9781447467380 - A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
9781447467380 - A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel and marks the beginning of many illustrious adventures for literature’s favourite detective.

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Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Imprint

Detective Fiction Classics

Series

The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library

Categories

Action & Adventure Fiction

Crime & Mystery

Crime, Mystery & Thrillers

Historical Fiction

Private Investigators

Fiction

ISBN

9781447467380, 9781528773027, 9781473382923

Formats Available

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Pages

210

Publication Date

03 December 2012

Dimensions 5.5 × 8.5 in

A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel and marks the beginning of many illustrious adventures for literature’s favourite detective.

Set in the atmospheric, lamplit fog of Victorian London, this novel introduces the sleuthing duo, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, for the first time. Returning from service in Afghanistan, Watson is wounded and searching for living quarters. He takes up residence in a flat at 221B Baker Street with the peculiar Holmes and is soon embarking on a series of mysterious adventures. Accompanying the amateur detective to the scene of a bloody crime, Watson is horrified and baffled by the dead body that shows no sign of violence. But Holmes already has a theory forming…

Originally published in the 1887 edition of Beeton’s Christmas Annual, A Study in Scarlet was Arthur Conan Doyle’s first significant work. This edition features a specially commissioned introduction as well as an article by Arthur Conan Doyle and an essay on the history of detective fiction by S.S. Van Dine.

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