Sherlock Holmes - Page 3

Originally posted by: Nickel8

I still love Irene, though... Both the book and the TV version. 😳

Originally posted by: ms.carefree444

"Doyle's attitude towards his most famous creation was ambivalent.^[29] In November 1891 he wrote to his mother: "I think of slaying Holmes,... and winding him up for good and all. He takes my mind from better things." His mother responded, "You won't! You can't! You mustn't!".^[31] In an attempt to deflect publishers' demands for more Holmes stories, he raised his price to a level intended to discourage them, but found they were willing to pay even the large sums he asked.^[29] As a result, he became one of the best-paid authors of his time."

Source-wikipedia

I had to supress my laughter when I read the above part. Poor man, though I'm glad he continued sherlock xD

Originally posted by: rose1998

I had also heard that even after offering a large sum Doyle refused to write more SH stories. But when an editor of a magazine infuriated him by saying that Doyle was no more capable of continuing SH series, he took it as a challenge and wrote The Return of Sherlock Holmes.