Open lesson Science and flight of fantasy (K. Doyle "The Lost World") outline of a lesson in literature (grade 5) on the topic. "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle - a unique timeless novel Position of a surgeon on the whaler "Hope"

Note: the game is the final stage of work on the text of Conan Doyle's story “ lost World”.

Goals of the game: develop an interest in classical foreign literature; check the knowledge of the text of the story by A. Conan Doyle; in 5th grade - to teach children to work harmoniously in a team, in 6th grade - to consolidate teamwork skills.

Tasks of the teacher: create conditions for a creative approach to understanding the text by students; develop their intellectual abilities; discuss on the forum “How will we conduct a lesson on“ The Lost World? ” in grades 5, 6, create a scenario for the game - grade 6.

Preparation: Students are encouraged to split into teams. Each team comes up with a name, motto, emblem, clothing item corresponding to the name of the team. Discussion of the scenario, suggestions for the conduct of the game are carried out remotely, in electronic form. A literature teacher discusses a sixth grade script with a physical education teacher.

Equipment (option 1): hoops, cones, leather balls, basketballs, rope, scotch tape, crepe paper, logs, tent, tags, cards, egg-shaped plastic containers, stickers and plates for guides.

Equipment (Option 2): rope, sheets of paper, felt-tip pens, discs with music for dancing, summary table for the teacher.

Option 1 for grade 6 (on school grounds)

The team is preparing a map of the Maple White country. On the back of the card is the stegosaurus, which Mapple-White captured on the pages of his album.

The route is laid by the teacher. Conductors use a sticker to make a mark on the map after the team has passed a certain “station”.

Teams line up on the site in front of the school. Welcome speech from the leading teacher.

Team greetings (red, blue).

Presentation of cards. Draw the order. Music.

Teams and guides (with a distinctive sign) take their places. (The guides have bags in which they remove inventory as they go through the “stations”.)

Station 1: Jungle.

Guide question: What was Gladys's father's name?(Mr. Hungerton) On receiving the answer, the guide gives the team a hint.

Hint # 1.

You climbed up together across the wide river(lay out soft balls with a snake, the players go “like a train”) , penetrated through reed in the green tunnel(go through the hoops - holding four), passed among the palms(pull the rope low between the trees, go under it), overcame thickets of bamboo(scotch tape is pulled, step over it), went down to the plain, overgrown with tree ferns. You saw a narrow valley, densely overgrown with palm trees, and beyond it a long line red rocks (Swedish wall covered with red crepe paper), which I remember ... from the drawing in the album. There!..

Station 2: Get in at any cost!

Guide question: What was the name of the Breaking News editor?(McArdle.)

Hint # 2.

The cliff grew steeper, and for the last fifty feet we moved, our hands and feet clinging to every ledge, to every crack in the stones. Challenger reached the top first and tied a rope to the trunk of a large tree that grew there. With his help, we soon scrambled up the uneven stone wall and found ourselves on a small grassy area twenty-five feet across. This was the top of the cliff. (Climb up one Swedish wall and go down the other).

Station 3: Plateau.

Guide question: Where does Professor Challenger live?(In Elmore Park.)

The conductor reports that a bridge has been thrown across the abyss. The team must completely move to the other side of the “abyss”: hanging, fingering with his hands, “pass” along the small and medium turnstile.

Station 4: Ferry.

Guide question: What is Challenger's favorite entertainment?(Hiking and climbing.)

The conductor informs that from the plateau it is necessary to transfer the “provisions” to the “Lost World.” (Each team member must throw 3 balls into the hoop from a conventional place.)

Station 5: Pterodactyl Pit.

Guide question: Challenger's wife name? (Mrs. Jessica Challenger.)

The guide reads or says: “We slowly moved there through the bushes that reached our waist, and suddenly we heard sounds somewhere very close - not that murmur, not that hiss, - merging into an indistinct rumble, from which the air was trembling ... the deep basin is probably one of those small craters that there are many on the plateau. At the bottom of this hollow, a hundred yards from where we were lying, behind the edge of the reeds, stagnant puddles covered with green glittered. Pterodactyls nested here - hundreds and hundreds of pterodactyls! The hollow was swarming with them ... "

The task of the "travelers": to overcome the jump hole in 5 jumps.

Station 6: "Overnight".

Guide question: Full name Challenger?(George Edward Challenger.)

At the tent, make a fence of stakes, ropes, lay down a "fire". When answering the question of the conductor, they receive a hint where to look for the next hint, for example: “There are 3 marks on the 17th metal rod from the corner. One of them will contain a key - “rifle cartridges”. Give to the conductor of the next station. "

Station 7: The Diamond Eye.

Guide question: What was the name of the newspaper Mellone worked for? (The Daily Gazette.)

Basketball throws. You need to score 450 points. Get a hint where to look pterodactyl egg - station 8.

Station 9:Way back home.

"Travelers" find a pterodactyl egg, follow a predetermined path to Indian, answer his questions, hand over the card and leave the "Lost World".

Questions Indian:

What was the name of the mestizo that Challenger recruited? (Gomez, Manuel.)

What was the name of the negro who accompanied the Challenger expedition (Sambo.)

How many notebooks did Mellone have? (5)

What is the name of Camp Challenger? ("Fort Challenger.)

The first herbivorous dinosaurs found by the expedition? (Iguanodon.)

Who attempted on Mellone's life? (Apes.)

"Lunch" in honor of the return.

Option 2 for grade 5 (in the classroom)

The cards executed by the teams are on the magnetic board.

I. Write the name of the team and give answers to 7 questions, submit the answers in writing.

1. What is the name of the newspaper where Mellone works? (The Daily Gazette.)

2. Challenger's full name? (George Edward Challenger.)

3. Name of Challenger's wife (Jessica Challenger.)

4. What is Challenger's favorite entertainment? (Hiking and climbing.)

5. Where does Professor Challenger live? (In Elmore Park.)

6. What was the name of the editor of the "Latest News" department? (McArdle.)

7. What was the name of Gladys's father? (Mr. Hungerton.)

II. Scene "Man is the creator of his own glory", ch. 1

Scene "This is a completely impossible person", ch.2

III. Teacher: “The maps with which you will visit the Lost World today depict a stegosaurus captured by Meple-White on the pages of his album: a freak with a round back, seated with triangular teeth, with a small bird's head, drooping almost to the very ground, a monster that used to Challenger became interested in all. The earth trembled under his terrible weight, he lapped the water so loudly that these sounds seemed to wake up the night ... ”.

Are the teams ready? Your greetings!

Station 1:Jungle(pantomime performed by commands)

You climbed together across a wide river, penetrated through reeds into the green tunnel, overcame thickets of bamboo, descended into a plain overgrown with tree ferns. You saw a narrow valley, densely overgrown with palm trees, and beyond it a long line red rocks, which was remembered for the drawing in the album.

Station 2: Get in at any cost!

“The cliff got steeper and steeper, and for the last fifty feet we moved, clinging with our hands and feet to every ledge, to every crack in the stones. Challenger made it to the top first and ... " (think and continue: “… Tied a rope to the trunk of a large tree that grew there. With his help, we soon scrambled up the uneven stone wall and found ourselves on a small grassy area twenty-five feet across. This was the top of the cliff. ”)

Station 3: Crossing. Walk along the rope holding hands without stumbling.

In many places the ground was covered with flowers, and our feet were ankle-deep in this magnificent soft carpet, which spread around such a strong and sweet fragrance that it made our head dizzy. Bees buzzed everywhere, just like ours in England. The branches of the trees bent low under the weight of fruits, partly known to us, partly completely unfamiliar. In this part of the jungle, paths made by wild beasts ran everywhere, and the swampy lowlands were dotted with many footprints.

Write down the name of the first herbivorous dinosaurs found by the expedition members (write down the answer - iguanodon), hand over the answers to the teacher.

Station 4:Pterodactyl Pit.

We slowly moved there through the bushes that reached our waist, and suddenly we heard sounds somewhere very close - not that murmur, not that hiss, - merging into an indistinct rumble, from which the air trembled ... A deep hollow gaped in front of us, probably one one of those small craters of which there are many on the plateau. At the bottom of this hollow, a hundred yards from where we were lying, behind the edge of the reeds, stagnant puddles covered with green glittered. Pterodactyls nested here - hundreds and hundreds of pterodactyls! The hollow was swarming with them. All this swarming, beating mass of lizards shook the air with screams and spread such a terrible stench around them that nausea came to our throats. (Mark on the map.)

Station 5: "Overnight". Question: "What is the name of the Challenger camp?" ("Fort Challenger) Mark on the map.

Station 6: Very sharp eye.

The nameless terrible monster hunts in these very places. It can at any moment rush at me from the forest darkness. I stopped, took a cartridge out of my pocket and opened the bolt of the rifle ...

Station 7: Visiting a wild tribe. Dancing teams.

Station 8: Way back home. Mark the exit from the Lost World on the map.

We remove the attributes, hand over the cards, return Home and drink cocoa (the drink of the heroes from The Lost World).

Questions just in case:

1. What was the name of the mestizo that Challenger recruited? (Gomez, Manuel)
2. What was the name of the negro who accompanied the Challenger expedition (Sambo)
3. How many notebooks did Mellone have? (5)

Summary table for teacher

References.

1. The text of the story of A. Conan Doyle "The Lost World" on paper and electronic media.

Arthur Conan Doyle was born into an Irish Catholic family known for his achievements in art and literature. “A real love of literature, a penchant for writing comes from me, I believe, from my mother,” wrote Conan Doyle in his autobiography. Vivid images of the stories that she told me in early childhood completely replaced in my memory the memories of specific events in my life in those years. "

School life Arthur attended Godder Preparatory School. When the boy was 9 years old, wealthy relatives offered to pay for his education and sent him for the next seven years to the Jesuit College of Stonyhurst, from where the future writer brought out hatred of religious and class prejudices, as well as physical punishment. At the boarding school, Doyle enjoyed playing sports, and also discovered the talent of a storyteller, gathering around him peers who listened to stories on the go for hours.

As a third-year student at the University of Edinburgh, Doyle decided to try his hand at literature. His first story is "The Mystery of the Sesass Valley", the second is "American History." In February 1880, Doyle spent seven months in Arctic waters as a ship's doctor aboard the whaling ship Nadezhda, receiving a total of £ 50 for his work. “I boarded this ship as a big, clumsy youth, and came down the ladder as a strong adult man,” he later wrote in his autobiography.

After receiving a university degree and a bachelor's degree in medicine in 1881, Conan Doyle took up medical practice, first jointly, then individual. Finally, in 1891, Doyle decided to make literature his main profession. In those days he met his future wife Louise "Tui" Hawkins; the wedding took place on August 6, 1885.

The outbreak of World War I completely turned Conan Doyle's life upside down. First, he volunteered for the front. After this proposal was rejected, he devoted himself to journalistic activities. In 1916, Conan Doyle rode through the combat positions of the British troops and visited the Allied armies, considering it his duty to maintain the morale of the soldiers. Doyle's brother, son and two nephews went to the front and died there. This was a tremendous shock for the writer and left a heavy stamp on all his further literary activities.

The writer spent the entire second half of the 1920s traveling, without stopping his active journalistic activities. His last trip to Scandinavia undermined his health. The next spring he spent in bed, surrounded by loved ones. At some point, there was an improvement: the writer immediately went to London to demand from the Minister of the Interior the abolition of laws that persecuted mediums. This effort turned out to be his last: in the early morning of July 7, 1930 at his home in Crowborough, Sussex Conan Doyle died of a heart attack. He was buried near his garden house.

The first story in the series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia, was published in The Strand in 1891. The prototype of the protagonist, who soon became a legendary detective-consultant, was Joseph Bell, a professor at the University of Edinburgh, famous for his ability to guess the character and past of a person in the smallest detail.

“He was over six feet tall, but with his extraordinary thinness he seemed even taller. His gaze was sharp, piercing, except for those periods of numbness, which were mentioned above; the thin aquiline nose gave his face an expression of lively energy and determination. A square, slightly protruding chin also spoke of a decisive character. " When he first met Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson describes the great detective as tall, thin young man:

Over the course of two years, Doyle created story after story, and eventually began to feel weary about his own character. His attempt to "end" Holmes in a fight with Professor Moriarty ("Holmes' Last Case") was unsuccessful: the hero, who was beloved by the reading public, had to be "resurrected". Holmes's epic culminated in the novel The Dog of the Baskervilles, which is classified as a classic of the detective genre.

Four novels are dedicated to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Crimson, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Horror and five collections of short stories. The extraordinary popularity of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson gradually developed into a branch of new mythology, the center of which remains to this day an apartment in London at 221-b Baker Street.

The first performer of Holmes on the Russian stage was Boris Glagolin, an artist of the Suvorin Theater in St. Petersburg. He, playing Holmes, "transformed from old to young and back, acting dexterously, quickly and clearly." Critics believed that Holmes was perceived by the public as "the genius of the almighty police, reasonable, fair, incorruptible", that the success of the performance was determined by "the yearning of bourgeois society for order", but Glagolin saw in Holmes not a defender of police reaction, but a good-natured volunteer fighter for order and justice ...

Ambassador Brenton in particular Ambassador Brenton said in particular to Mr. Livanov: he said to Mr. Livanov: “When I was a child, I loved Sherlock Holmes very much, and after watching your films, I can say that you are very similar to him. This is exactly what he was! "

A monument to the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and detective Sherlock Holmes and his permanent assistant Dr. Watson was unveiled near the embassy building near the British embassy on Smolenskaya Embankment, Smolenskaya Embankment in Moscow. A legend is associated with him. A legend is associated with him. It turns out that if you sit down It turns out that if you sit next to Dr. Watson and next to Dr. Watson and hold on to his notebook, hold on to his notebook, all problems and a book, all problems and doubts will be resolved. But if you touch the phone, doubts will be resolved. But if you touch the pipe famous detective- worries will noticeably increase. the famous detective - worries will increase significantly.

In 2007, the New Zealand Mint issued a commemorative series of four silver coins to commemorate the book's anniversary. The reverse of each coin depicts the main characters of the famous "Notes" performed by Russian actors: Livanov, Solomin, Mikhalkov, Zelenaya and others.

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Municipal budgetary educational institution "Basic secondary school No. 10" of the city of Tashtagol, Kemerovo region teacher of Russian language and literature Osintseva Larisa Anatolyevna Science and flight of fantasy (analysis of chapter 12 from the novel "The Lost World") EMC for grade 5 Authors R. N. Buneev and E.V. Buneeva

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Literature lesson in grade 5 on the textbook-reader "Step beyond the horizon", authors R.N. Buneev, E.V. Buneeva The purpose of the lesson: to show students the novel by A. Conan Doyle "The Lost World" as a work of science fiction. Analyzing the 12th chapter of the novel, find the features characteristic of a similar genre.

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This is the first book in a series of works about Professor Challenger. The novel describes the adventures of a British expedition to South America. On the rocky inaccessible Challenger Plateau with satellites (Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton and reporter Malone, on whose behalf the story is told) they discover the "lost world" - an area inhabited by dinosaurs, mammals, ape-men and primitive people of the Stone Age.

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Chapter 12 is narrated from Malone's perspective. How do you imagine it? Until the end of my days, I will not forget this terrible path. I walked around the moonlit glades at the very edges, trying to keep in the thick shadow; in the jungle every now and then froze with fear, hearing the crackle of branches through which some animal was making its way. Huge shadows appeared in front of me and disappeared again, sliding silently on soft paws. I often stopped with a firm intention to turn back, and every time pride conquered fear and drove me forward towards the intended goal. Malone, indeed, possesses the character traits that are inherent in the heroes of adventure literature.

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Chapter 12 is called "How Scary It Was in the Forest!" Tell us about how fear in the hero's soul fights against the thirst for adventure and heroism. What episodes caused fear in your soul for the fate of the hero?

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What does the world created by the imagination of A. Conan Doyle look like?

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Excursion to the Paleontological (preistrophic) Museum Dinosaurs - 15 meters long IGUANODONS Body length 10 meters Stegosaurs Body length 6 meters Ichthyosaurs This is a large (up to 12 meters) sea predator Pterodactyls The size of an eagle is flying dinosaurs

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Try to remember the names of prehistoric animals, try to describe them as they appear to you.

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Do you think the Lost World is the author's fantasy, or, from a scientific point of view, could such a land exist?

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Science and flight of fantasy Fantasy (fantastic events: unreal world, dinosaurs) Adventure (heroes are courageous, courageous, resolute; travel, get into extreme situations) Scientific research (make scientific discoveries)

Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, at Picardy Place. Millions of people are reading the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Professor Challenger, Brigadier Gerard. But no less amazing is the biography of their creator, doctor of medicine, traveler who has traveled all over the world, sportsman and military journalist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The success of his works is due to the fact that in the traditional form of detective and adventure novel, the writer has invested an analytical mind and British prudence, extensive knowledge, a sense of humor and his own life experience. And Arthur Conan Doyle experienced dangerous adventures in his life no less than the heroes of his books ... The success of K. Doyle's "Sherlokian" was amazing and truly worldwide. The publishers did not give a respite to its creator, demanding more and more new sequels. It is believed that the prototype of Sherlock Holmes was one of the writer's mentors at the University of Edinburgh - Joseph Bell, M.D. This good-natured lanky man with "hawkish" features possessed phenomenal observation and the so-called deductive method, could, according to Doyle's recollections, make a diagnosis before the patient opens his mouth without even looking at the medical history. All over the world then, and even now, the literary genius of Arthur Conan Doyle is considered to have failed, and his Sherlokian is often regarded as "good bad literature." At the same time, the image of Sherlock Holmes created by him is as immortal as Gulliver of Jonathan Swift, Robinson Crusoe of Daniel Defoe, Oliver Twist of Charles Dickens ... only experts know "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle - a unique ageless novel, a record holder of popularity in world adventure literature. The Lost World opened a new direction in science fiction - time travel. Later it was followed by "Jurassic Park", "Godzilla", "Walking with the Dinosaurs", "Dinotopia". The Lost World captures you from the first minute and listens to you in one breath. Welcome to The Lost World - the last nest of dinosaurs and pterodactle Conan Doyle's mansion At the end of his life, the writer with all his usual passion was carried away by spiritualism and practically did not create anything. Before the outbreak of war (August 4, 1914), Doyle joined the volunteer squad, which was completely civilian and was created in case of an enemy invasion of England. Doyle spent several years trying to wrest George Edalji and Oscar Slater out of the hands of oversized justice. For their sake, he himself turned into Sherlock Holmes. Regardless of time and costs, the writer traveled around the country, met with witnesses, rummaged through the archives and proved, in the end, that it was not sadists, not murderers, but ordinary victims of a miscarriage of justice ... In 1990, the Sherlock Holmes Museum was opened, the thought involuntarily arose that this event should have happened at least several decades earlier. After all, 221 Baker Street is the most famous address in the world associated with the name of the greatest detective. The Mrs. Hudson Restaurant on the ground floor serves delicious Victorian food and is open for afternoon tea from 3 pm to 5.30 pm. Whichever category you belong to, the excursion to the museum will certainly be remembered forever. Make an entry in the Visitor's Book, take pictures of whatever you like (the maid will be happy to help you), and when you are about to leave, you may want to go home in a two-wheeled carriage! Arthur Conan Doyle died on Monday July 7, 1930, surrounded by his family. His last words before his death were addressed to his wife. He whispered, "You are wonderful ..." Doyle is buried in Minstead Hampshire Cemetery. On the grave of the writer are carved the words bequeathed to him personally: "Do not commemorate me with reproach, If you carried away with the story even a little And the husband, who had seen enough of life, And the boy, before whom else is the road ..."

Pevkur Alexander

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Childhood of the writer

Father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was an artist and architect. His mother, Mary Foley, had a passion for books and was the main storyteller in the family, which influenced Arthur's addiction to reading. His favorite author was Mine Reid, and his favorite book was The Scalp Hunters.

The family had many children, and all his life Arthur strove to help. At the age of 10, Arthur entered the Jesuit boarding school in England in Hodder.

At the age of 12, he went to Stonyhurst's school, where he studied the alphabet, counting, basic rules, grammar, syntax, poetry, rhetoric.

While attending boarding school, Arthur realized that he had a talent for storytelling, so he was often surrounded by a congregation of delighted young students listening amazing stories which he composed to entertain them. On last year learning Arthur publishes a college magazine and writes poetry.

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Youth

Under the influence of Dr. Brian Charles, Arthur decided to pursue medicine.

In October 1876, Arthur became a student at the Medical University of Edinburgh.

During his studies, he was most influenced by one of his teachers - Dr. Joseph Bell, who was a master of observation, logic, inference and error detection. In the future, he served as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes.

In his free time, through accelerated study of disciplines, he worked as both a pharmacist and an assistant to various doctors.

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The story "Mystery of the Valley"

Doyle reads a lot and, two years after starting his education, decides to try his hand at literature. In the spring of 1879 he writes little story The Mystery of the Valley, published in the Chamber's Journal in September 1879. It sends several more stories, but only The American's Tale is published in the London Society.

After the deteriorating health of his father, Doyle becomes the sole breadwinner of his family.

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The position of a surgeon at the whaler "Nadezhda"

In 1880, while in his third year of university, Arthur accepted the post of surgeon on the whaler "Hope". After gaining varied experiences during the 7-month journey, Doyle will write the first story about the sea, the dreaded Captain of the Pole Star.

In 1881, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh, where he received a bachelor's degree in medicine and a master's degree in surgery, and began looking for a job. The result of these searches was the position of a ship's doctor on the ship "Mayuba", which sailed between Liverpool and the west coast of Africa - on October 22, 1881, his next voyage began.

In 1882, Doyle moved to Portsmouth, where he opened his first practice, which began to generate income only towards the end of the third year.

With few clients, Doyle has the opportunity to devote his free time literature. He writes stories: "Bones", "Blumensdike Ravine", "My friend is a murderer", which he publishes in the magazine "London Society".

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Sherlock Holmes is born

After his marriage, Doyle is actively involved in literature and wants to make it his profession. It is published in Cornhill magazine. One by one his stories are published: "The Message of Hebeckook Jephson", "A Blank in the Life of John Huxford," The Ring of Thoth. But stories are stories, and Doyle wants more, he wants to be noticed, and for this it is necessary to write something more serious.

In March 1886, Conan Doyle began writing a novel that propelled him to popularity. In April he finished it and sent it to Cornhill to the director, who spoke very warmly of him in May of the same year, but refused to publish it, since, in his opinion, he deserves a separate publication. This is how the ordeal of the author began, trying to build his brainchild. Doyle sends the manuscript to Bristol to Arrowsmith, but from there in July comes a negative review of the novel. Arthur does not despair and sends the manuscript to Fred Warne and Co. But their romance was not interested either. This is followed by Messrs. Ward, Locke and Co. Those reluctantly agree, but set a number of conditions: the novel will be released no earlier than next year, the fee for it will be 25 pounds, and the author will transfer all rights to the work to the publisher. Doyle reluctantly agrees, as he wants his first novel to be submitted to the readers' judgment. And so, two years later, this novel was published in Beaton's Christmas weekly for 1887 under the title "Study in Crimson", which introduced readers to Sherlock Holmes (prototypes: Professor Joseph Bell, writer Oliver Holmes) and Dr. Watson (prototype Major Wood )

As soon as Doyle sent off The Study in Crimson, he began a new book, and at the end of February 1888 he completed The Adventures of Michel Clarke, which came out only at the end of February 1889. Arthur works a lot and is fond of historical novels. While working for the White Brigade, Doyle unexpectedly receives an invitation to dinner from an American editor to discuss writing another short story about Sherlock Holmes. Arthur meets him and also meets Oscar Wilde. In the end, Doyle agrees to their proposal.

In 1890, the Sign of Four appears in the American and English issues of this magazine. By the middle of this year, he is completing the novel "White Detachment", which is considered the best historical novel since "Ivanhoe".

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Sherlock and Watson ...

By the end of 1890, he decided to leave his practice in Portsmouth and went with his wife to Vienna, where he wanted to specialize in ophthalmology. However, faced with specialized German and having studied for 4 months in Vienna, he realizes that the time is wasted. In the spring of the same year, Doyle visited Paris and hastily returned to London, where he opened an internship. The practice was not successful (patients were absent), but during this time short stories about Sherlock Holmes were written.

By the end of 1891, Doyle became a very popular person in connection with the appearance of the sixth story about Sherlock Holmes - "The Man with the Cut Lip."

After these six stories were written, the editor of The Strand asked for six more in October 1891, agreeing to any terms from the author. Doyle names such an amount, £ 50, at which the deal should not have taken place, since he no longer wanted to deal with this character. But, to his great surprise, it turned out that the editors agreed. And the stories were written.

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Sherlock and Watson

In November of the same 1892, the Doyle gave birth to a son whom they named Alleyn Kingely.

In 1892, The Strand magazine again proposed writing another series of stories about Sherlock Holmes. Doyle, hoping that the magazine will refuse, sets a condition - 1000 pounds and ... the magazine agrees. Doyle was already tired of his hero. After all, every time you need to come up with a new plot. So when Doyle and his wife go on vacation to Switzerland in early 1893 and visit the Reichenbach Falls, he decides to "end this annoying hero."

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Over time, he finally learns that Louise has tuberculosis (consumption) and goes to Switzerland. (There he writes "The Letters of the Streak Monroe" which is published by Jerome C. Jerome in "Bummer".)

Although Louise was only given a few months, Doyle begins a belated departure and manages to delay her death by more than 10 years (from 1893 to 1906). He and his wife move to Davos, located in the Alps.

In Davos, Doyle is actively involved in sports, starting to write stories about Brigadier Gerard.

Doyle, at the suggestion of Major Pond, is touring the United States, reading excerpts from his writings.

It was to the American public that he first read his first story about Brigadier Gerard - "Brigadier Gerard's Medal." After Louise's death in 1906, Arthur married a second time.

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Participation in wars

When the Boer War broke out in December 1899, Conan Doyle announces to his family that he is volunteering.

In 1902, King Edward VII conferred the knighthood on Conan Doyle for his services to the Crown during the Boer War.

Before the outbreak of the 1914 war, Doyle joined the volunteer squad, which was completely civilian and was created in case of an enemy invasion of England.

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Lectures in the USA

Fascinated by spiritualism, in the spring of 1922, Doyle and his family undertook a trip to the United States to promote the "new doctrine", where it is planned to give four lectures at New York's Carnegie Hall. A huge number of visitors come to the lecture due to the fact that Doyle conveys his thoughts to the audience in a simple, accessible language with the demonstration of various photographs confirming the existence of the other world.

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End of the road

Arthur Conan Doyle died on Monday July 7, 1930, surrounded by his family. His last words before his death were addressed to his wife. He whispered, "You are wonderful." He is buried in Minstead Hampshire Cemetery.

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