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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Book Report) As a detective, Sherlock Holmes is widely known to the world. And even, Holmes becomes a synonym for the brilliant detective in our daily life. Meanwhile, the creator of this attractive character, Arthur Conan Doyle, was also the teller of all the cases that Holmes was involved in. This teller of tales, who lived a respectable life based on his own persistence of chivalry seemed something of an enigma to his friends and to the public. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and opened a clinic in Portsmouth. Actually, he was a Medicine Doctor, and not unsuccessful, but he preferred writing, and even gave up his medicine career. Before he decided to write a detective story in 1886, he had sold a few short stories. In 1887, Conan Doyle finished his first significant work, A Study in Scarlet. It was the first time that the super-observant, deductive Sherlock Holmes and his good-natured question-raising friend Dr. Watson were introduced to the world. And concurrently, Baker Street, where all the detection cases were associated with, and where the talented detective was said to live were known to the public. Conan Doyle produced a great deal of creative works throughout his magnificent life, including historical novels, science fiction stories, romances, plays, poetry and non-fiction. In all, Holmes appeared in fifty-six of his short stories and four of his novels. However, after The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was serialized in Strand Magazine, this great author became tired of his popular creation, and tried to kill off his hero in the fight against the main opponent, Professor Moriarty. But finally under the pressure from Holmes enthusiasts, Conan Doyle was compelled to revive him in 1903. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was written in1892. And it was consisted of twelve short stories, which were named as ‘Scandal in Bohemia’’ The Red-headed League”” A Case of Identity”” The Boscombe Valley Mystery”” The