A Study in Scarlet: Annotated Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1693815907 ISBN-13: 9781693815904 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1070 |
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.38 lbs) 120 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 76088 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: a study in scarletsummary, study guide, character list etc are added as annotations.A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler 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."The story, and its main characters, attracted little public interest when it first appeared. Only 11 complete copies of the magazine in which the story first appeared, Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887, are known to exist now and they have considerable valu |