Sir Arthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician. In addition to the series of stories chronicling the activities of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr John Watson for which he is well known, Doyle wrote on a wide range of topics, both fictional and non-fictional.[1] In 1876 Doyle entered the University of Edinburgh Medical School, where he became a pupil of Joseph Bell, whose deductive processes impressed his pupil so much that the teacher became the chief model for Holmes.[1] Doyle began writing while still a student, and in October 1879 he had his first work—"The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley"—published in Chambers's Journal.[2] He continued writing short works—both fictional and non-fictional—throughout his career, and had over 200 stories and articles published.[3]
 Arthur Conan Doyle, 1914 | |
| Books↙ | 10 |
|---|---|
| Novels↙ | 22 |
| Stories↙ | 204 |
| Collections↙ | 16 |
| Poems↙ | 4 |
| Plays↙ | 14 |
| Spiritualist and paranormal books↙ | 13 |
| Spiritualist and paranormal pamphlets↙ | 10 |
| Operettas↙ | 1 |
| References and footnotes | |
In July 1891 Doyle published the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia" in The Strand Magazine—a "story which would change his life", according to his biographer, Andrew Lycett, as it introduced Holmes and Watson to a wide audience; the duo had provided the subject of Doyle's first novel, A Study in Scarlet, which was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. The story in The Strand was one in a series of six, published in successive months.[4] They were well received by the public, and the editors of the magazine commissioned a further six stories, and then another series of twelve. Doyle, fearful of having his other work overshadowed by his fictional detective, killed his creation off in December 1893 in "The Adventure of the Final Problem".[1] He also wrote four full-length Holmes works, as well as adventure novels and nine historical works of fiction. In 1912 he began the adventure series featuring Professor Challenger, who first appeared in The Lost World—both in short stories and novels.[3]
Doyle also wrote four volumes of poetry and a series of stage works—his first was Jane Annie, an unsuccessful attempt at a libretto to an operetta, which he wrote with J. M. Barrie.[5] Doyle was an enthusiastic supporter of the Boer War, and wrote two histories of the events. During the First World War he also wrote extensively on that conflict, both short articles and a six-volume history. Following the close successive deaths of his son and his brother, Doyle turned to spiritualism and wrote extensively on the subject;[1][3] his biographer Owen Dudley Edwards writes that at the time of Doyle's death in July 1930, while the writer "most wanted to be remembered as a champion of spiritualism and as a historical novelist, it is Sherlock Holmes who has continued to capture the imagination of the public".[1]
Publications in periodicals
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| Title[6][7] | Date of publication |
Periodical | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley" | October 1879 | Chambers's Journal | published anonymously |
| "Gelseminum as a Poison" | 20 September 1879 | British Medical Journal | |
| "The American's Tale" | December 1880 | London Society | Christmas issue |
| "A Night Among the Nihilists" | April 1881 | London Society | |
| "The Gully of Bluemansdyke" | December 1881 | London Society | published as by "A.C.D." |
| "That Little Square Box" | December 1881 | London Society | published anonymously |
| "Bones" | April 1882 | London Society | |
| "Our Derby Sweepstakes" | May 1882 | London Society | |
| "That Veteran" | 2 September 1882 | All the Year Round | published anonymously |
| "My Friend the Murderer" | December 1882 | London Society | |
| "The Captain of the Pole-Star" | January 1883 | Temple Bar | |
| "Gentlemanly Joe" | 31 March 1883 | All the Year Round | published anonymously |
| "The Winning Shot" | 11 July 1883 | Bow Bells | |
| "The Silver Hatchet" | December 1883 | London Society | |
| "Selecting a Ghost" | December 1883 | London Society | |
| "An Exciting Christmas Eve" | December 1883 | The Boy's Own Paper | Christmas issue |
| "Life and Death in the Blood" | 1884 | Good Words | semi-scientific article |
| "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" | January 1884 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "The Heiress of Glenmahowley" | January 1884 | Temple Bar | |
| "The Blood-Stone Tragedy" | 16 February 1884 | Cassell's Saturday Journal | |
| "John Barrington Cowles" | 12 April 1884 | Cassell's Saturday Journal | serialized in two installments |
| "The Cabman's Story" | 17 May 1884 | Cassell's Saturday Journal | |
| "The Tragedians" | 20 August 1884 | Bow Bells | |
| "Crabbe's Practice" | December 1884 | The Boy's Own Paper | Christmas issue |
| "The Man from Archangel" | January 1885 | London Society | |
| "The Lonely Hampshire Cottage" | 2 May 1885 | Cassell's Saturday Journal | |
| "The Great Keinplatz Experiment" | July 1885 | Belgravia | |
| "The Fate of the Evangeline" | December 1885 | The Boy's Own Paper | Christmas issue |
| "The Parson of Jackman's Gulch" | December 1885 | London Society | |
| "A Midshipman's Story" | December 1885 | Cassell's Magazine | |
| "Cyprian Overbeck Wells, or A Literary Mosaic" | December 1886 | The Boy's Own Paper | Christmas issue |
| "Uncle Jeremy's Household" | 1887 | The Boy's Own Paper | serialised over seven issues |
| "The Stone of Boxman's Drift" | 1887 | The Boy's Own Paper | |
| A Study in Scarlet | 1887 | Beeton's Christmas Annual | Sherlock Holmes novel |
| "John Huxford's Hiatus" | June 1888 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| The Mystery of Cloomber | 30 August 1888 | The Pall Mall Budget | novel serialized in The Pall Mall Budget and The Pall Mall Gazette |
| "The Geographical Distribution of British Intellect" | August 1888 | The Nineteenth Century | |
| "The Bravoes of Market Drayton" | August 1889 | Chambers's Journal | |
| The Firm of Girdlestone | 27 October 1889 | The People | novel serialized from October 1889 to April 1890 |
| "The Ring of Thoth" | January 1890 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| The Sign of the Four | February 1890 | Lippincott's Magazine | Sherlock Holmes novel |
| "A Physiologist's Wife" | September 1890 | Blackwood's Magazine | |
| "The Surgeon of Gaster Fell" | December 1890 | Chambers's Journal | |
| "The Duello in France" | December 1890 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "A Pastoral Horror" | 21 December 1890 | The People | published anonymously |
| The White Company | January – December 1891 | The Cornhill Magazine | serialised throughout the year |
| "Our Midnight Visitor" | February 1891 | Temple Bar | |
| "The Voice of Science" | March 1891 | The Strand Magazine | credited in the table of contents but not on the story itself |
| "A Straggler of '15" | 21 March 1891 | Black and White | |
| "A Scandal in Bohemia" | July 1891 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Colonel's Choice" | 26 July 1891 | Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper | |
| "The Red-Headed League" | August 1891 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "A Case of Identity" | September 1891 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" | October 1891 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Five Orange Pips" | November 1891 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "A Sordid Affair" | 21 November 1891 | The People | |
| "The Man with the Twisted Lip" | December 1891 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Fate of Fenella" | 19 December 1891 | The Gentlewoman | |
| "A False Start" | 1891 | The Gentlewoman | Christmas issue |
| Beyond the City | 1891 | Good Words | Christmas issue |
| "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" | January 1892 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "Out of the Running | 2 January 1892 | Black and White | |
| "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" | February 1892 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" | March 1892 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "De Profundis" | March 1892 | The Idler | |
| "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" | April 1892 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" | May 1892 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" | June 1892 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "A Day with Dr Conan Doyle" | August 1892 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Lot No. 249" | September 1892 | Harper's Magazine | |
| "Jelland's Voyage" | 12 November 1892 | Harper's Weekly | |
| "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" | December 1892 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| The Refugees | January – June 1893 | Harper's Magazine | serial |
| "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" | January 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" | February 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" | March 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" | April 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" | May 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" | June 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Green Flag" | June 1893 | The Pall Mall Magazine | |
| "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" | July 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" | August 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "Pennarby Mine" | August 1893 | The Pall Mall Magazine | |
| "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" | September 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" | October – November 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Case of Lady Sannox" | November 1893 | The Idler | |
| "The Adventure of the Final Problem" | December 1893 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| The Stark Munro Letters | October 1894–November 1895 | The Idler | novel in epistolary form |
| "Sweethearts" | June 1894 | The Idler | |
| "The Lord of Chateau Noir" | July 1894 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Medal of Brigadier Gerard" | December 1894 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "An Alpine Pass on Ski" | December 1894 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Recollections of Captain Wilkie" | 19 January 1895 | Chambers's Journal | serialized in two parts |
| "How the Brigadier Held the King" | April 1895 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the King Held the Brigadier" | May 1895 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio" | June 1895 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom" | July 1895 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs" | August 1895 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier was Tempted by the Devil" | September 1895 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom" | December 1895 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| Rodney Stone | January – December 1896 | The Strand Magazine | serialised in 12 parts |
| "The Three Correspondents" | October 1896 | The Windsor Magazine | |
| "The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce" | January 1897 | Punch | |
| "The Governor of St. Kitts" | January 1897 | Pearson's Magazine | "Tales of the High Seas"/Captain Sharkey story |
| "Life on a Greenland Whaler" | January | The Strand Magazine | |
| Uncle Bernac | January – March 1897 | The Queen | serialised weekly |
| "The Two Barques" | March 1897 | Pearson's Magazine | "Tales of the High Seas"/Captain Sharkey story |
| The Tragedy of the Korosko | May – December 1897 | The Strand Magazine | serialised over eight instalments |
| "The Voyage of Captain Banks" | May 1897 | Pearson's Magazine | "Tales of the High Seas"/Captain Sharkey story |
| "The Striped Chest" | July 1897 | Pearson's Magazine | "Tales of the High Seas" story |
| "Burger's Secret" | 1898 | The Sunlight Year-Book | later published as "The New Catacomb" |
| "Cremona" | January 1898 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "The Confession" | 17 January 1898 | The Star | |
| "The Groom's Story" | April 1898 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "The Story of the Beetle Hunter" | June 1898 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of the Man With the Watches" | July 1898 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The King of the Foxes" | July 1898 | The Windsor Magazine | |
| "The Story of the Lost Special" | August 1898 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of the Sealed Room" | September 1898 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of the Black Doctor" | October 1898 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Fiend of the Cooperage" | 1 October 1898 | The Manchester Weekly Times | also published in Ainslee's Magazine, October 1898 |
| "The Story of the Club-Footed Grocer" | November 1898 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Retirement of Signor Lambert" | December 1898 | Pearson's Magazine | |
| "A Shadow Before" | December 1898 | The Windsor Magazine | |
| "The Story of the Brazilian Cat" | December 1898 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of the Japanned Box" | January 1899 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of the Jew's Breast-Plate" | February 1899 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of B.24" | March 1899 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of the Latin Tutor" | April 1899 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Story of the Brown Hand" | May 1899 | The Strand Magazine | Round the Fire story |
| "The Croxley Master" | October – December 1899 | The Strand Magazine | serialised in three parts |
| "The Crime of the Brigadier" | January 1900 | The Strand Magazine | |
| Hilda Wade, 11 | January 1900 | The Strand Magazine | completion of novel by Grant Allen |
| Hilda Wade, 12 | February 1900 | The Strand Magazine | completion of novel by Grant Allen |
| "Playing with Fire" | March 1900 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "An Impression of the Regency" | August 1900 | Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly | |
| "A Glimpse of the Army" | September 1900 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Some Military Lessons of the War" | October 1900 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "The Military Lessons of the War, a Rejoinder" | January 1901 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "The Holocaust of Manor Place" | March 1901 | The Strand Magazine | "Strange Studies From Life" article |
| "The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker" | April 1901 | The Strand Magazine | "Strange Studies From Life" article |
| "The Debatable Case of Mrs Emsley" | May 1901 | The Strand Magazine | "Strange Studies From Life" article |
| "A British Commando" | June 1901 | The Strand Magazine | |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | August 1901 – April 1902 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes novel; serialised over nine months |
| "How Brigadier Gerard Lost an Ear" | August | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier Saved the Army" | November 1902 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier Rose to Minsk" | December 1902 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo" | January – February 1903 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "The Brigadier in England" | March 1903 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How the Brigadier Joined the Hussars at Conflans" | April 1903 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "How Etienne Gerard Said Goodbye to his Master" | May 1903 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "The Leather Funnel" | June 1903 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Adventure of the Empty House" | October 1903 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" | November 1903 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" | December 1903 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" | January 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Priory School" | February 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of Black Peter" | March 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" | April 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" | May 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Three Students" | June 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" | July 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" | August 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" | September 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Second Stain" | December 1904 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Great Brown-Pericord Motor" | January 1905 | The Pictorial Magazine | |
| Sir Nigel | December 1905 – December 1906 | The Strand Magazine | serialised over 13 issues |
| "An Incursion into Diplomacy" | June 1906 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "Through the Magic Door" | November 1906 – October 1907 | Cassell's Magazine | |
| "The Pot of Caviare" | March 1908 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Silver Mirror" | August 1908 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" | September 1908 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story; published in book form as first part of "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" |
| "The Tiger of San Pedro" | October 1908 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story; published in book form as second part of "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" |
| "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" | December 1908 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "Shakespeare's Expostulation" | March 1909 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "Bendy's Sermon" | April 1909 | The Strand Magazine | story in verse |
| "The Lord of Falconbridge" | August 1909 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Some Recollections of Sport" | September 1909 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Home-Coming" | December 1909 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Terror of Blue John Gap" | August 1910 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Marriage of the Brigadier" | September 1910 | The Strand Magazine | Brigadier Gerard story |
| "The Last Galley" | November 1910 | The London Magazine | |
| "The Coming of the Huns" | November 1910 | Scribner's Magazine | "Through the Mists" story |
| "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" | December 1910 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Passing of the Legions" | December 1910 | The London Magazine | |
| "The First Cargo" | December 1910 | Scribner's Magazine | "Through the Mists" story |
| "The Red Star" | January 1911 | Scribner's Magazine | "Through the Mists" story |
| "The Adventure of the Red Circle" | March – April 1911 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Contest" | March | Pearson's Magazine | |
| "The Blighting of Sharkey" | April | Pearson's Magazine | Captain Sharkey story |
| "The Giant Maximin" | July 1911 | The Literary Pageant | |
| "One Crowded Hour" | August 1911 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "What Reform is Needed?" | September 1911 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" | December 1911 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| The Lost World | April – November 1912 | The Strand Magazine | Professor Challenger story |
| "The Fall of Lord Barrymore" | December 1912 | The Strand Magazine | |
| The Poison Belt | March – July 1913 | The Strand Magazine | Professor Challenger story |
| "England and the Next War" | 1913 | The Fortnightly Review | |
| "How it Happened" | September 1913 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "'Borrow'ed Sceenes" | September 1913 | The Pall Mall Magazine | |
| "The Horror of the Heights" | November 1913 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" | December 1913 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "Essays Upon Phases of the Great War" | 1914 | The Fortnightly Review | |
| "Danger!" | July 1914 | The Strand Magazine | |
| The Valley of Fear | September 1914 – May 1915 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes novel; serialised over nine issues |
| "Western Wanderings" | January – April 1915 | The Cornhill Magazine | |
| "An Outing in War Time" | October 1915 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Stranger than Fiction" | December 1915 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Prisoner's Defence" | February 1916 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The British Campaign in France" | April 1916 – June 1917 | The Strand Magazine | serialised over fifteen months |
| "Is Sir Oliver Lodge Right that the Dead Can Communicate with the Living?" | July 1917 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "What Will England be Like in 1930?" | August 1917 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "His Last Bow" | September 1917 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "Some Personalia about Mr Sherlock Holmes" | December 1917 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes-related article |
| "A Chat About Children, Snakes and Zebus" | April 1918 | The Strand Magazine | "Three of Them" story |
| "About Cricket" | April 1918 | The Strand Magazine | "Three of Them" story |
| "The Battle of the Somme" | May – June 1918 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Speculations" | July | The Strand Magazine | "Three of Them" story |
| "The Leatherskin Tribe" | July | The Strand Magazine | "Three of Them" story |
| "The British Campaign in France" | October – November 1918 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "About Naughtiness and Frogs and Historical Pictures" | December 1918 | The Strand Magazine | "Three of Them" story |
| "The Battle of Cambrai" | January – February 1919 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Life After Death" | March 1919 | The Strand Magazine | Interview by Hayden Church |
| "The Uncharted Coast" | December 1919, January, May, September and November 1920 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Sideric Pendulum" | August 1920 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Fairies Photographed" | December 1920 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Evidence for Fairies" | March 1921 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Uncharted Coast" | May 1921 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Sherlock Holmes on the Film" | July 1921 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" | October 1921 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Bully of Brocas Court" | November 1921 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Nightmare Room" | December 1921 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Problem of Thor Bridge" | February – March 1922 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Book I Most Enjoyed Writing" | March 1922 | The Strand Magazine | contribution to symposium |
| "The Lift" | June 1922 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Now Then, Smith!" | July 1922 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Sherlock Holmes in Real Life" | September 1922 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "A Point of Contact" | October 1922 | The Story-Teller | |
| "Billy Bones" | December 1922 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Centurion" | December 1922 | The Story-Teller | |
| "The Cottingley Fairies" | February 1923 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" | March 1923 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "Haunting Dreams" | April 1923 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Forbidden Subject" | August 1923 | The Strand Magazine | |
| Memories and Adventures | October 1923 – July 1924 | The Strand Magazine | autobiography; serialised over ten issues |
| "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" | January 1924 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "How Our Novelists Write Their Books" | December 1924 | The Strand Magazine | contribution to symposium |
| "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" | January 1925 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" | February – March 1925 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Land of Mist" | July 1925 – March 1926 | The Strand Magazine | Professor Challenger story |
| "The Adventure of the Three Gables" | October 1926 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" | November 1926 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" | December 1926 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" | January 1927 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" | February 1927 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" | April 1927 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes story |
| "How I Made My List" | June 1927 | The Strand Magazine | Sherlock Holmes-related essay |
| "W.G. Grace—A Memory" | July 1927 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "Houdini the Enigma" | August – September 1927 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Maracot Deep" | October 1927 – February 1928 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "When the World Screamed" | April – May 1928 | The Strand Magazine | Professor Challenger story |
| "The Dreamers—Notes from a Strange Mail Bag" | June 1928 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Story of Spedegue's Dropper" | October 1928 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Disintegration Machine" | January 1929 | The Strand Magazine | Professor Challenger story |
| "The Lord of the Dark Face" | April – May 1929 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Death Voyage" | October 1929 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Parish Magazine" | August 1930 | The Strand Magazine | |
| "The Last Resource" | 8 August 1930 | Liberty | also published in The Strand Magazine, December 1930 |
| "The End of Devil Hawker" | 23 August 1930 | The Saturday Evening Post | also published in The Strand Magazine, November 1930 |
Novels
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Short story collections
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| Title[3][8] | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher (All London) |
Series or genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mysteries and Adventures | 1890 | Scott | Mysteries |
| The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales | 1890 | Longmans, Green | – |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1892 | George Newnes | Sherlock Holmes |
| The Gully of Bluemansdyke | 1893 | Scott | Mysteries |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | 1894 | George Newnes | Sherlock Holmes |
| Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life | 1894 | Methuen | – |
| The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard | 1896 | George Newnes | Brigadier Gerard |
| The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport | 1900 | Smith, Elder & Co. | – |
| The Adventures of Gerard | 1903 | George Newnes | Brigadier Gerard |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | 1905 | George Newnes | Sherlock Holmes |
| Round the Fire Stories | 1908 | Smith, Elder & Co. | – |
| The Last Galley | 1911 | Smith, Elder & Co. | – |
| His Last Bow | 1917 | John Murray | Sherlock Holmes |
| Danger! and Other Stories | 1918 | John Murray | – |
| Three of Them | 1923 | John Murray | – |
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | 1927 | John Murray | Sherlock Holmes |
Stage works
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| Title[11] | Location of first performance | Date of first performance | Year of publication |
Publisher (London, unless otherwise stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Annie; or, The Good Conduct Prize | London | 1893 | 1893 | Chappell & Co. | Libretto to operetta, with J.M. Barrie; music by Ernest Ford |
| Foreign Policy | London | 1893 | – | – | Based on A Question of Diplomacy |
| The Story of Waterloo | Bristol | 1894 | 1907 | Samuel French Ltd. | A one-act play written for Sir Henry Irving |
| Brothers | Aberdeen | 1899 | – | Based on novel Halves by James Payn | |
| Sherlock Holmes | London | 1899 | 1922 | Samuel French Ltd. | With William Gillette |
| A Duet | London | 1902 | 1903 | Samuel French Ltd. | |
| Brigadier Gerard | London | 1906 | 1986 | Gaslight, Bloomington, IN | |
| The Fires of Fate | Liverpool | 1909 | – | – | |
| The House of Temperley | London | 1910 | – | – | |
| A Pot of Caviare | London | 1910 | – | – | |
| The Speckled Band | London | 1910 | 1912 | Samuel French Ltd. | |
| The Crown Diamond | Bristol | 1921 | 1958 | Privately printed | |
| Angels of Darkness: A Drama in Three Acts | – | – | 2001 | The Baker Street Irregulars in cooperation with the Toronto Public Library, New York, NY |
Poetry
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The majority of Doyle's poetry falls into the genre of war poetry.[3]
| Title[3][11] | Year of first publication | First edition publisher (All London) |
|---|---|---|
| Songs of Action | 1898 | Smith, Elder & Co. |
| Songs of the Road | 1911 | Smith, Elder & Co. |
| The Guards Came Through, and Other Poems | 1919 | J. Murray |
| The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle: Collected Edition | 1922 | J. Murray |
Non-fiction
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| Title[3][8][12] | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher (All London) |
Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Boer War | 1900 | Smith, Elder & Co. | Military history |
| The War in South Africa – Its Cause and Conduct | 1902 | Smith, Elder & Co. | Military history |
| Through the Magic Door | 1907 | Smith, Elder & Co. | Memoir of the books in Doyle's library |
| The Crime of the Congo | 1909 | Hutchinson | History |
| The Case of Oscar Slater | 1912 | Hodder & Stoughton | Crime |
| The German War: Some Sidelights and Reflections | 1914 | Hodder & Stoughton | Military history |
| A Visit to Three Fronts | 1916 | Hodder & Stoughton | Military history |
| The British Campaign in France and Flanders | 1916–20[a] | Hodder & Stoughton | Military history |
| Memories and Adventures | 1924 | Hodder & Stoughton | Autobiography |
| Dangerous Work: Diary of an Arctic Adventure | 2012 | The British Library Publishing Division | Autobiography |
Spiritualist and paranormal works
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| Title[12][14] | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher (All London) |
|---|---|---|
| The New Revelation | 1918 | Hodder & Stoughton |
| The Vital Message | 1919 | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Verbatim Report of a Public Debate on 'The Truth of Spiritualism' between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Joseph McCabe | 1920 | Watts & Co |
| The Wanderings of a Spiritualist | 1921 | Hodder & Stoughton |
| The Coming of the Fairies | 1922 | Hodder & Stoughton |
| The Case for Spirit Photography | 1922 | Hutchinson |
| Our American Adventure | 1923 | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Our Second American Adventure | 1924 | Hodder & Stoughton |
| The Spiritualist's Reader | 1924 | Two Worlds Publishing Company |
| The History of Spiritualism | 1926 | Cassell |
| Pheneas Speaks[15] | 1927 | Psychic Press |
| Our African Winter | 1929 | John Murray |
| The Edge of the Unknown | 1930 | John Murray |
Pamphlets
edit| Title[16] | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher (London, unless otherwise stated) |
Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Full Report of a Lecture on Spiritualism Delivered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Connaught Hall, Worthing on Friday July 11th 1919 | 1919 | The Worthing Gazette | 11 |
| Our reply to the Cleric: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Lecture in Leicester, October 19th 1919 | 1920 | Spiritualists' National Union, Halifax | 16 |
| Spiritualism and Rationalism | 1920 | Hodder & Stoughton | 32 |
| The Early Christian Church and Modern Spiritualism | 1925 | Psychic Bookshop and Library | 12 |
| Psychic Experiences | 1925 | G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York | 12 |
| A Word of Warning | 1928 | Psychic Bookshop and Library | 19 |
| What Does Spiritualism Actually Teach and Stand For? | 1928 | Psychic Bookshop and Library | 16 |
| The Roman Catholic Church: A Rejoinder | 1929 | Psychic Press | 72 |
| An Open Letter to Those of My Generation | 1929 | Psychic Press | 12 |
| The New Revelation | 1997 | Rupert Books, Cambridge | 32 |
Notes and references
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edit- ^ a b c d e Dudley Edwards 2004.
- ^ Lycett 2008, pp. 48, 52–53, 65.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Arthur Conan Doyle". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Retrieved 22 June 2015. (subscription required)
- ^ Lycett 2008, pp. 171–172.
- ^ Lycett 2008, p. 196.
- ^ Locke 1928, pp. 11–18.
- ^ Ashley 2008, pp. 43–46.
- ^ a b c Locke 1928, pp. 24–78.
- ^ Dalby 1992, p. 13.
- ^ Dalby 1995, p. 18.
- ^ a b Locke 1928, p. 22.
- ^ a b Grella & Dematteis 1983, pp. 77–79.
- ^ Grella & Dematteis 1983, p. 77.
- ^ Dalby 1998, p. 17.
- ^ "Photographic image of notecard from Conan Doyle" (JPG). Arthur-conan-doyle.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Dalby 1998, p. 18.
Sources
edit- Ashley, Mike (April 2008). "Sherlock Holmes in The Strand". The Book and Magazine Collector (295). Diamond Publishing Group.
- Dalby, Richard (July 1992). "The Horror and Adventure Stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle". The Book and Magazine Collector (100). Diamond Publishing Group.
- Dalby, Richard (February 1995). "The Historical Fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle". The Book and Magazine Collector (131). Diamond Publishing Group.
- Dalby, Richard (March 1998). "Arthur Conan Doyle and the Paranormal". The Book and Magazine Collector (168). Diamond Publishing Group.
- Dudley Edwards, Owen (2004). "Doyle, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan (1859–1930)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32887. Retrieved 31 March 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Grella, George; Dematteis, Philip B. (1983). "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle". In Fredeman, William E.; Nadel, Ira B. (eds.). Dictionary of Literary Biography: Victorian Novelists after 1885. Detroit: Gale Research. ISBN 978-0-8103-1143-5.
- Locke, Harold (1928). A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle MD, LLD. Tunbridge Wells: D Webster. OCLC 3698003.
- Lycett, Andrew (2008). Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-7538-2428-3.
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