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SHERLOCK HOLMES : A STUDY IN SCARLET

Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. This is the 1st Sherlock Holmes story. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the story in six weeks between march and april 1886. 

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CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES.

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In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies t

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CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION.

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We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B, Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large air

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CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDENS MYSTERY

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I confess that I was considerably startled by this fresh proof of the practical nature of my companion’s theories. My respect for his powers of analysis increased wondrously. There still remained some

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CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL.

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It was one o’clock when we left No. 3, Lauriston Gardens. Sherlock Holmes led me to the nearest telegraph office, whence he dispatched a long telegram. He then hailed a cab, and ordered the driver to

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CHAPTER V : OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR.

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Our morning’s exertions had been too much for my weak health, and I was tired out in the afternoon. After Holmes’ departure for the concert, I lay down upon the sofa and endeavoured to get a couple of

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CHAPTER VI : TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO.

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The papers next day were full of the “Brixton Mystery,” as they termed it. Each had a long account of the affair, and some had leaders upon it in addition. There was some information in them which was

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CHAPTER VII : LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.

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The intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfoundered. Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey a

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CHAPTER VIII : ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN.

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In the central portion of the great North American Continent there lies an arid and repulsive desert, which for many a long year served as a barrier against the advance of civilisation. From the Sierr

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CHAPTER IX : THE FLOWER OF UTAH.

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This is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven. From the shores of the Mississippi to the western slopes of the R

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CHAPTER X : JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET.

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Three weeks had passed since Jefferson Hope and his comrades had departed from Salt Lake City. John Ferrier’s heart was sore within him when he thought of the young man’s return, and of the impending

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CHAPTER XI : A FLIGHT FOR LIFE.

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On the morning which followed his interview with the Mormon Prophet, John Ferrier went in to Salt Lake City, and having found his acquaintance, who was bound for the Nevada Mountains, he entrusted him

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CHAPTER XII : THE AVENGING ANGELS.

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All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths. More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain

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CHAPTER XIII : A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN WATSON, M.D.

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Our prisoner’s furious resistance did not apparently indicate any ferocity in his disposition towards ourselves, for on finding himself powerless, he smiled in an affable manner, and expressed his hop

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CHAPTER XIV : THE CONCLUSION.

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We had all been warned to appear before the magistrates upon the Thursday; but when the Thursday came there was no occasion for our testimony. A higher Judge had taken the matter in hand, and Jefferso

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