In 1926, Doyle published a book called " The History of Spiritualism," in which he described the movement as "the most important in the history of the world since the Christ episode. Even after Holmes was brought back, Conan Doyle devoted as much energy as possible to spreading his beliefs, calling his crusade, "the most important thing in the world" (via the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate). In 1901, Conan Doyle caved to the pressure, and brought the consulting detective back from his fictional grave.ĭespite the fervour his work stirred up in readers, Conan Doyle stated that he would be happy to give up his literary career if in return more people would believe in spiritualism. Fans, who some say wore black mourning bands, canceled their subscriptions to the magazine that published the Holmes stories and wrote furious letters to Conan Doyle. Title:: The Coming of the Fairies: Author:: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930: Note: New York et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922 : Link: illustrated HTML with commentary. In "The Final Problem," Sherlock Holmes was killed while on a case. After years of writing the famous character, Conan Doyle had had enough of crime stories, and his rationalist protagonist. "Killed Holmes," Conan Doyle wrote in his diary in 1893 (via the BBC).
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