The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

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"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a reclusive, disfigured woman whose tragic past is gradually revealed to Holmes and Watson.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
short story
adaptedFor radio
television
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
centralTheme domestic abuse
guilt
secrecy
suicide
trauma
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED
Eugenia Ronder NERFINISHED
Mrs. Merrilow NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED
firstPublicationMedium magazine
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasVeiledCharacter Eugenia Ronder NERFINISHED
HolmesApproach compassionate counseling
HolmesCanonPeriod late stories
HolmesCollectionOrder included in final Holmes collection
HolmesRole advisor rather than investigator
language English
literaryPeriod late Victorian and Edwardian crime fiction
mainCharacter Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
motif scarred face
veil concealing identity
narrativeFrame Watson recounts a past case
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED
originalPublisher George Newnes NERFINISHED
partOfCollection The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
plotElement confession of a tragic past
disfigured woman living in seclusion
lion attack at a circus
publicationYear 1927
series Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
setIn England NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
WatsonRole observer and recorder
workInPublicDomain true

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Inspector Lestrade appearsIn The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes containsStory The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger