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A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle

The first case of the famous Victorian private detective Sherlock Holmes. After returning to London, Dr. Watson, a veteran of the second Anglo-Afghan war, encounters Sherlock Holmes, a private investigator. Holmes is requested to solve a mysterious murder case, they investigate together. They follow the clue of a wedding ring left behind at the crime scene and witness a story of love, revenge, and poison.

· · 1887

Critical edition

Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. "Sherlock Holmes: The Novels," pp. 1-128, Penguin Classics, 2015. 128 pp., ISBN 9780143107132

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