A Study in Scarlet

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A Study in Scarlet is the 1887 detective novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, launching Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous series.

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instanceOf detective novel ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Inspector Gregson ⓘ
Inspector Lestrade ⓘ
firstAppearanceOfCharacter Dr. John H. Watson ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to: Holmes
firstEditionFormat magazine annual ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Beeton's Christmas Annual ⓘ
followedBy The Sign of Four ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation comic adaptations ⓘ
film adaptations ⓘ
radio adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasAntagonist Jefferson Hope ⓘ
hasIllustrator D. H. Friston ⓘ
hasPart Part I: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. ⓘ
Part II: The Country of the Saints ⓘ
hasVictim Enoch Drebber ⓘ
Joseph Stangerson ⓘ
laterEditionFormat hardcover book ⓘ
literaryGenre crime fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
literarySignificance launches the Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ
mainCharacter Dr. John H. Watson ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to: Holmes
mediaType print ⓘ
narrator Dr. John H. Watson ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Watson
notableFor first appearance of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
first meeting of Holmes and Watson ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionInSeries first Sherlock Holmes novel ⓘ
publicationYear 1887 ⓘ
publisher Ward, Lock & Co. ⓘ
series Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to: Holmes
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Utah ⓘ
structure two-part novel ⓘ
subject Mormon community in Utah ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory late 19th century ⓘ
titleOrigin phrase "a study in scarlet" used by Holmes to describe the case ⓘ
linked to: A Study in Scarlet

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Arthur Conan Doyle → notableWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Dr. Watson → appearsIn → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Dr. Watson → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes stories → firstStoryTitle → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes stories → includesNovel → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
A Study in Scarlet → titleOrigin → phrase "a study in scarlet" used by Holmes to describe the case ⓘ
linked to: A Study in Scarlet
The Valley of Fear → relatedWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Mrs. Hudson → appearsInWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Inspector Lestrade → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
The Sign of Four → precededBy → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
A Study in Emerald → titleParodyOf → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887 → containsWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
subject linked to: Beeton's Christmas Annual
Sherlock Holmes → firstAppearanceIn → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
subject linked to: Beeton's Christmas Annual
Inspector Gregson → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Inspector Gregson → appearsIn → A Study in Scarlet (novel) ⓘ
linked to: A Study in Scarlet
Part I: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. → relatedWork → Part II of A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
linked to: A Study in Scarlet
Part II: The Country of the Saints → partOf → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Enoch Drebber → appearsIn → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Enoch Drebber → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Enoch Drebber → victimInCase → Study in Scarlet murder case ⓘ
linked to: A Study in Scarlet
Jefferson Hope → appearsIn → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Jefferson Hope → diesIn → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Jefferson Hope → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Pat Paterson → notableWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
John Watson → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Joseph Stangerson → appearsIn → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Joseph Stangerson → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
Joseph Stangerson → appearsInChapter → A Study in Scarlet, Part I ⓘ
linked to: A Study in Scarlet
Joseph Stangerson → appearsInChapter → A Study in Scarlet, Part II (in backstory) ⓘ
linked to: A Study in Scarlet
Edwin L. Marin → notableWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ