Study in Scarlet

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781877527685
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Literature
• Index: Literature

A Study in Scarlet is the first of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Watson narrates his first meeting with the eccentric Holmes, who appears almost genius in some fields of study and completely ignorant in others. This, as Holmes explains, is because he believes that brain space is limited, and one must be careful what one puts in. He gradually reveals his method and thinking to an astonished Watson. We see Holmes languishing at home, scratching at the violin he can play to perfection. We see the erratic way he conducts business, and finally, after a trip across half the world into a completely different landscape and story, we see him unravel the mystery at the heart of the novel in an apparently effortless manner.

Table of contents

• A STUDY IN SCARLET
• Contents
• PART I
• Chapter I - Mr. Sherlock Holmes
• Chapter II - The Science of Deduction
• Chapter III - The Lauriston Gardens Mystery
• Chapter IV - What John Rance Had to Tell
• Chapter V - Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
• Chapter VI - Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
• Chapter VII - Light in the Darkness
• PART II
• Chapter I - On the Great Alkali Plain
• Chapter II - The Flower of Utah
• Chapter III - John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
• Chapter IV - A Flight for Life
• Chapter V - The Avenging Angels
• Chapter VI - A Continuation of the Reminiscences o…
• Chapter VII - The Conclusion
• Endnotes