The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
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The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a deadly exotic poison in Cornwall.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
ⓘ
detective fiction short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
radio drama
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television episode ⓘ |
| assistantInInvestigation | Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToLiteraryPeriod | late Victorian and Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| centralMystery | cause of sudden madness and death in a locked room ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| detectiveMethod | Holmes personally tests the poison in a controlled experiment ⓘ |
| featuresDetective | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
exotic poison
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poisoning ⓘ |
| fictionalPoisonName | Devil’s Foot root ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | work of fiction ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1910 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasClergyCharacter | Dr. Leon Sterndale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCrimeType | murder by poisoning ⓘ |
| hasDeductionType | forensic reasoning about toxic fumes ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInPlot | revenge ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | George Newnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuspectCharacter | Mortimer Tregennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVictimCharacter | Brenda Tregennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investigatedBy | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanon | Sherlock Holmes canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orderInCollection | third story in His Last Bow ⓘ |
| originalIllustrator | Sidney Paget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCollection | His Last Bow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
mysterious deaths in a country house
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use of a rare toxic powder ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | short story ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| series | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Cornwall, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptation | Granada Television Sherlock Holmes series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationActorForHolmes | Jeremy Brett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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