A Study in Scarlet - Brossura

Conan Doyle, Arthur

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ISBN 10: 0241952891 ISBN 13: 9780241952894

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2011

Riassunto

'There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.'

From the moment Dr John Watson takes lodgings in Baker Street with the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, he becomes intimately acquainted with the bloody violence and frightening ingenuity of the criminal mind.

In A Study in Scarlet , Holmes and Watson's first mystery, the pair are summoned to a south London house where they find a dead man whose contorted face is a twisted mask of horror. The body is unmarked by violence but on the wall a mysterious word has been written in blood.

The police are baffled by the crime and its circumstances. But when Sherlock Holmes applies his brilliantly logical mind to the problem he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deadly revenge . . .

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Recensione:

The literary super sleuth (Daily Express)

L'autore:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) started to write as a doctor, whilst waiting for patients to arrive. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet (1887). The Holmes stories soon attracted such a following that Conan Doyle felt the character overshadowed his other work. In The Final Problem (1893) Conan Doyle killed him off, but was obliged by public demand to restore the detective to life.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0241952891
• ISBN 13: 9780241952894
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176