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Who is the narrator of "The Red Headed League"?

As is true with all the Sherlock Holmes stories, the narrator is Holmes's close friend, Dr. John Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle established the premise that Watson assisted Holmes with his cases and then wrote narratives detailing the problem and its solution.


In "The Red Headed League," Holmes addresses Watson immediately. The first person narration indicates Watson is telling the story and Holmes is speaking to him. 



'I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year, and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-faced elderly gentleman, with fiery red hair..."You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson," he said, cordially.'



If you read more of the Sherlock Holmes series, you will discover that Holmes is not always pleased with the way Watson writes the narratives of his cases. Holmes prefers a clear, logical explanation, focusing on the facts and the conclusions deduced from them.


Watson, however, likes to write them as full stories, including descriptions of the setting, the characters, his personal conclusions (usually erroneous), and Holmes's impressive methods.

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