Working from prejudiced sources hostile to the Mormons, Doyle sketches a “historical” romance that casts the Saints as bloodthirsty white slavers dominated by the belligerent figure of Brigham Young. The transition from late Victorian London to the great alkali deserts of the North American West is jarring and confusing.

To explain the murders, Doyle flashes back some twenty years to the early Mormon settlement of Utah Territory. Scotland Yard is stymied Holmes’ services are called upon. The detective’s first documented case is uncommonly violent: two Americans are murdered – one in an empty house, the other in his hotel room the crime scenes are littered with evidence – a wedding ring, a box of pills, tobacco ash, footprints, and the German word RACHE, scrawled in blood on the walls. “To a great mind, nothing is little” – Sherlock Holmes Anyone interested in Sherlock Holmes will enjoy this intriguing introduction to the great consulting detective. The first half of A Study in Scarlet, the most entertaining part of the book, is a finely drawn study of Sherlock Holmes’ character, peculiar habits, and methods for solving crime.

Sherlock Holmes is clearly a rare bird, and his oddities and eccentricities are as surprising as his formidable powers of detection. Aside from his well-known arrogance and tactlessness, Sherlock Holmes’ other flaws, as well as his odd but impressive knowledge, are cataloged by his astonished new roommate, Dr. In A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle introduces his master sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, to the world. If you’re a student, use homework help to save your time and enjoy this amazing story.īook Review: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle You’ll absolutely love this book but you need to make sure that you have a lot of free time for it. Watson tags along with Holmes while narratively detailing his amazing deductive abilities. In “A Study in Scarlet” Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder at Lauriston Gardens as Dr. Watson, who has just returned from a war in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes for the first time when they become flat-mates at the famous 221 B Baker Street. “A Study in Scarlet” is the first published story of one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes. Narration: First person for some part, third person omniscientīook Summary: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle Setting Place: late 19th century London, American “wild west” John Watson, Jefferson Hope, Inspector Lestrade, Enoch Drebber, Lucy Ferrier, John Ferrier, Mrs Hudson, Joseph Stangerson, Tobias Gregson

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