Sherlock Homes, (1)________name is well-known, didn't really exist. However, for many (2) ________have read his adventures, he might as well have been a real person. The man (3)________created Holmes was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born in Edinburgh in 1859. He trained as a doctor, but found he could earn more money by writing than practicing medicine. He wrote not only stories about Holmes, but many other books (4)________people also liked. However, it is for the detectives stories (5)________he wrote that he is most remembered. The place (6)________the Holmes mysteries are set is Victorian England. Holmes, (7)________________is a brilliant detective, uses his intelligence and scientific knowledge to solve the mysteries. Even though Doyle wrote many Holmes mysteries, we'll never know the reason (8)________he gave us so little information about Holmes' private life. All the books were written in the first person, not by Holmes, but by his assistant, Dr. Watson, (9)________knowledge of his master's private life was limited.