Why are the Sherlock Holmes stories still popular today?
This piece of coursework will be answering the question and title above, this will include the examination of ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ and also ‘The Final Problem’. I have analysed these different types of the two stories – background, context of the stories, openings, settings, characters, including and investigation of the style, language and themes.
One of the key parts to why the Sherlock Holmes stories are still popular is the author, Arthur Conan Doyle. He was born on the 22nd May 1859.
Throughout his upbringing Conan Doyle and his family moved a lot, trying to break free of the dirty streets of Edinburgh. While their family were shifting about from house to house, his mum would read him stories about medieval honour, romance and knights in shining armour. His writing shows and displays that his imagination was fed by short stories and enthusiasm to write about crime, science fiction and fantasy.