The subsequent unravelling of the mystery takes many unexpected turns.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps. But on the wall, scrawled in blood, is the word RACHE. The body of a man has been found in an abandoned house, without wounds or other marks of injury. Only eventually does Watson discover that Holmes has set himself up as the worldâs first âconsulting detective,â and itâs not long before Watson finds himself assisting Holmes in a mysterious case. Watson is baffled by his companionâs strange nature, his peculiar interests, his unusual breadth of knowledge in certain fields alongside his shocking ignorance in others, and his many strange visitors.
The pair agree to share the rent of a flat Holmes has found.
In precarious health and even more precarious financial straits, heâs looking for cheap lodgings when a friend introduces him to Sherlock Holmes. John Watson, a medical doctor who has recently returned to London after suffering serious injury and illness as part of the Army Medical Department deployed to Afghanistan. It attracted little public attention at the time, but interest in Holmes continued to build with the subsequent series of short stories Doyle wrote featuring the austere, analytical detectiveânow one of the most well-known characters in all of English literature.Ī Study in Scarlet is told from the point of view of Dr. It was published in 1887 in a popular magazine, Beetonâs Christmas Annual. Standard EbooksĤ3,734 words (2 hours 40 minutes) with a reading ease of 71.55 (fairly easy)Ī Study in Scarlet is the novel which first introduced Arthur Conan Doylesâ iconic characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
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