About 福爾摩斯!!!!!

歇洛克·福爾摩斯（Sherlock Holmes，又譯夏洛克·福爾摩斯），是一個虛構的偵探人物，是由19世紀末的英國偵探小說家阿瑟·柯南·道爾所塑造的一個才華橫溢的偵探形象。福爾摩斯自己稱自己是一名「諮詢偵探」，也就是說當其他私人或官方偵探遇到困難時常常向他求救。故事透露福爾摩斯經常能夠足不出戶就可以解決很多疑難問題，但是大部分故事都集中講述一些比較困難、需要福爾摩斯出門調查的案子。福爾摩斯善於通過觀察與演繹法來解決問題。柯南·道爾是從自己就讀的愛丁堡大學一名善於觀察的老師的身上獲得靈感，創造了福爾摩斯這一人物的。

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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by British author and doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his prowess at using logic and astute observation to solve cases. He is perhaps the most famous fictional detective, and indeed one of the best known and most universally recognisable literary characters.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring his creation. Almost all were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, with the exception of two narrated by Holmes himself and two more written in the third person. The stories first appeared in magazine serialisation, notably in The Strand Magazine, over a period of forty years. This was a common form of publication at the time: Charles Dickens' works were issued in a similar fashion. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914. They are read as much for their characterisation and the stylised late-Victorian world in which they take place as for the mysteries themselves.
More actors have portrayed Sherlock Holmes than any other character, and by 1964, according to a report in The Times, the worldwide sales of the stories were running second only to the Bible.

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Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand Magazine.