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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Standard Name: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Birth Name: Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Self-constructed Name: A. Conan Doyle
Titled: Sir
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was a journalist, novelist, and short-story writer, a scientific, medical, and spiritualist writer, and an autobiographer. His fame rests on his creation of the detective-hero Sherlock Holmes, whose adventures filled nine volumes when collected.
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Agatha Christie | Although AC
was supposed to be writing propaganda, her opinions on her own chosen genre were too strong to be muzzled. Having begun with praise of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, John Dickson Carr
... |
| Textual Production | Julia Frankau | In 1892 JF
contributed chapter twelve to a collaboratively-written novel entitled The Fate of Fenella (along with twenty-three other authors including Helen Mathers
, Frances Eleanor Trollope
, Conan Doyle
and Bram Stoker
). Frankau, Reuben. Emails to Orlando about Julia Frankau, with attached bibliography. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Textual Production | Sir J. M. Barrie | James Barrie
's fifth play, Becky Sharp (titled from the protagonist of Thackeray
's Vanity Fair), was first performed. Also this year he collaborated with Arthur Conan Doyle
on a libretto for Jane Annie. “Peter Pan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia”. C20th.com. Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press. 55 |
| Textual Production | May Crommelin | The collaborators included Julia Frankau
, Clotilde Graves
, Margaret Hungerford
, Helen Mathers
, Florence Marryat
, Adeline Sergeant
, Tasma
, Frances Eleanor Trollope
, Conan Doyle
, and Bram Stoker
. The... |
| Publishing | Anne Marsh | Harriet Martineau
was amazed when AM
first read her one of these tales, The Admiral's Daughter, and felt that their hostess later that evening (Sarah Wedgwood
) must have been almost equally amazed... |
| Publishing | Helen Mathers | HM
collaborated with Florence Marryat
, Julia Frankau
, Frances Eleanor Trollope
, Conan Doyle
, Bram Stoker
, Justin H. McCarthy
, Joseph Hatton
, and others in a serial novel, The Fate of Fenella, in The Gentlewoman. Maunder, Andrew. “Introduction”. The Fate of Fenella, Valancourt Books, p. vii - xxiii. vii Mathers, Helen et al. The Fate of Fenella. Cassell. titlepage “Summary of News”. The British Architect, pp. 407-8. 408 |
| Publishing | Mary Angela Dickens | MAD
published her story The Catch of the Season in The Strand Magazine. The issue also features writing by Arthur Conan Doyle
and Grant Allen
. Dickens, Mary Angela. “The Catch of the Season”. The Strand Magazine, Vol. xiv , No. 79, pp. 66-72. 66-73 |
| Literary responses | Ann Radcliffe | Anna Seward
, in letters which were to be published in AR
's lifetime, mixed her praise of her gothic oeuvre with some trenchant criticism. Norton, Rictor. Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe. Leicester University Press. 221-2 |
| Literary responses | Mary Augusta Ward | Arthur Conan Doyle
considered this novel better than anything George Eliot
had written. Sutherland, John. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press. 243 |
| Literary responses | Mary Augusta Ward | Despite the vicissitudes in the sales of her fiction, MAW
remained a major public figure from the time of Robert Elsmere's success until her death. Her popularity was in large part due to her... |
| Leisure and Society | May Crommelin | MC
was a member of the Albemarle Club
. Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Gale Research. vol. 1 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Emmuska, Baroness Orczy | Her very first fiction, rejected with a kind message of encouragement from Mr Everett
of C. Arthur Pearson
, later became the germ of her successful first novel, The Emperor's Candlesticks. She had hit... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Margiad Evans | As a story-teller Evans has a sure grasp, making every tiny detail contribute to an effect which is understated but emotionally powerful. The named character in Miss Potts and Music is largely a peg for... |
| Friends, Associates | Rudyard Kipling | Kipling's fame brought easy acquaintances with celebrities. In November 1894, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
stayed as a guest in his American home. On the death in Samoa of Robert Louis Stevenson
(whom he had never... |
| Friends, Associates | Edith Somerville | ES
attended a meeting of 8,000 spiritualists in the Albert Hall in London; speakers included Conan Doyle
. Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber. 229 |
Timeline
18 January 1879: The Evangelical Boy's Own Paper was launched;...
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18 January 1879
The Evangelical Boy's Own Paper was launched; it circulated at a cost of one shilling.
January 1891: The middle-class monthly Strand Magazine...
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January 1891
The middle-class monthlyStrand Magazine began publication.
3 August 1916: In the aftermath of the Easter Rising, Irish...
National or international item
3 August 1916
In the aftermath of the Easter Rising, Irish nationalist Roger Casement
, formerly Sir Roger, was executed for treason at Pentonville Prison
in London for attempting to smuggle a shipment of German arms to Ireland.
13 July 1930: Six days after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died,...
Writing climate item
13 July 1930
Six days after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
died, a seance was held as a memorial tribute at the Albert Hall in London.
October 1950: A Gallup Poll found that 48 percent of respondents...
Writing climate item
October 1950
A Gallup
Poll found that 48 percent of respondents read detective fiction; among the favourite authors were Edgar Wallace
, Conan Doyle
, and Agatha Christie
.
Texts
Mathers, Helen et al. The Fate of Fenella. Cassell, 1892.