Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes


On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.


Citations

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax." The Strand Magazine, vol. 42, no. 252, Dec. 1911, p. 603.

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Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Born: May 22, 1859
  • Died: July 7, 1930
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Writer

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.