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A Study in Scarlet

Study in Scarlet Doyle Doyle 1888 book cover

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Author(s):Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s):Charles Doyle
Publisher(s): Ward, Lock & Co.
Year Published: 1888
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Mystery
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 169
OCLC: 559648429

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Dr. John Watson, invalided home from the second Afghan war, is looking to share lodgings and ends up rooming with world's first consulting detective. In this their first adventure, Holmes solves a double murder.

The image above is from an 1892 edition, illustrated by George Hutchinson. Read online at archive.org.

This later edition includes an introduction by Dr. Joseph Bell, the model for Holmes. Read online at hathitrust.org.

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A Study in Scarlet book cover
1891
A Study in Scarlet
(Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co.)

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