Sherlock Holmes was a famous fictional detective created by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London and solved various cases with the help of his friend and chronicler Dr. Watson. Holmes had many literary adventures investigating crimes and outsmarting his archenemy Professor Moriarty. Conan Doyle wrote over 50 short stories and novels featuring Sherlock Holmes from 1887 until 1927, though Holmes remains popular today through numerous films, television shows, games and adaptations of the original stories.

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2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR SHERLOCK HOLMES, the famous character was invented by the writer Conan Doyle. CONAN DOYLE was Scottish. He was born in 1859. He became a novelist, short- story writer, poet and doctor of medicine. He died at the age of 71.

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4. WHO WAS SHERLOCK HOLMES? Sherlock Holmes was a very famous detective. He investigated different cases and always found the murderer or the criminal.

5. WHERE DID HE LIVE? Sherlock Holmes lived at 221b Baker Street, London His best friend was Dr Watson. He helped Sherlock Holmes to discover all the mysteries.

6. DOCTOR WATSON Doctor Watson previously worked in India as doctor of the royal force. When he returned to England, he worked as a doctor and also helped Sherlock. He is the narrator of the story.

7. PROFESSOR MORIARTY Moriarty is Sherlock´s Holmes enemy number one. Moriarty was very cruel He wanted to be more intelligent than Sherlock Holmes.

8. SHERLOCK HOLMES´ BOOKS Sherlock Holmes appeared in 56 short- stories. The first story was called “A study in Scarlet” and was published in Beeton´s Christmas Annual.

9. SHERLOCK HOLMES´BOOKS OTHER SHERLOCK HOLMES´ADVENTURES ARE : THE SPECKLED BAND THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA THE SIGN OF THE FOUR THE ADVENTURE OF THE DEVIL´S FOOT and so on

10. IN THE ADVENTURE OF THE FINAL PROBLEM... Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty fight to death. They fall down into the cliff. When this episode finished nobody knew what was going to happen...

11. THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES CONAN DOYLE wanted to finish writing the adventures, he was very tired... But people wrote to him to continue. They told him he was going to die, if he didn´t write more stories... Finally, he started to write again. That´s why it´s called THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

12. SHERLOCK HOLMES ON TV There are many television serials about Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes´serial Granada Television. with Jeremy Brett.

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14. SHERLOCK HOLMES ON TV Sherlock Holmes´film starring Basil Rathbone

15. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock

16. SHERLOCK: LATEST FILM You can watch the latest films´trailer in the following link: Sherlock Holmes trailer

17. HOW TO DRESS UP AS SHERLOCK? You need A pipe A cap Magnifying glass

18. SHERLOCK HOLMES´ GAMES Sherlock Holmes´ interactive games in the following links: Sherlock Holmes Lost Cases Sherlock Holmes games

19. SHERLOCK HOLMES´ DRAMA You can find and adapted script for your mates to organise a little drama session at my blog address: British literature for children

20. ENROL IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES´SOCIETY You can enrol in the Sherlock Holmes´ Society if you fill a blank and pay the junior membership

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