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Beeton’s Christmas Annual (1887):
“A Study in Scarlet”
by Arthur Conan Doyle, D. H. Friston

Beeton's Christmas Annual

Title: “A Study in Scarlet”

Medium: prose text story

Cover date: 1887

Publisher: Ward Lock & Co.
Written by: Arthur Conan Doyle
Art by: D. H. Friston


2 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: U Anglican
[private investigator] Ward Lock & Co. 510
Doctor Watson Doctor Watson hero
CBR Scale: U Anglican
[doctor; soldier...] Ward Lock & Co. 261

"A Study in Scarlet" is the story which introduced the characters Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Although it was published as a standalone book within the year after it was first published, "A Study in Scarlet" first appeared within Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887.