The first Sherlock Holmes story split into two distinctive parts. The first part is told from the viewpoint of Dr. John Watson as her recounts his first experiences of meeting Sherlock Holmes. The second is told in a third person narrative set in the USA, an elaborate back-story to the motive of the murderer, before returning to the UK.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)
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." (A "study" is a preliminary drawing, sketch or painting done in preparation for a finished piece.)
Genre(s): Detective Fiction
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