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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes \| Sherlockian Quotes \| Other Main Characters

Sherlock Holmes | Sherlockian Quotes | Other Main Characters

Essential Facts:

What we need to know about Sherlock Holmes

Born: January 6, 1854

Died: N/A

Birthplace: Unknown

Best known as: The greatest Detective of all time

Quote by Sherlock Holmes:

"My name is Sherlock Holmes and it is my business to know what other people don't know."

"I play the game for the game's own sake."

"I do not like to create mysteries, but at this present moment, it is most impossible to go into long and tenacious explanations."

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"Elementary, my dear Watson!"

- Holmes' most repeated quirk

Detailed Biography

What every fan should know

Sherlock Holmes was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887.
The very first book Conan Doyle wrote starring Sherlock Holmes was a novel, called A Study In Scarlet. Ever since, the detective mastermind has had thousands of spellbound readers from all across the globe clinging to the edges of their seats.

After realizing what a big hit A Study in Scarlet had become, Conan Doyle went on to write fifty-six short stories and three more novels, all starring Sherlock Holmes, the most infamous detective fiction has ever known.

Usually, he is accompanied by his faithful cohort, Dr. Watson.
He has been made into dozens of TV Series, and Movies over the years.

Such an innumerable amount of actors have tried at playing the part of the famous detective that it is impossible to name them all. Some of the more popular choices include: Jeremy Brett, Christopher Lee, Ronald Howard and Basil Rathbone.

Appearences Have you ever seen someone dressed as a detective for Halloween, wearing a trench coat and a deer-stalker cap--and maybe even a pipe? Or perhaps on the front of a mystery novel? Maybe there was a magnifying glass on the front of that new Nancy Drew book you got at the library? Well, guess where all those mystery trend-marks originated from? You guessed it--Mr. Holmes himself. It all started when Conan Doyle submitted A Study in Scarlet to his editor. You see, Conan Doyle had always pictured Mr. Holmes as rather ugly. Sharp, aquiline features, dark beady eyes, an astonishingly skinny, tall, form, bony arms and legs, dis-coloured hands due to too many chemical experiments.... but Conan Doyle's editor didn't see Mr. Holmes like that at all. When he pictured in his mind Mr. Sherlock Holmes of 221b Baker Street, he pictured a dashing detective, with a dark, handsome face, a slender form and an astonishingly keen sense of deduction. This mental picture appealed greatly to the tastes of this particular editor, and he immediately agreed to publishing the novel. In an attempt to embellish the dark, handsome mental image that he wanted to paint in people's minds, the editor added to the front cover a tall, slender sleuth dressed in the famous trench coat, deerskin cap, and magnifying glass. And that is how Mr. Sherlock Holmes first entered the realm of our spellbound imaginations.

Appearences

Have you ever seen someone dressed as a detective for Halloween, wearing a trench coat and a deer-stalker cap--and maybe even a pipe? Or perhaps on the front of a mystery novel? Maybe there was a magnifying glass on the front of that new Nancy Drew book you got at the library? Well, guess where all those mystery trend-marks originated from? You guessed it--Mr. Holmes himself.

It all started when Conan Doyle submitted A Study in Scarlet to his editor. You see, Conan Doyle had always pictured Mr. Holmes as rather ugly.

Sharp, aquiline features, dark beady eyes, an astonishingly skinny, tall, form, bony arms and legs, dis-coloured hands due to too many chemical experiments.... but Conan Doyle's editor didn't see Mr. Holmes like that at all. When he pictured in his mind Mr. Sherlock Holmes of 221b Baker Street, he pictured a dashing detective, with a dark, handsome face, a slender form and an astonishingly keen sense of deduction. This mental picture appealed greatly to the tastes of this particular editor, and he immediately agreed to publishing the novel. In an attempt to embellish the dark, handsome mental image that he wanted to paint in people's minds, the editor added to the front cover a tall, slender sleuth dressed in the famous trench coat, deerskin cap, and magnifying glass. And that is how Mr. Sherlock Holmes first entered the realm of our spellbound imaginations.

The symbolic trademarks of Sherlock Holmes

Women

There always was a mysterious relationship between Sherlock and women. In the books, the only woman he had a "relationship" with was Irene Adler. Dr. Watson refers to her as "The Woman." She also is one of few women mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories.

One unusual thing is that in the short story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Miverlton" Holmes is engaged to be married. But just to gain some evidence.

According to what the books say, it is believed that Holmes didn't hate women, he just distrusted them. "I wouldn't tell them to much" "Women are never to be entirely trusted, -- not the best of them."
He also said "I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind"

Other calculations say Holmes was a Homosexual, because he lived with a man he was not related to. But the books clearly state he didn't have an interest in men or women.

An iconic oil painting of Holmes

See also:

Drugs

Holmes took addictive drugs. Especially in his lacking cases. He most of the time took Cocaine, which he injected in a 7 percent solution.

He occasionly took Morphine.

Life after Retirement

After retiring from his detective work, he got interested in bees, and started a bee farm. He also published his own book about bees. It was called the "Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with some Observations upon the Segregation of the Queen."

'Death'

In the "Final Problem" Holmes plunged to his death at Reichenbach Falls. But in the "Adventure of the Empty House" Holmes returned to Watson four years later disguised as an old bookseller.

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