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Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow is the final collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which features the beloved detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson. This collection includes perhaps the most intriguing, almost gothic, stories ever written about the detective and his companion and truly tests their brain and brawn. From murderous revenge to mutilation, vampires, and more strange occurrences, this collection explores a variety of themes and modes of narration that mark a break from the earlier stories while remaining as riveting. Adapted to film, television, and radio several times over, these stories truly remain evergreen.||About the Author: Born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE started writing stories as a student. With a repertoire of over 30 books, 150 short stories, essays, plays and poems, he earned the distinction of being one of the greatest short story writers ever, since Edgar Allan Poe. A master of all literary genres, his memorable creation is the invincible sleuth Sherlock Holmes whom the readers are introduced to in his first novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887). Such was the charisma of this Great Detective that after the author killed Holmes in 'The Final Problem' (1893), he was compelled to bring Holmes back after vociferous demands from readers. A war correspondent, a spiritualist, an athlete, and a historian, the author was knighted for his contribution to Literature in a South African field hospital during the Boer War in 1902. He died on 7 July 1930 in Crowborough, Sussex.