A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887

Arthur Conan Doyle’s first Sherlock Holmes novel: Dr Watson takes rooms with Holmes in Baker Street and follows his inquiry into the death of an American found in an empty house off the Brixton Road.

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You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.
Part I, Chapter IIn context
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
Part I, Chapter IIIn context
- Knowledge
You say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
Part I, Chapter IIIn context
- Knowledge
- Science
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
Part I, Chapter IIIIn context
- Facts
- Thinking
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains,” he remarked with a smile. “It’s a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.
Part I, Chapter IIIIn context
- Genius
- Work
One’s ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature
Part I, Chapter VIn context
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- Nature
When a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.
Part I, Chapter VIIIn context
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What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,” returned my companion, bitterly. “The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.
Part II: The Country of the Saints, Chapter VIIIn context
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- Truth & Lies
In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
Part II: The Country of the Saints, Chapter VIIIn context
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There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically.
Part II: The Country of the Saints, Chapter VIIIn context
- Intelligence
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Part I

Chapter IMr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter IIThe Science of Deduction
Chapter IIIThe Lauriston Gardens Mystery
Chapter IVWhat John Rance Had to Tell
Chapter VOur Advertisement Brings a Visitor
Chapter VITobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
Chapter VIILight in the Darkness

Part II: The Country of the Saints

Chapter IOn the Great Alkali Plain
Chapter IIThe Flower of Utah
Chapter IIIJohn Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
Chapter IVA Flight for Life
Chapter VThe Avenging Angels
Chapter VIA Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.
Chapter VIIThe Conclusion

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Contents

Part I

Part II: The Country of the Saints