In the decades to follow, Sherlock Holmes came to represent the definitive detective. He soon began churning out a stream of short stories featuring Holmes for the Strand Magazine and his fame, fortune and popularity exceeded his wildest dreams. Gradually, the story gained popularity and before long, Conan Doyle was commissioned to write a sequel The Sign of the Four. He famously modeled the London sleuth on several people he knew, most notably, one of his medical school professors, Dr. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was just 27 years old when he wrote the story after giving up a less than successful medical practice. Strangely enough, Sherlock Holmes' first outing went almost unnoticed in the 1887 Christmas Annual edition of Beeton's Magazine. Watson and so many other details become common for generations of enthralled devotees. Sherlock Holmes fans who haven't yet read A Study in Scarlet would be delighted to discover this book in which the iconic detective makes his grand entrance into the world! From hence on, the deer stalker hat, his Stradivarius violin, the occasional descent into cocaine induced hell, the Persian slipper in which he stores his tobacco and of course, his meeting with the eternally loyal Dr.
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