Arbeitsblatt: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930), British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer, creator of the unforgettable master sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle was born on May the 22nd, 1859, in Edinburgh and educated at Stonyhurst College and the University of Edinburgh. From 1882 to 1890 he practiced medicine in Southsea, England. Study in Scarlet, the first of 60 stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, appeared in 1887. The characterization of Holmes, his ability of ingenious deductive reasoning, was based on one of the author own university professors. Equally brilliant creations are those of Holmes helpers: his friend Dr. Watson, the good-natured narrator of the stories, and the master criminal Professor Moriarty. Conan Doyle was so immediately successful in his literary career that approximately five years later he abandoned his medical practice to devote his entire time to writing. Some of the best known of the Holmes stories are The Sign of Four (1890), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), and His Last Bow (1917). They made Conan Doyle internationally famous and served to popularize the detective-story genre. His autobiography, Memories and Adventures, was published in 1924. Conan Doyle died in Crowborough, Sussex, England, on July the 7th, 1930. novelist 1. Schlage die unten stehenden Wörter im dictionary nach. unforgettable sleuth appeared ability ingenious deductive reasoning own equally narrator immediately successful approximately abandoned devote 2. Suche die Ortschaften, welche im Text vorkommen im Atlas und trage sie auf der Karte ein.