Sherlock Homes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He loved literature as a child.
By age 14, he had learned French so that he could read Jules Verne in the original"

-He studied medicine at Edinburgh University. One of his professors, Dr Joseph bell, was excellent at observation and deduction. He inspired the creation of Sherlock Holmes.

-In the 1880s, Conan Doyle worked as an eye specialist in the south of England. He didn't have ,any patients, so he began writing stories... and created Sherlock Holmes!


SHERLOCK HOLMES

Books:
Sherlock Holmes appears in 60 stories, published between 1887 and 1927. Seven million hardbacks and 100 million paperbacks have been sold. There are translations in 62 language, and books printed in Braille. Sherlock Holmes' big rival bestsellers are Shakespeare, the Bible and...Harry Potter, of course

Films and adaptations
-With Dracula, Sherlock Holmes is the literary character who is in the most films. More than 70 actors have played him in more than 200 films. But that's not all: The adventures of Sherlock Holmes have been for theater, TV, cartoons and radio. There was a musical, and ballet to! Incredible no?

SHERLOCK HOLMES MEMORABILIA.
Hundreds of business sell Sherlock Holmes memorabilia: from quill pens to mugs with his silhouette. But Conan Doyle never described Holmes's accessories himself! An illustrator invented the famous hat and cape for The Strand Magazine, wich first published the stories. Later, an actor was first to use a curly pipe to play Sherlock Holmes on stage.