The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
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"The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes solves an old family mystery involving a cryptic ancestral ritual and a hidden treasure.
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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 ⓘ |
| centralMystery |
location of a hidden royal treasure
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meaning of the Musgrave family ritual ⓘ |
| collection | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Brunton
NERFINISHED
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Rachel Howells NERFINISHED ⓘ Reginald Musgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCollection | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| HolmesClient | Reginald Musgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HolmesMethod |
interpretation of historical context
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logical deduction ⓘ use of geometry and measurement ⓘ |
| HolmesPeriod | early career of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| HolmesResidenceReferenced | Baker Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involves |
decoding a riddle-like ritual text
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measurement of shadows to locate treasure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanon | Sherlock Holmes canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
one of the earliest cases Holmes recounts to Watson
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use of an inherited ritual as a coded set of directions ⓘ |
| partOf | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
cryptic ancestral ritual
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disappearance of maid Rachel Howells ⓘ disappearance of the butler Brunton ⓘ hidden treasure ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Hurlstone, the Musgrave family estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | framed as a reminiscence by Watson ⓘ |
| theme |
family secrets
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loyalty and betrayal ⓘ rational analysis of ancient traditions ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | before Holmes’s partnership with Watson became well established ⓘ |
| treasureAssociatedWith |
English Civil War era
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King Charles I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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