Detective Stories SHERLOCK | Page 2

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Doyle's

We all have seen the most famous movie called ‘’Sherlock ‘’ and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson

But what about the book hero ? Sherlock is a crime drama television series based on Sir

Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes

is arguably the most well-known, with Guinness World Records listing him as the "most portrayed movie character" in history.Holmes's popularity and fame are such that many have believed him to be not a fictional character but a real individual.

First appearing in print in 1887 (in 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 to 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories.

All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian periods, taking place between about 1880 to 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. 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...