A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes story, and introduces us to our story-teller, Doctor Watson. It explains how he first meets Holmes and becomes involved in the detective's first ...

The Sign of the Four followed Conan Doyle’s successful A Study in Scarlet (1887), the literary debut of detective Sherlock Holmes and sidekick Dr. Watson. The manuscript of the sequel will go on ...

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 ...

That year saw the publication of A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle's first book to feature his signature character, Sherlock Holmes. Over four decades, Doyle's stories of the preternaturally ...

Although he was first introduced by creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet and appeared in three other books, Holmes may be best remembered as the star of 56 short ...

Sherlock left the page fully formed,' she says. Conan Doyle struggled to get a publisher for A Study In Scarlet. It was finally accepted for the 1887 Beeton's Christmas Annual, and he was paid £ ...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson’s first encounter is described in 1887’s A Study in Scarlet, Conan Doyle’s first Sherlock novel. Sherlock was 27 years old in A Study in Scarlet, which was set ...