The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Main characters:
Sherlock Holmes, the amateur detective, chemist, violin player,
boxer, and swordsman (among other talents), first appeared in
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet in the Beeton's
Christmas Annual in 1887. Holmes is famous for his intellectual
prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of "deductive
reasoning" while using abductive reasoning (inference to the
best explanation) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.
John Watson is a fictional character, the friend, confidant and
biographer of Sherlock Holmes. In the stories, Watson shared
lodgings with Holmes in large parts of the last two decades of
the 1800s and soon emerged as the assistant and biographer of
the great detective.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of
twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his