ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Sherlock Holmes, fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The prototype for the modern mastermind detective, Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Detailed explanation-3: -No, I hope you will answer: Sherlock Holmes was the fictional creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle.

Detailed explanation-5: -Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fictional detective (he was influenced by Poe’s Dupin and Gaboriau’s Lecoq), his name has become a byword for the part. Conan Doyle stated that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr.