Happy Birthday,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born on this day, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Conan Doyle was the creator of the brilliant Sherlock Holmes, probably the most famous detective in fiction, who remains greatly popular to this very day.
The first Sherlock Holmes novel
A Study in Scarlet was published in 1887. Since that time Sherlock Holmes has appeared in countless short stories, novels, plays, television series, and films. The
third and latest adventures of Sherlock Homes series, has been cleverly adapted to bring these adventures into the 21
stCentury!
The first Holmes novel,
A Study of Scarlet is included in
The Complete Sherlock Holmes located in the Library’s mystery section. If you prefer viewing or listening, the Library has many of the Holmes titles in audio CD and on DVD. There are also some downloadable eBooks of Sherlock Holmes stories available from our catalog.
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