A Study in Scarlet

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detective novel literary work novel

A Study in Scarlet is the 1887 detective novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, launching Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous series.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
A Study in Scarlet canonical	10
phrase "a study in scarlet" used by Holmes to describe the case	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	detective novel ⓘ literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ
author	Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Inspector Gregson ⓘ Inspector Lestrade ⓘ
firstAppearanceOfCharacter	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John H. Watson Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
firstEditionFormat	magazine annual ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Beeton's Christmas Annual ⓘ
followedBy	The Sign of Four ⓘ
genre	detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	comic adaptations ⓘ film adaptations ⓘ radio adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ
hasAntagonist	Jefferson Hope ⓘ
hasIllustrator	D. H. Friston ⓘ
hasPart	Part I: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. ⓘ Part II: The Country of the Saints ⓘ
hasVictim	Enoch Drebber ⓘ Joseph Stangerson ⓘ
laterEditionFormat	hardcover book ⓘ
literaryGenre	crime fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Victorian literature ⓘ
literarySignificance	launches the Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ
mainCharacter	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John H. Watson Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrator	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John H. Watson
notableFor	first appearance of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ first meeting of Holmes and Watson ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionInSeries	first Sherlock Holmes novel ⓘ
publicationYear	1887 ⓘ
publisher	Ward, Lock & Co. ⓘ
series	Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
setting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Utah ⓘ
structure	two-part novel ⓘ
subject	Mormon community in Utah ⓘ murder investigation ⓘ revenge ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	late 19th century ⓘ
titleOrigin	A Study in Scarlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: phrase "a study in scarlet" used by Holmes to describe the case

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arthur Conan Doyle → notableWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

Dr. Watson → appearsIn → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

Dr. Watson → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

Sherlock Holmes stories → firstStoryTitle → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

Sherlock Holmes stories → includesNovel → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

A Study in Scarlet → titleOrigin → A Study in Scarlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: phrase "a study in scarlet" used by Holmes to describe the case

The Valley of Fear → relatedWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

Mrs. Hudson → appearsInWork → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

Inspector Lestrade → firstAppearance → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

The Sign of Four → precededBy → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ

BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes series → includesAdaptationOf → A Study in Scarlet ⓘ