план текста Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)The British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote different kinds of books, fromhistorical novels to adventure stories, but it was his detective stories about SherlockHolmes that brought him fame. Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into morethan fifty languages and made into plays, films, radio and television series, a musicalcomedy, a ballet, cartoons, comic books and advertisements.Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh. Doyle's mother, Mary, was interestedin literature and encouraged her son to explore the world of books. She was a very goodstory-teller. In his autobiography Conan Doyle wrote, "The stories that my mother toldme when I was a child stand out more powerfully than the real facts of my life.'Doyle was educated at a boarding school and studied at Edinburgh University. Doylequalified as a doctor in 1885. After graduation Doyle practiced medicine as an eyespecialist until 1891, when he became a full-time writer.Doyle's first novel about Holmes, 'A Study in Scarlet', was published in 1887. Thestory was written in three weeks in 1886. It introduced the detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. Watson, the narrator. Holmes's abilities border on the fantastic: he is famousfor his logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise and his skills to solvedifficult cases.Watson has two roles in Holmes's life. First, he gives practical assistance in theconduct of his cases; he is the detective's right-hand man. Second, he is Holmes'schronicler. Most of the Holmes stories are written from Watson's point of view assummaries of the detective's most interesting cases.Already at the end of 1891 Doyle planned to stop writing about Holmes and end theseries. But the public demanded the return of Holmes. Doyle's readers expressed theirdisappointment by wearing mourning bands, and the magazine which was publishing theseries lost 20, 000 subscriptions. Doyle brought his popular character back to life in"The Empty House' (1903 Holmes's character has inspired many later writers to continuehis adventures.Write down the plan of the text. Then write out words and phrases which can be usedin a talk about someone's biography.​