Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes


For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.


Citations

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Red-Headed League." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes, 1892, p. 29.

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Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Born: May 22, 1859
  • Died: July 7, 1930
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Writer

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.