The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and A Scandal in Bohemia
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and A Scandal in Bohemia
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, in 1892, about Sherlock Holmes, his famous detective. Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 22,1859(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes). He studied medicine there and eventually served as a physician in the Boer War, and many other battles. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes tale, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was so successful in his writing that he gave up his career as a physician only five years after the creation of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote a total of fifty-six short stories and four Sherlock Holmes novels over forty years. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in a bar in England when Doyle was having legal problems. Later in his life he became interested in spiritualism and wrote the 1926 book A History of Spiritualism(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes). Doyle was knighted in 1903 for his services to the crown and his writing of the pamphlet The War in South Africa in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes). Conan’s pamphlet was a story about the war and how it was fought.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was very well written book that interested many people for several years. During its time in The Strand people enjoyed every week getting another chapter of the book. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle relates to his character Sherlock Holmes because he was an adventurous and detective as well. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was mystery novel that brings out the greediness that money gives to people.
A Scandal in Bohemia was a short story about a woman who has pictures of herself and an English nobleman. She used them to blackmail him. The story took place in March 1888. Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London, England. In Holmes’ room was all the materials that he would need to use to solve the cases. On March 20, 1888, and night, Sherlock Holmes was coming back from seeing a patient, when he went through Baker Street. The rooms were lit brightly and even as he looked up he saw the tall figure pass twice behind the blind. The second half of the story took place at Briony Lodge....