Reading the Sherlock Holmes books in publication order allows readers to experience the stories in the same way as Doyle's original audience, starting with A Study In Scarlet in 1887 and concluding ...

Within a few pages of meeting him in A Study in Scarlet, Watson describes his new friend Sherlock Holmes as having no interest in philosophy or social thought and only a “feeble” knowledge of ...

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Sherlock and Watson famously met in "A Study in Scarlet" which was written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886 and published ... 1953 and is now in St Bartholomews Hospital Museum for the public to see. The ...

Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is a genius at forgetfulness. In “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Holmes says, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like ...

Sherlock Holmes debuted in 1887 in "A Study in Scarlet," and in a short time proved so popular that Conan Doyle felt compelled to "kill" him in "The Final Problem," published in 1893. Recognizing ...

In this extract, taken from Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel A Study in Scarlet, the narrator Dr. Watson shares his impressions of Sherlock Holmes with the reader. What is the effect of the narrative ...

Sherlock Holmes was never at fault ... of taking a fanciful approach to detection in his writing of 'A Study in Scarlet'. Evidence "You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism." ...

Holmes and Watson, having made their debut in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet in 1887, were famous enough by 1891 for Doyle’s friend JM Barrie to publish the first of several Sherlock skits.

Between Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering of the detective story with The Murders in the Rue Morgue in 1841 and Arthur Conan Doyle ...

We’re down to the final round of Brain Game, and all of our contestants this season did a great job! Read the responses from our final two contestants, and vote for your favourite answer to help ...