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A Study in Scarlet

byArthur Conan Doyle

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy classic detective stories and mysteries.

Topics Detective duoMurder investigationCrime scenesPrivate investigatorsMystery and suspensePioneersThe church of jesus christ and latter-day saintsBattle of maiwandTrichinopoly cigarsAortic aneurysmMurderRevengeFriendship
MoodSuspenseful
ViolenceMild
A Study in Scarlet is a detective novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, an amateur detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his 'study in scarlet': 'There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.' The story, and its main characters, attracted little public interest when it first appeared. Only 11 complete copies of the magazine in which the story first appeared, Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887, are known to exist now and they have considerable value.

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9781387268740

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