The man who wrote Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle (0) ...was... born in Edinburgh on 22nd May 1859. He studied medicine at
Edinburgh University and as a student he (1) ................. up writing short stories. He became a doctor
in the south of England, but at (2) ................. he did not have many patients. So in his free time he
began writing stories about (3) ................. brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes. While a medical
student, Conan Doyle was deeply impressed by the skill of his professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, in observing
the most minute detail regarding a patient’s condition. This master of diagnostic deduction became
the model for Conan Doyle’s literary creation. Holmes, (4) ................. lives at 221B Baker street in
London, is famous (5)................. solving difficult crimes and mysteries using his great intelligence. The
Sherlock Holmes stories soon became very popular. (6) ................., in 1893 Conan Doyle
became tired of his detective, and decided to get rid of him. In The Final Problem Sherlock Holmes
and his enemy, Professor Moriarty, die when they fall off the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. But
readers were (7) ................. happy about his disappearance and (8) ................. were letters in many
newspapers asking for him to come back. Finally, in 1901 Conan Doyle brought him back in a new
story, The Hound of the Baskervilles. He explained that Holmes had not died in the Reichenbach
Falls, (9) ................. miraculously survived. Conan Doyle died on 7th july 1930, but Sherlock Holmes
continues to live both in the stories and in many film versions. He may well be the most
famous detective in literary history and recently he was the inspiration (10) ................. the character Dr Gregory
House in the TV series House.
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The man who wrote Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle (0) ...was... born in Edinburgh on 22nd May 1859. He studied medicine at
Edinburgh University and as a student he (1) took up writing short stories. He became a doctor in the
south of England, but at (2) first he did not have many patients. So in his free time he began writing
stories about (3) a brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes. While a medical student, Conan Doyle was
deeply impressed by the skill of his professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, in observing the most minute detail
regarding a patient’s condition. This master of diagnostic deduction became the model for Conan
Doyle’s literary creation. Holmes, (4) who lives at 221B Baker street in London, is famous (5) for solving
difficult crimes and mysteries using his great intelligence. The Sherlock Holmes stories soon
became very popular. (6)Nevertheless, in 1893 Conan Doyle became tired of his detective, and decided
to get rid of him. In The Final Problem Sherlock Holmes and his enemy, Professor Moriarty, die when
they fall off the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. But readers were (7) not happy about his
disappearance and (8) there were letters in many newspapers asking for him to come back. Finally, in
1901 Conan Doyle brought him back in a new story, The Hound of the Baskervilles. He explained that
Holmes had not died in the Reichenbach Falls, (9) but miraculously survived. Conan Doyle died on 7th
july 1930, but Sherlock Holmes continues to live both in the stories and in many film versions. He
may well be the most famous detective in literary history and recently he was the inspiration (10) for the
character Dr Gregory House in the TV series House.
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