Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish 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. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
形式,完成了第一部福尔摩斯探案小说《血字的研究》。起初投稿无人欣赏,至次年才由《比登圣诞年刊》勉强刊登发表。不过,有一家叫《利平科特》的杂志却看好他,于1890年登出了他的第二部福尔摩斯探案小说《四签名》。1891年,曾扶植过萧伯纳、克里斯蒂等多名作家的《海滨杂志》( the Strand Magazine)注意到了柯南道尔的福尔摩斯探案小说,以50英镑的优厚稿酬,发表了他的《波希米亚丑闻》(以后高至每篇100英镑)。从此柯南道尔和他笔下的福尔摩斯一起蜚声文坛。这一年,柯南道尔弃医从文,专门写福尔摩斯探案小说。1892年汇集十二个短篇的《冒险史》出版,1894年又是结集十二个故事的《回忆录》出版。由于柯南
A must read for detective story lovers. Novel stories, detailed process, full evidences. Stories are told from different people's views, which I like very much.