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What similarities and differences can you detect between the Sherlock Holmes mysteries you have read and which do you consider the most successful?
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What similarities and differences can you detect between the Sherlock Holmes mysteries you have read and which do you consider the most successful? In this essay, I am going to discuss the similarities and differences between the Sherlock Holmes mysteries I have read and which I consider the most successful. The Sherlock Holmes stories I have read myself include -:> Silver Blaze> A Scandal in Bohemia> The Red-Headed League> The Speckled Band> The Crooked Man> The Final Problem Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He began his working life as a doctor in 1881 aboard a whaling ship, having studied at the University of Edinburgh. People he met upon the ship provided most of the characteristics for many characters in his stories. Conan Doyle realised that he would not make a good living aboard the ship, and so returned to England to set up a practice in Southsea,...
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