A Study in Scarlet
Publisher: WISEHOUSE CLASSICS
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Sweden
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9789176372432
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Fiction; Private investigators; Détectives; Romans, nouvelles
Description: A STUDY IN SCARLET is an 1887 detective novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1886, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become among the most famous characters in literature. 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, a.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Half-Title Page; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Table of Contents; title: Part 1; title: Chapter 1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes; title: Chapter 2 The Science of Deduction; title: Chapter 3 The Lauriston Garden Mystery; title: Chapter 4 What John Rance Had to Tell; title: Chapter 5 Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor; title: Chapter 6 Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do; title: Chapter 7 Light in the Darkness; title: Part 2; title: Chapter 1 On the Great Alkali Plain; title: Chapter 2 The Flower of Utah; title: Chapter 3 John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet; title: Chapter 4 A Flight for Life; title: Chapter 5 The Avenging Angels; title: Chapter 6 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.; title: Chapter 7 The Conclusion