Transcript A Study in Scarlet, 1887
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