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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes Day,

夏洛克·福爾摩斯的創造者阿瑟·柯南·道爾於1859年的今天在愛丁堡出生。
儘管道爾以這位偉大的偵探為主角，寫下了4本小說和56篇短篇故事，到了1893年時，他開始對自己的創造感到厭倦。但鮮為人知的是，道爾曾經迫不及待地期盼著福爾摩斯這個角色的終結。
「我寫了太多福爾摩斯，對他的感覺就像是我以前鵝肝醬吃多了一樣。」


世界上最「厭惡」福爾摩斯的人
1859年的今天，福爾摩斯的創造者阿瑟·柯南·道爾出生。儘管福爾摩斯擁有大量簇擁，但道爾卻迫不及待地想「殺死」他：讓福爾摩斯與死對頭莫裡亞蒂教授一道掉下瀑布。
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Sherlock Holmes is “the most famous fictional character of the past two centuries, rivaled only by Dracula and James Bond,” a reviewer for The Times once argued.
Even so, his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, above, couldn’t wait to kill him off. Doyle was born in Edinburgh on this day in 1859.
Although Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the great detective and his companion, Dr. John Watson, by 1893 he had become bored of his creation.
In “The Final Problem,” Doyle sent his protagonist plunging over the Reichenbach Falls with his archnemesis, Professor James Moriarty, seemingly to their deaths. (More than 20,000 outraged readers canceled their subscriptions to The Strand Magazine when the story was published.)
Doyle later said of Holmes, “I have had such an overdose of him that I feel towards him as I do towards pâté de foie gras, of which I once ate too much.”
Although he eventually resurrected Holmes, Doyle also had time for pursuits worthy even of his eccentric sleuth: He helped popularize skiing, tried his hand unsuccessfully at politics and was knighted for his report on the Boer War.
He also had a deep interest in the supernatural and helped popularize a famous hoax of the early 20th century: a series of photographs of garden fairies.
Charles McDermid wrote today’s Back Story.
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May 22 is Sherlock Holmes Day, in honour of the birthday of his inventor, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle. One of the most popular incarnations of the British private detective is the one by actor Benedict Cumberbatch in the TV series "Sherlock". Is he your 'All-Time-Sherlock? 🕵️‍♀️



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Happy birthday #ArthurConanDoyle - king of detective fiction (and member of The London Library!) - who was born #onthisday 1859. Many of his works were first serialised in The Strand magazine - including this classic from 1901-02. Love browsing through these editions!
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