Sherlock Holmes

He described himself as the world's first consulting detective.

correction he described himself as the world's only consulting detective.

'. . . That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.'

'The only unofficial detective?' I said, raising my eyebrows.

'The only unofficial consulting detective,` he answered.

-- 'The Sign of Four'

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Because that was when mystery books written the way Sherlock Holmes is were flourishing. People enjoyed reading Sherlock back in England because that's the way people spoke back then.

In Victorian times, England was colonising and prospering abroad. Her ships brought back not only wealth but also new information. Like in the Renaissance times in Italy, science commenced to stir in England. People very much liked Holmes stories, which had a rich and thought-provoking scientific background. After a lonely Jules Verne, England and the world was looking for the right person to appear with works that could satisfy their new appetites. Moreover, the appearance of a detached, intelligent and lofty character of integrity and English reserve on the literature scene pleased the public. That was why Sherlock Holmes was popular in the Victorian times and continues to be so since then.

The createspace version has 114 pages. It was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is the book that introduces the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters.

It's the fifth Sherlock Holmes book. It's about a very rich man named Charles Baskerville who died of fright, apparently. His nephew, Henry Baskerville, is to come to England to claim his inheritance and take over the estate. There's a family curse about a demon dog who terrorizes every Baskerville, and it's said that the dog was what frightened Charles so much that he died. Holmes is too busy to go out to the moor to do the case, so Watson is sent instead.

Doctor Watson would be considered a General Practitioner. He would refer some of his cases to specialists to have them treated. He served as a surgeon in the British Army until he was wounded.

genre: Mystery

sub-genre: Detective

The original Sherlock Holmes never had a "lady friend." Irene Adler was one he referred to as "the woman" out of respect for her intellect and the fact that she bested him in ONE case. Watson states in the story however, that he never felt anything akin to love for her.
Irene

Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired by one of his old masters in university. He was called Joseph Bell. Doyle admired Bell immensely for his cool attitude, razor-sharp mind and brilliant powers of deduction. Bell becamse Holmes, and Doyle became Watson. But Holmes' attire was based on someone else, the illustrator's younger brother.

The characters in the speckled band are as follow:

Sherlock Holmes

Dr Watson

Helen Stoner

Julia Stoner

Dr Grimesby Roylott

other characters that are not mentioned as much are:

Holmes's and Watson's housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson

trap driver

the owner of the inn

Miss Honoria Westphail, (Stoner sisters' aunt)

Percy Armitage (Helen's fiance)

unnamed blacksmith that Roylott hurled into a stream

unnamed county coroner

Roylott's unnamed old and foolish housekeeper

unnamed Crown Inn landlord

unnamed correspondent who sent Roylott animals from India

Major-General Stoner (the late father of the Stoner sisters)

Unnamed late mother of the Stoner sisters

Palmer and Pritchard (two doctors that SH referred to as having "gone wrong" i.e. turned criminal)

Julia Stoner's unnamed fiance

Percy Armitage's father and unnamed older brother

Roylott's unnamed father

his unnamed relative who helped him through medical school

the unnamed Indian butler who Roylott had beaten to death

Conan Doyle only uses the word 'cane' for Holmes' walking-stick in two stories. First, when he confronts the speckled band in 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band,' and second when he struck one ledge of Thor Bridge to determine if a mark could be left in 'The Problem of Thor Bridge.' On every other occasion, including when he beat bodies in the dissecting rooms of St. Bart's hospital to verify the degree of bruising after death in 'A Study in Scarlet' and when he thumped the pavement in 'The Red-Headed League' to ascertain the direction of the tunnel, the word stick or walking-stick is employed.

The short answer to the question is, yes.

Professor James Moriarty a fictional character and the archenemy of the detective Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes' real name is Sherlock Holmes.

The villain who owned and trained the hound in the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of Baskerville was Jack Stapleton. When confronted by Watson about rumors of a hound, he tells him that the sounds are just the bogs settling.

If you mean what I think you mean, he is an average Victorian gentleman, a doctor, always trying to calm Holmes down or cheer him up. Very longsuffering, kind, loving, reliable, Holmes described him as his Boswell.

Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character, he never lived. However the Sherlock Holmes stories are set in late Victorian London, around the 1890's. The stories themselves are a good source for a picture of London at this time.

"The Valley of Fear" is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was adapted later by Adrian Flynn as a stage production for the Oxford Playscripts series. In the play, Holmes warns Douglas to flee England but after he was acquitted he was blown overboard from a ship.

Sherlock Holmes The creator of the great fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had trained as a Physician in Edinburgh and had worked as a General Medical Practitioner (a doctor) before he began writing the Sherlock Holmes stories. One of Doyle's tutors at Edinburgh was Dr Joseph Bell whose great powers of observation of munute details and deductions from these observations, were the basis of Holmes' similar abilities.
Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's medical school professors. Bell instructed his students in the ways of observation and rational deduction, qualities that Doyle found excellent for a detective to possess.

"It is a swamp adder!" cried Holmes - "the deadliest snake in India."

Watson recorded this sentence many years after the actual events for we learn of the secrecy kept until the untimely death of Holmes' client. First of all, there is no such thing as a swamp adder, and India has no adders. Second, have you ever seen a snake slither up a rope or down one for that matter? Another fact of note, snakes are deaf, so the whistle would have been useless, and there is also the problem of getting through the ventilator cover. There has been much speculation about what this "swamp adder" may have been, but one possibility is a hybrid reptile combining a lizard and a snake. What Holmes may have actually said was: "It is a samp-aderm, the deadliest skink in India." This theory was first put forward by Laurence M. Klauber in a 1948 issue of 'The Baker Street Journal' in an article titled 'The Truth about the Speckled Band.'

1. A Study in Scarlet
2. The Sign of Four
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles
4. The Valley of Fear
5. A Scandal in Bohemia
6. The Red-Headed League
7. A Case of Identity
8. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
9. The Five Orange Pips
10. The Man with the Twisted Lip
11. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
12. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
13. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
14. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
15. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
16. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
17. Silver Blaze
18. The Yellow Face
19. The Stock-Broker's Clerk
20. The "Gloria Scott"
21. The Musgrave Ritual
22. The Reigate Puzzle
23. The Crooked Man
24. The Resident Patient
25. The Greek Interpreter
26. The Naval Treaty
27. The Final Problem
28. The Adventure of the Empty House
29. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
30. The Adventure of the Dancing Men
31. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
32. The adventure of the Priory School
33. The Adventure of Black Peter
34. The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
35. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
36. The adventure of Three Students
37. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
38. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
39. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
40. The Adventure of the Second Stain
41. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
42. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
43. The Adventure of the Red Circle
44. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
45. The Adventure of the Dying Detective
46. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
47. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
48. His Last Bow
49. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
50. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
51. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
52. The Adventure of the Three Gables
53. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
54. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
55. The Problem of Thor Bridge
56. The Adventure of the Creeping Man
57. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
58. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
59. The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
60. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

John Douglas and Porlock are actually the same person. Douglas returns to his post as Porlock, and he is instrumental in the eventual downfall of Moriarty's organization.

The convict's name is Selden. He is the brother of Eliza Barrymore who is a servant of the Baskervilles.