In the year 1878, I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army.' This is the first line of which piece of written work?
This is the first line of the novel The Sign of Four by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in 1890 and is the second book in the Sherlock Holmes series.
The opening sentence of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel "The Sign of Four" introduces the second book in the Sherlock Holmes series, initially released in 1890.
A Study in Scarlet: an 1887 detective novel by Brritish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Waton, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature.