A Study in Scarlet: Sherlock Holmes - Softcover

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Holmes, Sherlock

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145050650X ISBN 13: 9781450506502

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion 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."[1] Conan Doyle wrote the novel at the age of 27. As a general practice doctor in Southsea, England, he had already published short stories in several magazines of the day, such as the periodical London Society. The story was originally titled A Tangled Skein, and was eventually published by Ward Lock & Co. in Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887, after many rejections. The author received £25 in return for the full rights (although Conan Doyle had pressed for a royalty instead). It was illustrated by D. H. Friston. The novel was first published as a book on July 1888 by Ward, Lock & Co., and featured drawings by the author's father, Charles Doyle. A second edition appeared the following year and was illustrated by George Hutchinson; a year later in 1890, J. B. Lippincott & Co. released the first American version. Numerous further editions, translations and dramatisations have appeared since. (wikipedia)

About this title

Review:

“...A rare imaginative feat and the taste that it leaves is haunting.”
The Observer

Book Description:

A classic and gripping Sherlock Holmes mystery

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 145050650X
• ISBN 13: 9781450506502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138