![]() ![]() ![]() We meet two of the most famous characters in modern literary history: the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, an army doctor home on sick leave, for the first time. In Arthur Conan Doyles A Study in Scarlet a popular cultural phenomenon is born. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit . Theres the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life. ![]() In his first adventure, Holmes demonstrates many of the traits for which he later became well known: meticulous study of a crime scene, brilliant deductive reasoning, aptitude for chemistry and music, and the somewhat annoying habit of withholding crucial facts from Watson (and consequently the reader) until the conclusion of the case. The action returns to London in the last two chapters. In the second half of the story, the scene shifts to Utah as we learn the murderer's history. The crime baffles the Scotland Yard detectives, but of course Holmes solves it easily. Watson meets the detective for the first time and we ride along with them to the scene of a murder. Read by Laurie Anne Walden.Ī Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. LibriVox recording of A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ![]()
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