A second edition appeared the following year and was illustrated by George Hutchinson a year later in 1890, J. The novel was first published as a book on July 1888 by Ward, Lock & Co., and featured drawings by the author's father, Charles Doyle.
The author received £25 in return for the full rights (although Conan Doyle had pressed for a royalty instead). in Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887, after many rejections. The story was originally titled A Tangled Skein, and was eventually published by Ward Lock & Co. A general practice doctor in Southsea, England, he had already published short stories in several magazines of the day, such as the periodical London Society. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion 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."Ĭonan Doyle wrote the novel at the age of 27. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who first published it in 1887.
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