Life and Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

chronic alcoholic, splendid

-Doyle's father was a ________ (later committed to an insane asylum); -Doyle's mother "had been so _____ that I could not fail her"

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1st book of short stories (12): ____________, 1892

1886, Scarlet

1st novel, ____: A Study in _____

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

2nd collection: __________, 1894

32, one

ACD went on to write ____(number) more stories and ___(word) more novel before officially retiring his famous detective

fairies, photographs

ACD wrote a book called "The Coming of the Fairies"; he was convinced that ____ existed and proved it by adding ________ (actually paper cutouts)

two, 24, important

After ___(word) novels and ___(number) short stories, Conan Doyle grew tired fo Holmes and wanted to spend his time with more ________ work

21

At least _____ plays have been based on aspects of Holmes' life

May 22, 1859

Birthdate of Conan Doyle

Edinburgh, Scotland

Birthplace of Conan Doyle

moderately successful, writing

Conan Doyle as a doctor opened his own medical practice but was ___________; In his down time, he continued _____ stories

athletic, smart

Conan Doyle as a teenager was ______ (played cricket, soccer, and sailing) and ______ (would make up stories to amuse totally enraptured younger students)

Empty House

Conan Doyle decided to bring back Holmes in the short story called "The Adventure of the ________", wherein Holmes apparently faked his own death to fool Moriarty's henchmen

earlier time

Conan Doyle didn't want to invent a new detective, but set the story at an ______ in Holmes' life

heart attack, East Sussex

Conan Doyle died of _____ on July 7, 1930 in ______, England

Louise Hawkins

Conan Doyle first married _____ "Touie" _____ who was gentle and amiable, but she died of TB in 1906

novelist, short, medicine

Conan Doyle is a British ______, ____ story writer, poet, and doctor of ______

The Final Problem

Conan Doyle killed him off in the short story ______ in 1893 in a battle with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty

Dr. Joseph Bell

Conan Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh (where he met _________)

Jean Leckie, 1897

Conan Doyle then married ______ in 1907 after meeting her in ______

Boer War

Conan Doyle wrote an article about the ____, and was knighted in 1902

historical, nonfiction

Conan Doyle wrote many ______ articles and ______ works

New Forest, Hampshire

Doyle's tombstone in _________ reads: STEEL TRUE BLADE STRAIGHT ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE KNIGHT PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN, AND MAN OF LETTERS

boarding school

Doyle's wealthy family members paid for him to go to ________

real

Many readers thought Holmes was ____

Reichenbach Falls

Moriarty and Holmes both fall to their deaths at the _________

4 novels, 56 short stories

Sherlock Holmes consisted of ______ and __________

observation, logic, deduction, diagnosis

Sherlock Holmes was based on Conan Doyle's medical professor, Dr. Joseph Bell - gifted at _______, _____, _______, and ______

221B Baker Street

Sherlock lived at ________, London; also a pilgrimage site for faithful Holmes devotees from around the world

9th

Sherlock ranks ____ on the Fictional 100 Most Influential Characters in World Literature

Strand Magazine

Sherlock was originally published as short stories monthly in the _______

clever, attentive

The World's Best Detective was courageous, ______, ________ to details, and eccentric

Dr. John Watson

The story is narrated by ________, Sherlock's assistant and sidekick; loyal, gentleman, observes, average intelligence; foil

The Speckled Band

_______ was written in 1907 and performed as a successful play

Christopher Clausen

________ asserted confidently that "few characters in all of literature are as widely known as Sherlock Holmes"

Bertram Fletcher Robinson

_________ told ACD of a local legend about Squire Richard Cabell, a monstrously evil man, whose death came at the mouths of a pack of huge, fire-breathing hounds

Black Shucks

huge, fire-breathing hounds called _________

outraged

readers were _______ upon finding out of Holmes' death (wore black armbands, sent death threats to Conan Doyle, placed memorials at Reichenbach Falls)

Denis, Adrian, Lena Jean

the 3 children of Jean and Sir Arthur