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A Study in Scarlet - Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Book 1

Title: A Study in Scarlet

Overview: A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting 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 colorless 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. Although Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories featuring Holmes, A Study in Scarlet is one of only four full-length novels in the original canon. The novel was followed by The Sign of the Four, published in 1890. A Study in Scarlet was the first work of detective fiction to incorporate the magnifying glass as an investigative tool.

Published: 1887

Series: Sherlock Holmes

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Genre: Detective, Detective Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Novel, Mystery, Detective Novel, Crime Fiction

Episode: A Study in Scarlet - Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Book 1

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 4:37:36

Book: 1

Length Book: 4:37:36

Episodes: 14

Narrator: David Clarke

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

00:17:53.000 - 0:17:53 - E1 A Study in Scarlet - Mr. Sherlock Holmes

00:40:18.000 - 0:22:25 - E2 A Study in Scarlet - The Science of Deduction

01:04:23.000 - 0:24:05 - E3 A Study in Scarlet - The Lauriston Garden Mystery

01:19:43.000 - 0:15:20 - E4 A Study in Scarlet - What John Rance Had to Tell

01:35:22.000 - 0:15:39 - E5 A Study in Scarlet - Our Advertisement Brings A Visitor

01:56:10.000 - 0:20:48 - E6 A Study in Scarlet - Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do

02:16:57.000 - 0:20:47 - E7 A Study in Scarlet - Light In the Darkness

02:41:46.000 - 0:24:49 - E8 A Study in Scarlet - On The Great Alkali Plain

02:58:23.000 - 0:16:37 - E9 A Study in Scarlet - The Flower of Utah

03:10:59.000 - 0:12:36 - E10 A Study in Scarlet - John Ferrier Talks With the Prophet

03:32:35.000 - 0:21:36 - E11 A Study in Scarlet - A Flight For Life

03:55:40.000 - 0:23:05 - E12 A Study in Scarlet - The Avenging Angels

04:23:11.000 - 0:27:31 - E13 A Study in Scarlet - A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson MD

04:37:34.000 - 0:14:23 - E14 A Study in Scarlet - The Conclusion

Keywords: sherlock, holmes, detective, mystery, suspense, deduction, logic

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