What basic comparison does the selection make between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe?

both authors wrote detective stories with similar characters and plot elements

Explanation:

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Scotland in 1859. He was a writer and a physician and well known for creating Sherlock Holmes which is a crime fiction.

Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in the United States. He's a poet, editor, and a writer. He is famous for his shirt stories and poetry.

One common element to them is that they both authors wrote detective stories with similar characters and plot elements

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