Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, is a famous detective character in 60 mystery stories. The popular phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson” is not in the original books. Doyle attempted to kill off the character but later reintroduced him to raise money for his missionary work.
Detective Sherlock Holmes is a famous character created by author Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote 60 mystery stories, starting in the 1890s, containing Holmes and his assistant Watson, which were later made into films. When the books were translated into films, some popular dialogue between Holmes and Watson was slightly changed. In the novels, Sherlock Holmes says ‘Elementary’ and ‘My dear Watson’, but not ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’. This popular and somewhat incorrect phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson” is used frequently in movies. The final 12 Sherlock Holmes mystery stories were written in 1928. The final stories were published in a collection called The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.
Read more about Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle:
Doyle attempted to kill off the Sherlock Holmes character so he could focus more on writing spiritualism.
Sherlock Holmes was reintroduced in 1901 to help Doyle raise money to finance his missionary work.
Doyle went to medical school, which inspired him to create Sherlock Holmes.
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