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The BoscombeValley Mystery

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First Students' Classics:The Boscombe Valley Mystery

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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), was a Scottish author and creator of the detective-hero Sherlock Holmes. His mastermind sleuth and his companion Dr John H. Watson redefined the detective genre. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet and went on to appear in fifty-five more stories and four novels. Arthur’s works

include The Lost World, The Coming of the Fairies and Memories and Adventures. Translated into many languages, his works are still in print.

Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on 22 May, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Mary née Foley and artist Charles Altamont Doyle. His father, who was prone to depression, died in 1893. Arthur’s education started in 1868 at the Jesuit preparatory school Hodder. He then attended Stonyhurst College. Next, he travelled to Austria to study at the Jesuit College. At Edinburgh University, he studied medicine and met his mentor Doctor Joseph Bell. He later became his assistant. He graduated in 1885. During his

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studies and afterwards, he wrote various articles and stories for the Edinburgh Journal, The Pall Mall Gazette and the London Society to name a few.

In 1882, Conan Doyle moved to Southsea, England and started practising medicine. In 1885, he married Louise Hawkins. They had two children. Arthur first published Beeton’s Christmas Annual (1887) followed by A Study in Scarlet (1888). His novel The Mystery of Cloomber was released followed by The Sign of the Four (1890), The Firm of Girdlestone (1890), and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891). In 1892, Louise contracted tuberculosis and the Doyles moved to Surrey.

In 1900, as a doctor at the Longman Hospital during the South African War, Doyle wrote war-related works. Doyle was knighted for his works in 1902. In 1906, Louise died. A year later, he married Jean Blyth Leckie. They had three children.

One of his last works, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes was published in 1927. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died at his home ‘Windlesham’ in Crowborough, Sussex, on 7 July, 1930. His grave memorial reads ‘Steel True, Blade Straight, Arthur Conan Doyle, Knight, Patriot, Physician, & Man of Letters.’


Characters

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a detective with a keen eye, hawked nose and a trademark hat and pipe. Holmes has a sharp sense of observation and is intuition personified. It is with these amazing abilities that he solves many mystifying cases. Dr Watson is his good friend and assists him in his cases.


Dr John WatsonDr Watson is the assistant and a good friend of Sherlock Holmes. He is also the narrator of the story. He has a medical degree and is a surgeon. He had joined the British forces and had later served in Afghanistan. He is married to Mary Morstan. He is intelligent and serves as a foil for Holmes.


James McCarthyHe is the son of the late Charles McCarthy. He is suspected of murdering his father. He is young and reckless. But he is also kind, firm and soft-hearted.


Mr John TurnerHe is a rich man who lives in Boscombe Valley. He is a widower and lives with his beloved daughter, Alice. As a young man, he had made his fortune in Australia by ill means. He is fatally ill. He is protective of his daughter and wants no harm to come to her.


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It was a bright morning in London. My wife and I were eating our breakfast when…


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…our maid came in.

Dr Watson, Sorry to bother you. This telegram just came for you.

IT is from Sherlock Holmes.

What does it say?

Have you a couple of days to

spare? Have just been wired

for from the west of England in

connection with the Boscombe

Valley tragedy. Shall be glad

if you will come with me. Air

and scenery perfect. Leave

Paddington 11:15.

What do you say, dear? Will you go?

I really do not know what to say. I have much to do at present.


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