Posts tagged Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes: The Greatest Detective Who Ever Didn't Exist

Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes in 1887, tried to kill him in 1893, was forced by public outcry to bring him back, and spent the rest of his life in an ambivalent relationship with a character he had made more famous than himself. Holmes is my favourite fictional detective. He is, by a considerable distance, the most influential fictional character in the history of literature. This is the case for why.