The Final Problem
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"The Final Problem" is an 1893 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for introducing Professor Moriarty as Holmes’s arch-nemesis and depicting their climactic struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Final Problem canonical | 5 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. John H. Watson
NERFINISHED
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Inspector Lestrade NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor James Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalEvent | Holmes and Moriarty struggle at the edge of Reichenbach Falls ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Sherlock Holmes universe ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1893 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Empty House
NERFINISHED
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The Hound of the Baskervilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Final Problem (Granada TV 1985 episode)
NERFINISHED
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The Final Problem (Sherlock TV episode) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reichenbach Fall (Sherlock TV episode) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| influencedWork | later Sherlock Holmes pastiches ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter | Professor James Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
first full appearance of Professor Moriarty
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intended as Conan Doyle’s story to kill off Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Professor James Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalIllustrator | Sidney Paget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Holmes’s struggle against Moriarty’s criminal organization
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apparent death of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ confrontation between Holmes and Moriarty ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | final story of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| publicationSeries | The Strand Magazine Sherlock Holmes series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | George Newnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Reichenbach Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship between Holmes and Watson
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good versus evil ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
| toldIn | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| wordCountApproximate | about 8,000 words ⓘ |
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