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What genre of writing did Arthur Conan Doyle want to devote more time to when he killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1893?
Answer
Historical novels
Conan Doyle felt Holmes was overshadowing what he considered his more serious literary ambitions, so he ended the detective's life to pursue historical fiction instead.
💡 Did you know?
Arthur Conan Doyle killed Sherlock Holmes in 1893 because he wanted to focus on historical novels, sparking the first major fictional character death outrage.
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- Poetry
- Science fiction
- Travel writing
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- author-motivation
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