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Sherlock Holmes

People all over the world recognize the face, hat and pipe of the nineteenth-century detective Sherlock Holmes.Holmes had his own methods, which were more advanced than those of the police of his time.From the colour of a man's face, Holmes deduced(推断)that he had lived abroad for many years.From a man's clothes, he could tell if he lived in the town or in the country.Holmes's friend, Dr.Watson, could never understand how the detective reached his conclusions.“How did you find the answer?” he asked.Holmes claimed(声称)that his methods were easy.“Elementary, my dear Watson,” he answered.Holmes lived at 22 l B, Baker Street, in London.Today, this house is photographed by tourists.But in fact, the famous detective did not exist, except in fiction(小说).He was created by a marl called Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Doyle was a doctor, and Holmes's methods were based on those of a colleague(同事).This man deduced many things about his patients' lives when he examined them.The first Sherlock Holmes stories were written in the 1880s.They were published monthly in a magazine.Later, they were made into books.The detective became very popular, and Conan

Doyle in his next story, Holmes would die.So Holmes was killed by an enemy.He was pushed into a waterfall.But the public protested(抗议);and Conan Doyle had to revive(使复活)his hero.The Return of Sherlock Holmes was Written in 1905, and told how Holmes had escaped from the waterfall.