A Study in Scarlet (The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library)

Join Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on their very first case together! A Study in Scarlet recounts their first meeting, as well as Watson's initial impressions of the Great Detective's unusual traits and habits.

The Sherlock Holmes stories have inspired a vast body of literature dedicated to the proposition that the Great Detective was not a mere work of fiction, but an actual historical person. Since the 1920s these “writings about The Writings” have contributed fascinating new insights into the stories, enhancing the pleasure of reading them. The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, which will eventually number nine volumes, puts the entire history of this “Higher Criticism” at your fingertips! Each illustrated volume is bursting with scholarly annotations and features a sturdy, smythe-sewn soft cover binding.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1859. He abandoned a promising medical career for the life of a full-time author. Without a doubt, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes is his most popular creation. However, in addition to detective stories, Doyle wrote historical romances, tales of horror and the supernatural, and was a pioneer in the field of Science Fiction. In his later years, Doyle’s increasing devotion to Spiritualism became his primary mission in life, and he travelled the world as an evangelist for his beliefs. He was knighted in 1902, and died in 1930.

Leslie S. Klinger
is an avid Sherlockian collector and scholar. He is the author of Life and Times of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, M.D., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Other Notable Personages: A Table of Major Events, co-author of “The Date Being—?”: A Compendium of Chronological Data, co-compiler of the Index to Ronald DeWaal’s Universal Sherlock Holmes, and numerous articles on the Canon. Les is invested in the Baker Street Irregulars as “The Abbey Grange” and is a member of many domestic and international societies devoted to Arthur Conan Doyle and the Great Detective. He teaches a course on “Sherlock Holmes and His World” for UCLA Extension and has lectured at several Sherlockian conferences. He also practices law in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife Sharon Flaum Klinger. They have five children, two dogs, and a cat.