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Summary
Background
“A Scandal in Bohemia”
“The Red-Headed League”
“A Case of Identity”
“The Boscombe Valley Mystery”
“The Five Orange Pips”
“The Man with the Twisted Lip”
“The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”
“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”
“The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”
“The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor”
“The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”
“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”
Character Analysis
Themes
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Important Quotes
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Chapter Summaries & Analyses
One evening in June 1889, while Watson is getting ready for bed, a school friend of his wife’s calls on the family. Her husband is an opium addict and has been gone for several days. She is afraid for him but does not want to go alone to the opium den he frequents. Watson volunteers to go and fetch her husband.
While at the opium den, Watson encounters Holmes in disguise and the detective asks him to help him investigate an unusual case. Watson quickly takes care of his acquaintance and joins the detective in his work.
A gentleman, Neville St. Claire, has been missing, presumed dead, for a week. He was last seen by his wife outside the opium den. When she could not enter the building, she called the police, who then searched the premises and found St. Claire’s clothes as well as some blood next to an open window overlooking the wharf behind the building. They assumed the man was murdered and thrown into the water. The only occupant of the apartment was a beggar who was immediately arrested.
St. Claire’s wife hires Holmes to investigate her husband’s disappearance as she does not believe he is dead. She shows them a letter that was undoubtedly written by her husband telling her he is alive and will return soon.
By Arthur Conan Doyle
A Case Of Identity
A Case Of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow
His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle