The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

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Sherlock Holmes short story detective fiction short story

"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for its dark themes involving adultery, jealousy, and a gruesome murder revealed through a mysterious parcel.

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instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story ⓘ
detective fiction short story ⓘ
adaptedFor film ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
assistant Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralCrime double murder ⓘ
character Jim Browner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mary Cushing Browner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susan Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ
collection His Last Bow NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsElement forensic deduction ⓘ
gruesome murder ⓘ
postal mystery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1893 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
HolmesCanonCategory short story ⓘ
HolmesStoryNumbering one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories ⓘ
investigator Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
narrator Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor dark tone ⓘ
graphic subject matter ⓘ
originalMedium magazine publication ⓘ
plotDevice mysterious parcel containing human ears ⓘ
publicationStatusInUS often omitted from early American editions of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
series Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
theme adultery ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
murder ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory late 19th century ⓘ
victim Alec Fairbairn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Inspector Lestrade → appearsIn → The Adventure of the Cardboard Box ⓘ
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes → containsStory → The Adventure of the Cardboard Box ⓘ