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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are literary characters created by which author?
Answer
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, who first appeared in the 1887 novel 'A Study in Scarlet'. Watson narrates most of the Holmes stories.
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Sherlock Holmes inspired such reader devotion that fictional works about him have appeared in over 25,000 adaptations across film, stage, and TV.
Other options people guess
- Agatha Christie
- Wilkie Collins
- G.K. Chesterton
Topics
- literature
- detective
- british
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