Sherlock Homes, (1)________name is well-known, didn't really exist. However, for
many (2) ________have read his adventures, he might as well have been a real person.
The man (3)________created Holmes was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born in
Edinburgh in 1859. He trained as a doctor, but found he could earn more money by
writing than practicing medicine. He wrote not only stories about Holmes, but many
other books (4)________people also liked. However, it is for the detectives stories
(5)________he wrote that he is most remembered. The place (6)________the Holmes
mysteries are set is Victorian England. Holmes, (7)________________is a brilliant
detective, uses his intelligence and scientific knowledge to solve the mysteries. Even
though Doyle wrote many Holmes mysteries, we'll never know the reason
(8)________he gave us so little information about Holmes' private life. All the books
were written in the first person, not by Holmes, but by his assistant, Dr. Watson,
(9)________knowledge of his master's private life was limited.
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