by Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930)

 He was born in Edinburg in Scotland.

 He studied at Edinburgh university.

 He began writing while he was studying  He worked as a doctor.

 In 1902 he was knighted for services to the UK in Boer War

A little story…

 In this story Dr. Watson for the first meets Sherlock Holmes and he recognizes his properities. Dr. Watson has financial problems and looking for a new roommate.

This is of course Sherlock Holmes. In this story they both tries to resolve a mystery about bloody word on the wall Rache …

A Study in Scarlet, 1887

 His first story about Sherlock Holmes is A Study in Scarlet. The novel for the first appeared in a magazine called

Beeton´s Christmas

Annul in 1887.

Beeton's Christmas Annual

 Beeton's Christmas Annual was a paperback magazine printed in England yearly between 1860 and 1898, founded by Samuel Orchart Beeton. The November 1887 issue contained a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle entitled A Study in Scarlet[1] which introduced the characters Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson

First book edition

 First book edition by Ward , Lock & Co was pusblished in July 1888 with illustrations by Charles Doyle, father of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Ward Lock & Co

 Ward Lock & Co was a publishing house in the United Kingdom that started as a partnership and developed until it was eventually absorbed into the publishing combine of Orion Publishing Group.

The second book edition

 The second edition was published in 1889 with illustrations of George Hutchinson.  Then it was published in many other countries.

 1890 in the USA  In 1905 in the Czech republic

The first film in 1914 ...

 Next time A Study in Scarlet appeared in a silent drama movie with the same name.

 The first film version is from 1914 by director George Pearson starring James Bragington.

The film from 1933

 In 1933 director Edwin L. Marin filmed again A Study in Scarlet  The film starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke

The other films

 The film has been remaked many times for example in 1968.  It is an animated adaptation of this novel too.

 The last version is from 2010 as TV series called A Study in Pink