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Arthur Conan Doyle Cant Be Bothered with YourQuestions Have you ever known about the Proust Questionnaire? Its a rundown of inquiries concerning ones character, named not on the grounds that Marcel Proust, the French essayist, composed the survey, but since he took it. (You can see a full rundown of the inquiries and Prousts reaction at this Wikipedia page.) The thought is that the individual plunking down to respond to the inquiries does as such in the soul of perkiness and liberality of character. Think the consummation of Inside the Actors Studio, or two schoolkids clustered over a magazine poll. Not so with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the late creator of the Sherlock Holmes arrangement and, clearly, moody old mope. In his day, the poll was a touch of fun, a parlor game. Apparently, however, not one Doyle was quick to be snagged into. Every step of the way, Doyle is by all accounts laughing at the affectation, all things considered, Asked what he enjoys most in a man, its Manliness. Furthermore, his preferred characteristics in a lady? Womanliness. (Entertainingly enough, those are the specific inverse reactions Proust gave in his own survey.) He is Quite fair to your inquiry on his preferred shading, much thanks. In any case, best of everything is the thoroughly offhanded reaction to the inquiry, If not yourself, who might you be? Doyle writes something, we dont recognize what, totally messily, just to finish it off with the provoking side note, (Hope this is clear). With everything taken into account its an amusingly irritating reaction, and an understanding into Arthur Conan Doyle, the man. Most likely the main sort of answer not out of the ordinary of the man who joined an Arctic whaling campaign at twenty years old, the diary of which can be seen here. A Kipling-adoring, masculinity epitomizing Hemingway figure before Hemingway at any point existed. What's your opinion of Doyles answers? Know about some other creators reactions to the Proust Questionnaire? Let us know in a remark!