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1887

Sherlock Holmes debuts in A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle introduces the detective who becomes the genre's defining figure.

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TimelineTimeline of Detective Fiction

Position 4

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Encyclopaedia BritannicaConfidence 96%

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