血字的研究(英文版).ppt

He is tall and thin , and he always stays in 221b Baker Street in London with his friend, Watson, and he is very famous . Who is he ?;血字的研究(1887);Content;Name: Arthur Conan Doyle Born: 22 May 1859 Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Died: 7 July 1930 (aged 71) Occupation: Novelist, poet, physician, hort story writer Nationality: Scottish Genres： Detective fiction, fantasy, (体裁，流派) science fiction,historical novels, non-fiction Notable work: The lost world Stories of Sherlock Holmes Signature: ;Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous British detective novelist, is one of the founders of modern detective fiction, was known as “the father of British detective fiction.” The successful shaping of the detective character -- Sherlock Holmes made detective novels become popularall over the world and let him become the most important novelist in the history.;His life;In 1879, he worked in a sanatorium(疗养院). Then, he began writing short stories. His first published piece The Mystery of Sasassa Valley(《赛沙沙山谷之谜》), a story set in South Africa, was printed in Chamberss Edinburgh Journal on September 6th. On September 20th, he published his first non-fiction article, Gelsemium as a Poison(《常绿钩吻根作为毒药》 )in the British Medical Journal. In 1880, Doyle was employed as a doctor on the Greenland whaler Hope of Peterhead. He began to be interested in spiritualism(招魂术) and the supernatural things(超自然). ;In 1881, he got a bachelors degree in medicine. In 1884, he started to write the first novel. In 1885, he got married with Louise Hawkins. In 1887, A study in scarlet published in the journal annals of beton Christmas began to cut a figure. In 1890, he published The Sign of Four(四签名)，which immediately caused a sensation and he began to become famous. Then in the rest of his life, he wrote totally 60 books about Sherlock Holmes, 56 short stories and 4 novelettes.;His works;Stories