Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (65438+May 22, 0859-65438+July 7, 0930)
UK Novelist Sherlock Holmes became one of the most important writers in the history of detective fiction. In addition, he also wrote many other types of novels, such as science fiction novels, historical novels, romance novels, dramas, poetry, etc.
Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh and was sent to Jesus Preparatory School when he was 9 years old. By the time he left school in 1875, Doyle had developed a distaste for Catholicism and had become an agnostic. From 1876 to 1881, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. After graduation, he went to work as a ship's doctor on the coast of West Africa. After returning to China in 1882, he began practicing medicine in Plymouth. However, his medical practice was not going well, and during this time Doyle began writing. After moving to Nanhai, he began to spend more time writing. Doyle's first important work was A Study in Scarlet, a detective novel published in Beaton's Christmas Annual in 1887. The protagonist of this novel is Sherlock Holmes, who later became famous.
Doyle married Louise Hawkins in 1885, but Hawkins died of tuberculosis in 1906. Doyle married Miss Joan Lakekey.
Doyle went to Vienna to study ophthalmology in 1890, and returned to London a year later to become an ophthalmologist, which gave him more time to write. Doyle wrote to his mother: "I am thinking of killing Sherlock Holmes... I want to get rid of him, get rid of him. He takes up too much of my time." 1893 12 In The Final Case , Doyle had Sherlock Holmes die at the Reichenbach Falls along with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. But the ending of the novel left readers unsatisfied, which led Doyle to eventually "resurrection" Sherlock Holmes. In 1903, Doyle published The Empty House, allowing Sherlock Holmes a narrow escape. Doyle wrote 56 short detective novels and 4 novellas throughout his life, all with Sherlock Holmes as the protagonist.
At the end of 19, the British Boer War in South Africa was condemned by the whole world. Doyle wrote a pamphlet called The South African War: Causes and Conduct in defense of the British. This book was translated into many languages ??and had a great influence. Doyle believed it was this book that led to him being knighted in 1902. Doyle ran for Congress twice in the early 20th century but was unsuccessful.
Doyle himself was involved in two interesting cases. In 1906, an Anglo-Indian lawyer was accused of sending threatening letters and abusing animals. Although the animals were still mistreated after the lawyer was arrested, police insisted the lawyer was guilty. It is worth noting that after this case, the Court of Criminal Appeal was established in the UK from 65438 to 0907. Therefore, it can be said that Moore not only helped lawyers, but also indirectly helped establish a grievance redress mechanism. Another time, in 1908, a German Jew who ran a casino was accused of attacking an 82-year-old woman with a stick.
In his later years, Doyle began to believe in spiritualism and even wrote several novels on this theme. Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930.
Work
Works about Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle wrote 60 stories, 56 short stories and 4 novellas. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine for 40 years, which was the norm at the time (Charles Dickens also published novels in a similar format). The story mainly takes place from 1878 to 1907, and the latest story is set in 1914. Two of the stories are written in the first voice of Sherlock Holmes, two are written in the third person, and the remainder are narrated by Watson.
Novel
A Study of Chinese Characters in Blood (1887)
The Symbol of Four (1890)
Baskerville The Hound (1901-1902)
The Uncanny Valley (1914-1915) (Professor Moriarty appears)
The Toxic Zone
Short Story
p>Adventures (1891-1892)
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" A Scandal in Bohemia
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" The Red-Headed League
Identity Cases
Sherlock Holmes Casebook "The Mysteries of Boscombe Vale"
Five Orange Stones
Twisted Lips Man
Blue Ruby
Spotted Band
Engineer's Thumb Glove
The Case of the Noble Bachelor
Green Pillar Liang Youbin
The Copper Beech Tree
Memoirs (1892-1893)
"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" Silver Flame
The Yellow Face
p>Security Broker's Clerk
Sloop "Gloria Scott" (Holmes' first case, dictated by Holmes, recorded by Watson)
< p>The Musgrave Ritual (another early Sherlock Holmes case)The Reigate Mystery
The Hunchback of Rome
The Sherlock Holmes Case Study Episode "The Hospital Patient"
Greek translation (Mycroft Holmes debuts; Holmes briefly introduces his family background.
Naval Agreement
The last case (Watson reports on the death of Sherlock Holmes)
Return to China (1903-1904)
The Empty House (The Return of Sherlock Holmes)
The Architect of Norwood
The Dancing Man
Cycling Alone
The Priory School
Black Peter
Charles Augustus Milverton
The Return of Sherlock Holmes "The Six Napoleons"
The Three Students
Sherlock ·The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes "The Gold Pince-nez"
The Missing Centre-back
The Return of Sherlock Holmes "Abbey Manor"
The Return of Sherlock Holmes "The Second Stain"
A Last Greeting (1908-1913, 1917)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes "Wisteria Cottage"
Sherlock· Sherlock Holmes Memoirs "The Cardboard Box"
The Red Circle
The Bruce Partington Project (Mycroft Holmes Debut)
The Dying Detective
Sherlock Holmes Case Collection "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax"
The Devil's Feet
The Conclusion of Sherlock Holmes (Third Person )
New Investigation (1921-1927)
The Sherlock Holmes Casebook "The Distinguished Client"
A White-Skinned Soldier
< p>The Crown Jewels Box (Third Person Tone)The Case of the Pediment
Vampires
The Three Garridebs
Sherlock Holmes Case collection "The Problem of Thor's Bridge"
Sherlock Holmes case collection "The Creeping Man"
The Lion's Mane (from Sherlock Holmes)
Mont The Tenant
Shocombe Town
The Retired Colorist
The Tragedy of Burr Hiiragi Manor
The Diehards
Other works
The Great Boer War (1900)
The Lost World (1912)
The New Enlightenment (1918)
p>Important Information (1919)
The History of Spiritualism
Conjuring Diseases of the Earth (Science Fiction)
The Malakut Abyss (Science Fiction) )