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A Study in Scarlet: Original and Unabridged
A Study in Scarlet: Original and Unabridged

A Study in Scarlet: Original and Unabridged in Bloomington, MN

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A Study in Scarlet
is a detective mystery novel written by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective"
Sherlock Holmes
and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later became two of the most famous characters in literature.
Conan Doyle wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the following year. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to Doctor 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 Beeton's Christmas Annual 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.
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