Facts about Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

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   Dr. John H. Watson serves as the narrator for most of the Sherlock Holmes stories, framing the detective's cases through his admiring perspective.

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   Sherlock Holmes appears in four novels and 56 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, forming the complete canonical collection.

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   The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is described as living at 221B Baker Street in London, an address that has become one of literature's most iconic fictional locations.

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   Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls in 1893, but public outcry eventually led him to resurrect the character.

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   Arthur Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes in the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton's Christmas Annual.

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