By the 1990s, there were already over 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions and publications featuring the detective, and Guinness World Records lists him as the most portrayed human literary character in film and television history.
Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 18.
#SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES SERIES#
Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard.įirst appearing in print in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with " A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891 additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. Sherlock Holmes ( / ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z/) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.
" The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (1927, canon) Sherlock Holmes in a 1904 illustration by Sidney Paget
0 kommentar(er)
