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 And I look forward more to next year's release of Laurie R Kings' second part of 'The Language of Bees.Major Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Dr.

I will persevere on to other of Conan Doyle's novels or short stories, but without as high expectations. Also, the recording quality of my download was a bit wonky - I didn't bother to re-download to see if that corrected the sound glitches (probably would). The original Holmes is still a great invention, but Conan Doyle didn't create great fiction around him, in this novel anyway -Even Simon Prebble couldn't make this a great listen to me (and sometimes I wonder if Simon was bored - this is not his best narration). I was delighted to see new versions of the Conan Doyle's classics and eagerly wanted to listen to this one -Perhaps my expectations were just too high. I've become enamored of detective fiction only in the last year, and I came to Holmes through his reinterpretations by authors like Laurie R King and Nicolas Meyer.

This is probably heresy to Holmes fans but.

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