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A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet. 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.

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A Study in Scarlet

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  1. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

  2. ArthurConanDoyle (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

  3. 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 …

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. First book edition • First book edition by Ward , Lock & Cowas pusblished in July 1888 with illustrations by Charles Doyle, father of Arthur Conan Doyle.

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. 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

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