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A Study in Scarlet

By Arthur Conan Doyle

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Cover: A Study in Scarlet, frontispiece (Holmes examining the word RACHE) by David Henry Friston (1820-1906) · Wikimedia Commons (from Beeton's Christmas Annual, 1887; Harry Ransom Center scan) · Public domain

A Study in Scarlet is a detective novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1887, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would go on to become one of the most well-known detective duos in literature.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: Mr. Sherlock Holmes
  2. 2: The Science of Deduction
  3. 3: The Lauriston Gardens Mystery
  4. 4: What John Rance Had to Tell
  5. 5: Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
  6. 6: Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
  7. 7: Light in the Darkness
  8. 8: On the Great Alkali Plain
  9. 9: The Flower of Utah
  10. 10: John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
  11. 11: A Flight for Life
  12. 12: The Avenging Angels
  13. 13: A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.d
  14. 14: The Conclusion