what is the first book sherlock holmes appeared in?
A Study in Scarlet
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 The novel centres on the exploits of James Bond , an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service , commonly known as MI6 . Bond was also known by his code number , 007 , and was a commander in the Royal Naval Reserve . Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond , an expert on Caribbean birds and author of the definitive field guide Birds of the West Indies . Fleming , himself a keen birdwatcher , had a copy of Bond 's guide , and later told the ornithologist 's wife , " that this brief , unromantic , Anglo @-@ Saxon and yet very masculine name was just what I needed , and so a second James Bond was born " . In a 1962 interview in The New Yorker , he further explained : " When I wrote the first one in 1953 , I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull , uninteresting man to whom things happened ; I wanted him to be a blunt instrument ... when I was casting around for a name for my protagonist I thought by God , [ James Bond ] is the dullest name I ever heard . " 

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 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle , featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes . It was first published on 14 October 1892 , though the individual stories had been serialised in The Strand Magazine between June 1891 and July 1892 . The stories are not in chronological order , and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson . The stories are related in first @-@ person narrative from Watson 's point of view . 

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 Before the book was completed , Balzac created excitement about it by publishing a series of articles and story fragments in several Parisian journals . Although he was five months late in delivering the manuscript , he succeeded in generating sufficient interest that the novel sold out instantly upon its publication . A second edition , which included a series of twelve other " philosophical tales " , was released one month later . 

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 Balzac wrote Louis Lambert during the summer of 1832 while he was staying with friends at the Château de Saché , and published three editions with three different titles . The novel contains a minimal plot , focusing mostly on the metaphysical ideas of its boy @-@ genius protagonist and his only friend ( eventually revealed to be Balzac himself ) . Although it is not a significant example of the realist style for which Balzac became famous , the novel provides insight into the author 's own childhood . Specific details and events from the author 's life – including punishment from teachers and social ostracism – suggest a fictionalized autobiography . 

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 The novel was first published as part of the Nouveaux contes philosophiques in late 1832 , but by the start of the following year he declared it to be " a wretched miscarriage " and began rewriting it . During the process , Balzac was aided by a grammarian working as a proofreader , who found " a thousand errors " in the text . Once he had returned home , the author " cried with despair and with that rage that takes hold of you when you recognize your faults after working so hard " . 
