A Study in Scarlet E-Book

Arthur Conan Doyle

• Herausgeber: Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH
• Kategorie: Fremdsprachen
• Serie: Real Reads
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Seitenzahl: 37

Beschreibung

Ein Ermordeter liegt auf dem Boden eines verlassenen Hauses, neben ihm ein Ehering. An einer Wand steht in Blut geschrieben "Rache". Doch das Blut stammt nicht von dem Toten. Nur Sherlock Holmes kann der überforderten Polizei helfen und die unglaubliche Geschichte hinter dem Mord ans Licht bringen. Lektüre mit Illustrationen, Annotationen und Hörbuch, GER: A2/B1 Themen: Mord, Verbrechen

Leseprobe

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This edition of A Study in Scarlet is published by arrangement with Real Reads Ltd.

© der Originalausgabe: by Real Reads Ltd, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK

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Text copyright © Tony Evans 2012

Illustrations copyright © Felix Bennett 2012

First published in 2012

© Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH, Rotebühlstraße 77, 70178 Stuttgart 2014. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

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Annotationen und Übungen: Joanne Popp

Redaktion: Don Haupt

Illustrationen: Felix Bennett

Gestaltung und Satz: Elmar Feuerbach

Umschlaggestaltung: Elmar Feuerbach

Titelgrafik: Felix Bennett

ISBN 978-3-12-909009-1

CONTENTS

The Characters

A Study in Scarlet

Taking things further

THE CHARACTERS

Sherlock Holmes

The famous and brilliant private detective. What will he discover when he is called to the scene of a horrible crime?

Doctor Watson

Sherlock Holmes’s new friend, dependable and brave. Can he help Holmes track down a dangerous suspect?

Inspector Gregson and Inspector Lestrade

Two Scotland Yard detectives who ask Sherlock Holmes to help them solve a complicated case. But will they listen to his ideas?

Enoch Drebber

Enoch Drebber is a coarse, unpleasant man. Why did he visit the empty house near the Brixton Road, and what happened to him there?

Jefferson Hope

Twenty years ago, Jefferson Hope was a happy young man engaged to be married. What has made him so fierce, determined and full of hatred?

Wiggins

Wiggins is a poor but clever boy who helps Sherlock Holmes with his investigations. He is the leader of a group of other youths.

Lucy Ferrier

Lucy Ferrier was once a young and beautiful woman, lively and happy. Who was responsible for her tragic fate?

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A STUDY IN SCARLET

I knew very few people in London, and as I stood at the bar in the Criterion Restaurant it was a pleasant surprise to feel a tap on my shoulder and to hear Stamford’s voice. He had worked with me several years ago at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

‘Why, it’s Doctor Watson!’ he cried. ‘You look as brown as a nut. Whatever have you been up to?’

We decided to have lunch together. Over our meal I explained that after I had completed my medical training three years ago I had become an army doctor and gone to Afghanistan. I had been wounded and had caught a fever, and had been sent home to England to recover.

‘I have been living in a hotel for the last two months, but I need to find some cheaper lodgings,’ I said. ‘Anywhere comfortable is very expensive. I would not object to sharing some rooms if I could find someone to go halves on the rent.’

‘That’s a coincidence,’ Stamford said. ‘You are the second person today who has said that to me. If you really want someone to share rooms with, I can introduce you to him. He is doing some experiments at the hospital chemical laboratory this afternoon. But I must warn you, he has some rather strange habits and ideas.’

‘Who is he?’ I asked.

‘His name is Sherlock Holmes.’

After we had finished our lunch we took a cab to the hospital, and found only one person in the laboratory. He was bending over a glass jar, then stood up and held it to the light. At the sound of our steps he spun round.

‘I’ve found it!’ he shouted to Stamford. ‘A new test for blood. It will detect even the smallest stain.’

The man who had turned to face us was just over six feet in height, and so lean that he seemed even taller. His eyes were sharp and piercing, and his thin hawk-like nose and square chin made his whole expression alert and determined.

‘Doctor Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes,’ said Stamford, introducing us. ‘Doctor Watson is looking for someone with whom to share a flat.’

‘How are you?’ Holmes said cheerfully. ‘I see you have been in Afghanistan.’

‘How on earth did you know that?’ I asked.

‘It is a simple deduction