Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of May 22nd
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It is the 142nd day of the year, leaving 223 days remaining in 2022.
He told his stories through the character Sherlock Holmes, a creation that has outlived him. Holmes was a fictional detective who deduced the crime and the perpetrator through science, intrinsic and specialized knowledge, and a stunning intelligence that let him into the hearts and minds of wrong-doers.
His tales were told through 56 stories and four novels, with Holmes' sidekick, Dr. Watson, the narrator and certifier of his genius. Watson was likewise intelligent and shrewd, but always deferred to Holmes when it came to solving whatever crime or incident they were called to investigate.
As his creation became the master detective, Doyle became the father of crime fiction.
Doyle partly based Holmes' character on a real doctor, a professor from Doyle's days in medical school. Dr. Joseph Bell was a master of medical deduction, studying all the information from a patient's file before making the correct diagnosis. Holmes first appeared in the novel, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887
He continued to write about Holmes until 1921. But he always felt Holmes overshadowed his other stories and novels, some of which showed Doyle's belief in paranormal phenomena. He also wrote various adventure stories, some military history, and a novel about 14th Century chivalry, The White Company.
Doyle died in 1930 in Crowborough, England.
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