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The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Author Biography

Name: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
Birth Date: May 22, 1859
Death Date: July 6, 1930
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Place of Death: Crowborough, Sussex, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, surgeon, ophthalmologist

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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
952 words, approx. 3.2 pages
The British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best remembered as the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 22, 1859, into an Irish Roman Catholic family of noted artistic ac...
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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
12245 words, approx. 40.8 pages
It is difficult to imagine the shape which detective fiction might have taken had it not been for the creation by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle took a form of fiction which had become popular through the works of his predecessors, Ed...
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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle
11405 words, approx. 38 pages
Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his short stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes, whom Jon L. Lellenberg describes in The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographies in Search of a Life (1987) as "the most universally recognized fiction...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band Information
1,439 words, approx. 5 pages
"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published...


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The Washington Post
Speckled Over, These Greens Shine
07/19/2007: 424 words, approx. 1 pages
It has been a long time since lettuce just came in green. Now there are red ones, too, such as Merlot and Outredgeous, and they just keep getting redder at the tips. Some are even spangled with red spots. I first saw the variety...
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The Washington Post
Keanu Reeves, in a Brash New Adventure: Rock Band Stint Draws Breathless Fans
07/27/1995: 646 words, approx. 2 pages
The line of young and younger women outside the 9:30 club twists down F Street NW Tuesday night, but it is hours before the band Dogstar will take the stage. The show sold out long ago, despite its $15 ticket price, which is on...


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 96%
Comparison of the Affair and the Victory Ball and The Adventures of the Speckled Band
3,792 words, approx. 13 pages
The Affair at the Victory Ball and The Adventures of the Speckled Band
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Essay Grade: 87%
How Does Conan Doyle Engage the Readers Interest in the Story?
2,466 words, approx. 8 pages
This essay is about "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," which is a Sherlock Holmes Book written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Sherlock Holmes
624 words, approx. 2 pages
As depicted in the story The Adventure of the Speckled Bard, Sherlock Holmes exhibits an intelligence and cleverness that goes beyond the traits of a common investigator. His powers of observation and deduction are most apparent when he meets his client Helena Stoner and when he investigates both Helena's bedroom and the room of her stepfather.
 


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