A Study in Scarlet

arthur conan doyle

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at - 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 there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy's country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties. The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.

Genres mysteryfictioncrimeclassicsaudiobookmystery thrillerhistorical fictionthriller19th centuryliterature

184 pages, Paperback

First published December 27,1887

Series

Sherlock Holmes

Places

london england, utah, salt lake city utah,

This edition

Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Published: September 1, 2004 by 1st World Library - Literary Society
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Language: English

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Jefferson Hope

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Inspector Lestrade

Lestrade is a detective at Scotland Yard with whom Sherlock Holmes often works. Holmes is known to allow Lestrade to take credit for his deductions. Lestrade often drops-in on Holmes at 221B Baker Street to discuss his ongoing cases or invites Holmes to t...
Enoch Drebber

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Lucy Ferrier

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John Ferrier

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Joseph Stangerson

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About the author

arthur conan doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.