A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet is Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 novel that introduces Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, who investigate a murder in London.

221B Baker Street: The fictional London address shared by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Holmes and Watson establish their partnership there before taking on the case.
Sherlock Holmes: A fictional consulting detective known for observation, inference, and scientific reasoning. The novel introduces the detective whose methods organize the investigation.
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Scottish writer and physician best known for creating Sherlock Holmes. He wrote the novel while beginning his career as a fiction author.
The Sign of the Four: Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1890 novel and the second Sherlock Holmes story. It continues the partnership introduced in A Study in Scarlet.
Jefferson Hope: The avenger whose actions drive the murder investigation in A Study in Scarlet. His motive and past connect the novel’s London crime to its second narrative.
Dr. John Watson: A fictional physician and former army surgeon who narrates many Sherlock Holmes stories. His narration introduces Holmes while recording the case from an outsider’s perspective.
Ward, Lock & Co.: A British publishing firm that issued books and periodicals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The firm published the novel in book form in 1888.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A 1892 collection of twelve Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Its stories expanded Holmes’s popularity beyond the debut novel.
Enoch Drebber: An American traveler murdered in London in A Study in Scarlet. His death provides the first puzzle Holmes must solve.
Sherlockian deduction: A style of inference that draws conclusions from close observation of specific evidence. Holmes’s deductions turn small physical details into leads in the case.

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