The Adventure of the Dying Detective

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The Adventure of the Dying Detective is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes feigns a deadly illness to trap a murderer.

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instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
detective fiction short story
short story
antagonist Culverton Smith NERFINISHED
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
centralTheme deception as an investigative tool
loyalty and trust between Holmes and Watson
collection His Last Bow NERFINISHED
companionCharacter Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crimeType murder
culminatingEvent Culverton Smith’s confession
detective Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Culverton Smith NERFINISHED
Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
Mrs. Hudson NERFINISHED
fictionalAddressFeatured 221B Baker Street, London NERFINISHED
fictionalDiseaseUsed rare tropical illness
fictionalTimePeriod late 19th century
firstPublicationYear 1913
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasAdaptation radio drama
stage play
television episode
hasAlternativeTitle The Dying Detective NERFINISHED
HolmesStatusInStory pretends to be at death’s door
illustratorForFirstStrandPublication Walter Paget NERFINISHED
includedInBookEdition His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod Edwardian era NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
methodOfDetection psychological manipulation of suspect
narrator Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
originalPublicationFormat magazine short story
partOfCanon Sherlock Holmes canon
plotDevice feigned illness
protagonist Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
publicationMedium periodical
publisher George Newnes NERFINISHED
series Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
settingLocation 221B Baker Street NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
WatsonRole unwitting accomplice in Holmes’s ruse
workOf Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED

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Mrs. Hudson appearsInWork The Adventure of the Dying Detective
His Last Bow hasPart The Adventure of the Dying Detective