Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes


I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.


Citations

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." The Strand Magazine, vol. 3, no. 14, Feb. 1892, p. 148.

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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.