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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