Do You Know Anything About Sherlock Holmes?
Did you know that on 5th of January,
every year, in the capital city of
Latvia, Riga, there is a celebration of
Sherlock’s birthday?
Did you know that from 1979 to 1986
director Maslennikov shot the
famous film "The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson" in
Riga?
Sherlock Holmes
is a fascinating
exciting character
and he is popular
for his detective
role in Arthur
Conan Doyle's
stories. Sherlock
Holmes is popular
for his incisive
logical reasoning
and use of forensic
science to help him
solve very difficult
cases. This is my
favorite detective
character.
The Conan Doyle books
This wonderful character is
described in the Scottish author Conan
Doyle’s book “The Complete Sherlock
Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short
Stories". Holmes is considered the
prototype of Dr. Joseph Bell the
colleague of Conan Doyle, who worked
at the Edinburgh Royal Hospital and
was famous for the ability to guess a
person's past by their character in
every little detail.
The first piece of the famous
detective story is "A Study in Scarlet",
written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887
and the last collection, "Archives of
Sherlock Holmes,"was published in
1927.
Sherlock Holmes’
Ability
Sherlock Holmes is
no ordinary detective.
He does not work for
anybody or any
authority. He works
alone. Sherlock
Holmes has a special
skill or special brain.
Anyway Sherlock
Holmes is able to
make connections
between causes and
effects better than
anyone else.
Holmes solves crimes with his
gifted mind, but he does have a natural
talent for martial arts: guns, swords,
canes, chains. He is very active and
visits the crime scenes, questioning
people and gathering evidence. He is
always two steps ahead of the London
Police.
Holmes sees things that an ordinary
person doesn’t see or we don't pay any
attention to them at all. But for Holmes