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Arthur Conan Doyle

Undershaw, in Hindhead, Surrey, the former home of Sherlock Holmes author Conan Doyle, which has been saved from redevelopment

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    Grade II listed building at Hindhead Crossing near Haslemere in Surrey. During the decade he lived there from 1897, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 13 Holmes stories. The building was later turned into a hotel, and has lain empty and dilapidated since 2005. In 9:17 AM from Guardian Unlimited Read more »

  • Literary London

    but his work stands up to rereading. It is Dickens's early Victorian London that rules our literary imaginations.Arthur Conan Doyle's stories also evoke Victorian London with its sinister fogs, a pasture for predators. "The thief or the murderer could roam   from Wall Street Journal Read more »

  • Ripping, Mixing, and Burning Arthur Conan Doyle

    Editor's Note: We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of Reason.com or Reason Foundatio   from Hit and Run Read more »

  • NULL Trailer – Elementary

    the initial similarity to BBC One’s Sherlock which is produced by Hartswood Films and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective. A 4 minute trailer for the US show has now found its way online and you can view it below. No doubt   from Seen It UK Read more »

  • The Sign of Four

    second of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novels, , finds the great detective restless and bored and turning to cocaine for stimulation. He tells Watson: “My mind,” he said, “rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse   from Shelf Love Read more »

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About Arthur Conan Doyle

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