The World of Sherlock Holmes: The Behind-the-Scenes Life of a Great Detective and the Novel Background

Author: (English) Martin Fido
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world of fiction. He is a bit eccentric but highly intelligent! Known for his unparalleled deductive reasoning. This detective, wearing a deerstalker hat and smoking a large pipe, has been immortalized by illustrators and actors. Conan Doyle had killed Sherlock Holmes in 1893. However, later, due to pressure from readers, he had to bring him back to life. The protagonist of the novel, Sherlock Holmes, has now become a globally recognized figure. Sherlock Holmes' office has also become a tourist attraction. The works are logical, engaging, and have a dynamic structure, with vivid characters that reflect the realities of British society at the time. For his artistic achievements, the renowned British novelist W. Somerset Maugham once said, "Compared to the Sherlock Holmes series written by Conan Doyle, no detective novel has ever enjoyed such great fame." Conan Doyle is known as the "Father of English Detective Fiction" and is one of the world's bestselling authors.