A Study in Scarlet

by Doyle, Arthur Conan; Edwards, Owen Dudley

• ISBN13: 9780192123138
• ISBN10: 0192123130
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-10-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The first of the Sherlock Holmes stories, this was also the first of Conan Doyle's books to be published. In this fascinating and exciting tale, the two towering creations of detective fiction--Holmes, the master of the science of detection, and Watson, his faithful companion--make theirauspicious debut. The two detectives are immediately in fine form as Holmes plucks the solution to the mystery from the heart of Victorian London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
General Editor's Preface to the Series	ix
Introduction	xiii
Note on the Text	xxxix
Select Bibliography	xl
A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle	xlvi
A STUDY IN SCARLET
Part 1: Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson MD, late of the Army Medical Department
Mr Sherlock Holmes	5	(8)
The Science of Deduction	13	(10)
The Lauriston Gardens Mystery	23	(11)
What John Rance Had to Tell	34	(7)
Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor	41	(7)
Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do	48	(9)
Light in the Darkness	57	(12)
Part 2: The Country of the Saints
On the Great Alkali Plain	69	(10)
The Flower of Utah	79	(7)
John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet	86	(5)
A Flight for Life	91	(10)
The Avenging Angels	101	(9)
A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson MD	110	(12)
The Conclusion	122	(6)
Appendix	128	(5)
Explanatory Notes	133