The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
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"The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a suspicious job offer made to a recently unemployed clerk, uncovering a criminal scheme.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
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detective fiction short story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
radio drama
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television episode ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfHallPycroft | victim of fraud ⓘ |
| collection | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| companion | Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| detective | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detectivePartner | Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Alexander Holder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalCrimeLocation | Birmingham office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalSetting |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasCrimeType |
forgery
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fraud ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveMethod | deductive reasoning ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
employment fraud
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identity deception ⓘ white-collar crime ⓘ |
| HolmesClient | Hall Pycroft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HolmesStoryOrderInMemoirs | one of the later stories in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanon | Sherlock Holmes canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John H. Watson
NERFINISHED
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Hall Pycroft NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
criminal scheme involving a fake firm
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impersonation of a stockbroker's clerk ⓘ suspicious job offer to an unemployed clerk ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | consulting detective ⓘ |
| publicationForm | periodical serial publication ⓘ |
| series | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingCharacterOccupation | stockbroker's clerk GENERATED ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 19th century ⓘ |
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