doctor who practiced in India and is married to Helen’s mother who had past away. Helen’s sister died two years ago before she was going to be married. Helen heard her sister’s dying words “The speckled band!” but she was very confused about what it meant. Helen went to see…

In the short stories of Sherlock Holmes and the movie, there was many differences. From my observations of reading the short stories I noticed that nowhere in the short stories was mentioned about him in a car. But in the movie there is a few scenes where there’s cars and I saw him in one of them. From this in formation I have to say that the short stories and movie take place in different time periods. Another difference I found was the way Sherlock Holmes acted. His attitude in the book was…

Introduction "Death's Acre" reminisces the career of a forensic hero named Dr. Bill Bass. He is the founder of the well­known "Body Farm" at the University of Tennessee. This extraordinary site is the world's only research location committed to observing deceased human decomposition. The research information collected at the Body Farm has helped Bass and police solve many grotesque homicides and lock up some very morbid murderers. The story is based mainly around these cases, which give it a…

Every hard working detective such as Sherlock Holmes knows how to accumulate clues to a crime. In Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery story,”The Adventure of the Speckled Band,”Holmes makes his presence in the investigation of a young woman’s death, with suspicion of the stepfather Dr. Roylott. Holmes finds out the motive, discovers a building fault that could conclude to a clue. Additionally, he discovers a mysterious restriction to an everyday furniture item. This unusual restraint to an everyday…

and literature. A strange fact of two crime novels The Hound of the Baskerville and Eeny Meeny have several similarities in basics of storylines and background of the novels; however, the details of the novels contain only few similarities. Arthur Conan Doyle and M.J. Arlidge, the authors of the two novels, were born and raised in same area London in United Kingdom; both use the background of novels as England. Since both books have same genre crime, the basic and goal of the books are related.…