It all started with Doyle's first Holmes mystery, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887.

这个系列从1887年道尔的第一部福尔摩斯推理小说《血字的研究》问世开始就火爆异常。

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I even embodied it in a small brochure with the somewhat fantastic title of 'A Study in Scarlet.

我甚至已将它写成了一个册子，标题有点怪异：《血字的研究》。

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The first in the three-part series is called A Study In Pink – Conan Doyle's first Holmes story was A Study In Scarlet.

这部三集迷你剧的第一集叫做《粉红的研究》——柯南道尔的第一个福尔摩斯故事是《血字的研究》。

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To be fair, A Study in Scarlet is hardly the best Holmes mystery.

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In A Study in Scarlet, the first-ever Holmes adventure, Dr. Watson realizes that Holmes was unaware that the earth orbits the sun.

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If the parent who complained about A Study in Scarlet had asked that it be taught as part of an interdisciplinary curriculum that points out where Conan Doyle exaggerated for dramatic effect while acknowledging the realities of early Mormon history, I might have been sympathetic.

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