A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle

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Biographie:
Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish physician, novelist, short-story writer, and creator of Sherlock Holmes, one of the most enduring figures in detective fiction. Born in Edinburgh in 1859, Doyle trained as a doctor and drew on scientific method, medical observation, and contemporary interest in detection when developing Holmes's extraordinary habits of reasoning. A Study in Scarlet, first published in 1887, introduced both Holmes and Dr. Watson, establishing the narrative partnership that would become central to the Sherlock Holmes stories.Doyle went on to write four Sherlock Holmes novels and fifty-six short stories, along with historical novels, adventure fiction, science fiction, plays, essays, and works of public controversy. Although Holmes became so famous that Doyle sometimes felt overshadowed by his own creation, the character's influence on mystery fiction, popular culture, forensic imagination, and the figure of the brilliant detective has been immense. Doyle remains essential reading for fans of classic detective fiction, Victorian literature, crime fiction, and the origins of the modern mystery genre....

Sommaire:
A Study in Scarlet is the novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson to the world, launching one of the most famous detective partnerships in literary history. When Watson returns to London after military service in Afghanistan, he shares rooms at 221B Baker Street with the strange, brilliant, and maddeningly precise consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. Their first case together begins with a body in an abandoned house, a word written in blood, and a mystery that only Holmes can unravel through observation, deduction, chemistry, and a mind unlike any Watson has ever encountered. First published in 1887, A Study in Scarlet established many of the elements that would define the Holmes canon: the Baker Street rooms, Watson as narrator, the official police baffled by clues they cannot read, and Holmes's method of turning small details into devastating conclusions. It is also one of only four full-length Sherlock Holmes novels, making it essential for readers following the series from its beginning. This edition includes an introduction by Darrell Schweitzer, adding literary context to Conan Doyle's landmark detective novel. This Wilder Publications edition is suited to readers of classic mystery fiction, detective stories, Victorian literature, Sherlock Holmes, crime fiction, and the origins of the modern fictional detective. A Study in Scarlet remains a foundational work of mystery fiction: the first meeting of Holmes and Watson, the first display of the method, and the first step in a literary career that would make Sherlock Holmes one of the most recognizable characters ever created....