"as ""Marie Celeste"" has become more common in everyday use than the original form. Between 1888 and 1906, Doyle wrote seven historical novels, which he and many critics regarded as his best work. He also authored nine other novels, and later in his career (1912–29) five narratives, two of novel length, featuring the irascible scientist Professor Challenger. The Challenger stories include what is probably his best-known work after the Holmes oeuvre, ""The Lost World"". His historical novels include ""Sir Nigel"" and its follow-up ""The White Company"", set in the Middle Ages. He was a prolific author of short stories, including"
"based on Conan Doyle's friend, the British Consul and Irish nationalist Roger Casement. The following actors have portrayed Roxton in adaptations of ""The Lost World"": Lord John Roxton Lord John Roxton (a fictional title derived from the English parish of Roxton, Bedfordshire) is a supporting character in the Professor Challenger series of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. He makes his initial appearance in the first entry of this series, ""The Lost World"", wherein he is a member of the expedition to the eponymous land of the title, and is a prominent character in some of the subsequent stories as well,"
"Moriarty, is widely considered to be the first true example of a supervillain, while Sherlock Holmes has become a by-word for a detective. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes, from 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. All but four Conan Doyle stories are narrated by Holmes' friend, assistant, and biographer, Dr John H. Watson. The Lost World literary genre was inspired by real stories of archaeological discoveries by imperial adventurers. H. Rider Haggard wrote one of the earliest examples, ""King Solomon's Mines"" in 1885. Contemporary European politics and diplomatic manoeuvrings informed"
"Lord John Roxton Lord John Roxton (a fictional title derived from the English parish of Roxton, Bedfordshire) is a supporting character in the Professor Challenger series of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. He makes his initial appearance in the first entry of this series, ""The Lost World"", wherein he is a member of the expedition to the eponymous land of the title, and is a prominent character in some of the subsequent stories as well, specifically ""The Poison Belt"" and ""The Land of Mist"". The narrator of ""The Lost World"", Edward D. Malone, describes him as being tall and thin,"
"Robinson, they inspired several characters in the 1912 novel ""The Lost World"". Doyle broke with Robinson when he became one of the leaders of the pacifist movement during the First World War. When Casement was found guilty of treason against the Crown after the Easter Rising, Doyle tried unsuccessfully to save him from facing the death penalty, arguing that Casement had been driven mad and could not be held responsible for his actions. Doyle was also a fervent advocate of justice and personally investigated two closed cases, which led to two men being exonerated of the crimes of which they"
"The Lost World (1992 film) The Lost World is a 1992 film, based on the book of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The movie is set in Africa rather than the book's setting of South America, and the character of Lord John Roxton has been replaced with a female character played by Tamara Gorski. It was followed by a sequel the same year, Return to the Lost World, with the same director and main cast. Set in 1912, the film opens on Edward Malone, a junior reporter looking for an adventurous assignment. Malone is sent to interview"
"56 short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. The subsequent works by other authors who took up Sherlock Holmes are considered ""non-canonical"". Fan fiction is almost never regarded as canonical. However, certain ideas may become influential or widely accepted within fan communities, who refer to such ideas as ""fanon"", a portmanteau of ""fan"" and ""canon"". Similarly, the jargon ""headcanon"" is used to describe a fan's personal interpretation of a fictional universe. Canon (fiction) In fiction, canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in the fictional universe"
"The Story of the Lost Special ""The Story of the Lost Special"", sometimes abbreviated to ""The Lost Special"", is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published as part of the ""Round the Fire"" series in ""The Strand Magazine"" of August 1898. It is implied to be a Sherlock Holmes story, though his name is not used. The story's narrative mode is third person, subjective, though the narrator is not identified. This story concerns the baffling disappearance of a privately hired train (a special) on its journey from Liverpool to London on 3 June 1890; besides the train crew"
"The Lost World (TV series) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ""The Lost World"". The show premiered in the United States in the fall of 1999 (after the TV-movie/pilot aired in February on DirecTV and then on the cable television channel TNT in April). It ran for three seasons before it was cancelled on a cliffhanger in 2002 after funding for a fourth season fell through. To this day, the cliffhanger remains unresolved. All three seasons were released in DVD box sets in"
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze ""The Adventure of Silver Blaze"", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 in the cycle collected as ""The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"". Doyle ranked ""Silver Blaze"" 13th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. One of the most popular Sherlock Holmes short stories, ""Silver Blaze"" focuses on the disappearance of the eponymous race horse (a famous winner) on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer. The tale is distinguished by its atmospheric"
"entry for Doyle suggests that the short stories contained in ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" tend to point out social injustices, such as ""a king's betrayal of an opera singer, a stepfather's deception of his ward as a fictitious lover, an aristocratic crook's exploitation of a failing pawnbroker, a beggar's extensive estate in Kent."" It suggests that, in contrast, Holmes is portrayed as offering a fresh and fair approach in an unjust world of ""official incompetence and aristocratic privilege"". ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" contains many of Doyle's favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. In 1927, he submitted a list of what"
"The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter ""The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter"", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". It was originally published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in 1904 with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, comes to Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton's disappearance. Staunton is the key man on Overton's rugby union team (who plays at the three-quarters position, hence the story's title) and they will not"
"). The 2002 animated adventure ""Dinosaur Island"" is an attempt to blend the original story with the popular reality series format, and was written by John Loy, writer of similar productions such as ""The Land Before Time"". Rafael Chandler's 2016 supplement ""The World of the Lost"" for the OSR ""Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Role-Playing"" game system references the Doyle book not only in its title, but also in the its contents and setting themes, including prehistoric creatures on a plateau and a savage war forming the setting's background. The characters of Ed Malone and Lord John Roxton"
"and Sir Nigel. They have a tale of adventure describing what occurred after they were captured by the Spanish, but eventually escaped to return to England. And everyone lives happily ever after. There was a real knight named Sir Nigel Loring at the time when the novel is set, but the historical record supplied few details and his role in the book is largely Doyle's invention. He is known to have been an original member of the Order of the Garter, and to have been in the Black Prince's bodyguard, particularly at the Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356."
"Broached"". Miles refuses to speak of Holmes, referring to him only as ""the other chap"". Frequent speculation as to the ""real"" Holmes has existed since publication, and Mark Frost's novel ""The List of Seven"" (1993) and its sequel ""The Six Messiahs"" (1995) are not the first to put a spin on this. Frost has Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as its main character and tells the (fictional) story of how Doyle's Holmes was inspired by Johnathon Sparks, a mysterious man who saves Doyle's life from a mad occultist. The Wold Newton family series connects multiple famous fictional characters together to a"
"1930, while the writer ""most wanted to be remembered as a champion of spiritualism and as a historical novelist, it is Sherlock Holmes who has continued to capture the imagination of the public."" The majority of Doyle's poetry falls into the genre of war poetry. Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography Arthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician. In addition to the series of stories chronicling the activities of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr John Watson for which he is well-known, Doyle wrote on a wide range of topics, both fictional and non-fictional. In 1876 Doyle"
"The Adventure of the Priory School ""The Adventure of the Priory School"", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". Doyle ranked ""The Adventure of the Priory School"" tenth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes receives a visit from Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, the founder and principal of a preparatory school called Priory School in Northern England. He beseeches Holmes to come back to Mackleton with him to look into the disappearance of one"
"Another fictional railway mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, ""The Story of the Man with the Watches"", is an 1898 locked room mystery in which an unknown man is found in a railway compartment with six watches; an unnamed criminal investigator theorizes a solution to the mystery. The Story of the Lost Special ""The Story of the Lost Special"", sometimes abbreviated to ""The Lost Special"", is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published as part of the ""Round the Fire"" series in ""The Strand Magazine"" of August 1898. It is implied to be a Sherlock Holmes story, though his"
"Lost World fantasy novels such as ""City of Wonder"" the novel ""Star Dust"" about a scientist who can create gold. Critic Jack Adrian has praised Cannell's lost-world stories as """"bursting with ideas and colour and pace"""", and """"superb examples of a fascinating breed"""". Influences on Vivian's work included Rider Haggard, H.G. Wells, Arthur Machen and the American novelist Arthur O. Friel. Vivian also published fiction under several other pseudonyms, including Westerns as ""Barry Lynd"". Adrian has noted that some of the pseudonyms Cannell used """"will never now be identified"""". For younger readers, Vivian wrote ""Robin Hood and his Merry Men"","
"dismissed after the events of this case and Watson's portrayal of her in the novel affected her reputation to the point that she was unable to find work. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet ""The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet"", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the eleventh of the twelve stories collected in ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"". The story was first published in ""Strand Magazine"" in May 1892. A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder of Streatham, makes a loan of £50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves"
"DVD in 4:3 PAL under the title, ""The Lost World The Beginning"" by ILC Prime licensed by Fremantle Corporation. Note: The Pilot TV Movie was edited down into episodes 1 ""The Journey Begins"" & episode 2 ""Stranded"" for the TV series. The Lost World (TV series) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ""The Lost World"". The show premiered in the United States in the fall of 1999 (after the TV-movie/pilot aired in February on DirecTV and then on the cable television channel TNT"
"and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He appeared in four novels and fifty-six short stories, all but four stories narrated by his associate, the notable Dr Watson. These works cover in fiction a period from around 1878 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. Both characters also appear in many pastiches. Holmes is a brilliant London-based and self-styled ""consulting detective"". In their debut (the 1887 novel, ""A Study in Scarlet""), he tells Watson that this occupation is unique (which at that date it was). As a retired army doctor, Dr Watson is far closer to the stereotypic English"
"them for possible future publication. Also, after his capture, Oldacre reveals that he also believed Holmes to be dead. The Wishbone Mysteries novel ""Forgotten Heroes"" references the Adventure of the Norwood Builder. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder ""The Adventure of the Norwood Builder"", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the second tale from ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". The story was first published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in 1903 with original illustrations by Sidney Paget. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are visited by ""the unhappy John Hector McFarlane"","
"Percival), is unhappy being kept in a zoo, they release him, allowing him to fly back to the ""lost world"". The Lost World (1992 film) The Lost World is a 1992 film, based on the book of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The movie is set in Africa rather than the book's setting of South America, and the character of Lord John Roxton has been replaced with a female character played by Tamara Gorski. It was followed by a sequel the same year, Return to the Lost World, with the same director and main cast. Set in"
"lived at the Albany, as did the adventurer Lord John Roxton of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel ""The Lost World"" (1912), and Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective in the works of Anthony Berkeley Cox who first appeared in ""The Layton Court Mystery"" (1925). In the comic short story ""Uncle Fred Flits By"" (1935) by P. G. Wodehouse, the young gentleman Pongo Twistleton resides in the Albany. In ""The Foundling"" (1948), a novel by Georgette Heyer, Captain Gideon Ware of the Life Guards rents a set of chambers at the Albany. In the film ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" (1949), Louis Mazzini takes"
"elements. Despite its non-canonical plot, it received good reviews. The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ""The Strand Magazine"" from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his"
"The idea of a gorilla kidnapping and lusting for a human woman is an old concept as reflected in Emmanuel Frémiet's 1887 sculpture ""Gorilla Carrying off a Woman"". ""King Kong"" was influenced by the ""Lost World"" literary genre, particularly Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Lost World"" (1912) and Edgar Rice Burroughs' ""The Land That Time Forgot"" (1918), which depicted remote and isolated jungles teeming with prehistoric life. Furthermore, a film adaptation of the Doyle novel made movie history in 1925, with special effects by Willis O'Brien and the ""Kong"" crew. In one of the more blatant attempts to inject iconic cult"
"Arthur Conan Doyle. This is similar to the way that ""Too Many Magicians"" was modeled on a famous novel by Rex Stout (whose Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have counterparts in the novel's universe in the Marquis de London and his Special Investigator, Lord Bontriomphe). In the eleventh chapter of ""Ten Little Wizards"", Kurland sets Lord Darcy's rank in the peerage as a Baron. Also: Michael Kurland's 1969 novel ""The Unicorn Girl"" features protagonists who jump into a series of alternate timelines — and one of the timelines they land in is Lord Darcy's. However, while several minor characters from"
"house at Dryfont in Derbyshire. An apparition at the house convinced the two friends of the reality of the spirit world and they set out to explore The Land of Mist further. Challenger joined the investigation ostensibly to demonstrate the fallacies of psychic research but became convinced of the reality of intercourse with the spirits of the dead and announced his conversion in a polemic carried by The Spectator magazine. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the first person to portray Professor Challenger, dressing and making up as the professor for a photograph he wanted included in ""The Lost Worlds initial"
"Arthur Conan Doyle - El Mundo Perdido, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"" bilingual French Spanish, Numéro 9, Année 1, Asuncion 2013. Lost world The lost world is a subgenre of the fantasy or science fiction genres that involves the discovery of an unknown world out of time, place, or both. It began as a subgenre of the late-Victorian adventure romance and remains popular into the 21st century. The genre arose during an era when the fascinating remnants of lost civilizations around the world were being discovered, such as the tombs of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the semi-mythical stronghold of Troy,"
"The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier ""The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier"" (1926) is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 total) by Arthur Conan Doyle in ""The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes"" first published ""Strand Magazine"" October 1921 - April 1927. This story is one of only two narrated by Holmes rather than Doctor Watson - the other one being ""The Adventure of the Lion's Mane"". Not surprisingly, Dr. Watson does not appear in either story. In January 1903, at Baker Street, James M. Dodd sees Holmes about a missing friend, Godfrey Emsworth. Dodd and Emsworth served together in"
"Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of ""The Strand Magazine"", prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, ""A Scandal in Bohemia"", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, generally as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking ""The Adventure"
"attentions of a female vampire. Bram Stoker's horror story ""Dracula"" (1897) belongs to a number of literary genres, including vampire literature, horror fiction, gothic novel and invasion literature. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant London-based ""consulting detective"", famous for his intellectual prowess. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring Holmes, which were published between 1887 and 1927. All but four Holmes stories are narrated by Holmes' friend, assistant, and biographer, Dr. Watson. The Lost World literary genre was inspired by real stories of archaeological discoveries by imperial adventurers. H. Rider Haggard wrote one of the"