American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
poor background, father alcoholic
strict Catholic school
studied medicine
Friend Dr Bell: similarities with Holmes.
adventurous life (ship surgeon, whale ship, Boer War)
After death of his son: spiritism and paranormal to make contact with his deceased relatives.
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Sherlock Holmes
combination of razor-sharp detective (Sherlock) and less bright colleague (Dr Watson).
Doyle had enough of Sherlock: lets him die in a waterfall (The final problem) but was pressured to let Holmes survive the fall.
best known:
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
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Bonus Material
In the next website you can read about the unidentified killer known as Jack the Ripper who murdered a series of women in the Whitechapel area of London during 1888 and his influence on late-Victorian literature.
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