For example, in A Study in Scarlet, Holmes appears to be ignorant of the Solar System, but by the time of 'The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter' he has a very good astronomical knowledge. He is a music-lover who attends concerts and operas, and is also a violinist, preferring German music.Ī highly knowledgeable individual, Holmes is also clearly an avid reader and learner throughout his life.
Another of Holmes's specialities is his wonderful disguises: from groom to priest, clergyman to opium smoker, all of which have been much needed to gain information or as a way to escape from the criminals. Although he has never exercised for the fun of it, he is always fit and ready for action he is adept at boxing and the martial art Baritsu, and is also proficient at single-stick and fencing.
Holmes is scrupulously clean and is always dressed neatly. He has black hair and grey eyes, thin lips and a 'hawk-like' nose. In appearance, Holmes is tall - over 6ft - and thin. He was the son of a country squire and grandson of the sister of the artist Vernet. The Man HimselfĪccording to the stories, Sherlock Holmes was born on 6 January, 1854. But it is his clinical, analytical mind for which he is most famous, able to detect a person's previous whereabouts or general situation by the subtlest of clues and minute evidence. He was a noted violinist and there was more than a suggestion that he used opium, making him possibly the most widely-respected and best-loved drug-addict in British fiction. Popular iconography depicts him in a deerstalker hat and checked cape, though fans and experts of the detective will recall that he was more often depicted as wearing a smart suit and a top hat. Known the world over as the greatest living detective, he's one of literature's most popular characters. His chin, too, had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination.Ī Study in Scarlet 1 (1887), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. His eyes were sharp and piercing, save during those intervals of torpor to which I have alluded and his thin, hawk-like nose gave his whole expression an air of alertness and decision. In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller.
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