Urea Teg Re A Study in Scarlet eet A Study in Searlet VJ Eterna Seem eterna) enters ee eed CNGSir Arthur Conan Doyle 4 The Characters e one DR WATSON REMEMBERS sereRowe INTRODUCTIONS 0 crasientwo MURDER IN BRIXTON z were tee. A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR 3 ‘owrresroun — GREGSON’S ACCOUNT 4“ ueteneve — POISON s 10 IN THE COUNTRY OF THE SAINTS cyarmnoe THE MORMONS 6 naerentwo ESCAPE 7% creren mame REVENGE 9s cwerenrour A CASE SOLVED tos Dos London in the 1880s «2 The Mormons 20 FQE__ Finteonfatein nesoer Trinity-style lish Examination style ex infu te the beginning and endef the inked tothe isting activSir Arthur Conan Doyle Bithur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Eedinburgh. He was the second of ten children of Charles Doyle and Mary Foley, In 1885 Conan Doyle seceived a degree in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. He was *309 Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Edinburgh Infirmary. Much of the character of Sherlock Holmes is based on Joseph Bel, particu his powers of deduction One of Conan Doyle's fist jobs was as a doctor on an Arctic ‘whaler, an experience he enjoyed. He then became a doctor on a . —- ifort ship that travelled to Africa. However, he didnot like ned to England. He started his own doctor's practice in Southsea, eae Portsmouth, Iwas while he was wating for patents to arive hat he ist began writing crime fiction Conan Doyle had many diferent tens; dung his i was a medical doctor a politician spiritualist and of curse, an author. However, he i best known forthe creation ofthe two charaéters we meetin A Sludy in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, A Study i Scarlet was the first of many novels and shoet stories based around these two charac they solved together. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson almost yemed to have a life oftheir own, and overshadowed many of Arthur Conan Doyle's more serious works His first historical novel, Micah Clarke, was Wel exceed but fs now slmost forgotten, Arthur Conan Doyle wanted 1 be recognised and remembered as a erlous author, but the Holmes and Watson novels are what he is mos famous for A Study in Scvet was fis published in Bcton's Christmas Annual in 1867. In 1890 the second Sherlock Holmes novel, The Sign of Four, was published, establishing Holmes and Watson in literary history: Shortly ate, a series of shore storie featuring Sherlock Hi ies and Doctor Watson were published in The Strand magazine, These stories were very succesful, making the author, the characters andthe magazine world famous. Conan Doyle felt that his life was being taken ver by Sherlock Holmes, and in story called “The Final Problem’ he tried to eliminate Sherlock Holmes. Inthe story, the character falls to his death in the Roichenbach Falls, waterfall in Ssitzerland. But, because of theTiying The Stand megane Later, Conan Doyle wrote a new Sherlock Holmes navel, The Hoo ofthe Raster: instead of bringing Sherlock Holmes back to life, he decided to write it a8 if it was an adventure which Iappened before he die, The Sra published the fist eid in 1801; twas a huge sucess Wiile his writing career developed, Conan Dayle marred Lovise Hawkins and hod two children, Maryan Kingsley. But he ws 0 busy working both asa doctor and a writer, that he didnot notice (oa ate rns vey in 1B she was diagnosed with tuberculosis Conan Doyle lost both his father and his wile in a short space of time and it was perhaps this which caused his interest in spiritualism and le after death Mamight seom strange that a person with such interest in logic ana enson woul in Ine if have such interest a spictulite and proving the existence of fares, Although the press made fun of Conan’ Doylesan the Chirch disapproved of hin Ie eontimed tis researc, taking it a8 seriously as he took everything else he iin it ‘Arthur Conan Doyle was a broad-ainded, highly intelligent man, ‘whose achievements were many and varied, He wos given the tle sir in 1902 for his work in hospital in south Africa. Although Sherlock Holmes perhaps was not Conan Doyle's favourite character, he certainly was forthe general public. He remains a fascinating character, ith museums, books, films and websites voted to hi and his fiend, Doctor Watson © stow are thee dates connected to Arthur Conan Doyle's fe? Look at the example and write a sentence foreach one © soser the questions low: 1A "Where aid Conan Doye work before starting his doctors What ther interest i Conan Doyle have? what started Conan Doyle's interest npr? Are peopl in your country stil interested in Sherlock Holmes © whar do you know about Sherlock Holmes? Which of these eles arc cect th be Tr cers ar eomrcted wth Smother famous detective. Do you know who tis?shot the shoulder. | went to hospital and started to recover, but thentbecame Il with fever, For many months Iwas dose todeath, + bt finally was strong enovgh to make the journey back to England ‘My health was very weak and | had ne friends or family in England, the Government gave me a smal allowance ! for each somewhere cheaper to live. Tha Holmes, (One day, | left the hotel and by chance | meta young man lenew called Stamford. "why, you'r very thin and as brown a6 nut, Watson. What have you been doing?” We went to lunch together and I told him about my ‘adventures and my current maney problems. ‘maybe able to help you said Stamford. *! know a man who neds someone to share some nice rooms he's found, They're too expensive for him on his own, Tm just the right man for him. When can meet hie? Stamford gave me a strange look. "You don’t know sherlock Holmes yet he sai, ‘You might not geton with him, ‘aut why? 1 asked. was extremely curious about im. He's a decent man’ said Stamford, ‘but he has some strange Ideas. He studies many different things; medicine, science, ntomy.. but apparently with no reason. ed stil ike ta mest him sad After lunch we went t laboratory where he warked, ‘Dr Watson, Mr Sherloce Holmes, sad Stamford, introducing Us. ‘How are you he sald, shaking my hand firmly. You've been In Afghanistan, perceive meet Sherlock Holmes at theU. — BS DY, ‘How di you know that?’ Lasked in great surprise. “Never minds hese nvghing to himself. ‘We came here on business interrupted Stamford "My friend here needs somewhere to lve and know that you need someone to share your rooms: MeHolmes seemed pleased ‘ve seen some rooms in Baker Steet he sald. ‘Do you mind the smell of tobacco?" ‘ma smoker myself | answered. ‘That's good. 1 also usually have chemicals about and sometimes do experiments. Would that bea problem for you?” "Noy t epi. ‘vim. What abaut you? We need to know the worst things about each other before we can ive together i don’t like noise, and {getup at strange times, and I'm very any? ‘oh, thats alright!” he laughed, ‘Come to see the rooms tomorrow. ll mest you here at noon: (on our way out | suddenly remembered something. How did he know that been in Afghanistan?” asked ‘Stamford smiled ‘Many people want to know how he finds things out "Oh, a mystery is i€? How very interesting! left Stamford and walked to my hotel itrigued by my new acquaintance. * ‘The rooms were at 2218 Baker Street; two comfortable bedrooms and a large sitting room. We moved in immediatly. As the weeks passed, my curiosity and interes ‘nereased. Even his appearance was ina ‘over six feet tall, but he was thin: ee salle. stud ll kinds of subjects: his knowle arleabl, bu ‘so was fis ignorance, For example, he dd nat know thatthe Earth travelled around the sun. "But what do Ucar?’ he sid ‘if we go round the moon it makes no difference to me or my work ‘Rut what was his work” thought to myself, During the fist week we had no visitors and I thought that Holmes, like myself, had few friends. But soon I found that he hhad many acquaintances from all different classes of society “When these people came to vst, Holmes asked rouse the siting raom and went tomy bedroom. 1 have to use this room as 2 place of busines,’ he explained, land these people are my clients’ Again, { wanted to ask him ‘what his business was and soon my question was answered by Holmes hinself ‘While we were esting breakfast ane morning | was reading an article in a magazine. The article said that by looking Carefully, a person could lern lot from everyday details. The weiter said that from an expression, a tiey movement or & lok Of an eye, one person could read another person's thoughts, ‘With a lt of study, one could earn to tell what happened in a person's past. if you were good at observation, you could look Carefully at their lathes and the way they looked. Then It would be easy to say what they did for living. *