Beryl Stapleton

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Beryl Stapleton is a key character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles," portrayed as the mysterious and conflicted sister (and secretly wife) of the villain Jack Stapleton.

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Beryl Stapleton canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adaptedIn various film adaptations of The Hound of the Baskervilles
various television adaptations of The Hound of the Baskervilles
alignment morally ambiguous
appearsIn The Hound of the Baskervilles NERFINISHED
appearsInSeries Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Dr. Watson NERFINISHED
Jack Stapleton NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
Sir Henry Baskerville NERFINISHED
associatedWithLocation Baskerville Hall NERFINISHED
Dartmoor NERFINISHED
characterTrait conflicted
morally torn
mysterious
ultimately sympathetic
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
eventuallyOpposes Jack Stapleton's plan
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Hound of the Baskervilles NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1902
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
involvedIn plot to obtain the Baskerville inheritance
languageOfWork English
maritalStatusInStory married
marriageConcealedFrom local community on Dartmoor
medium novel
narrativeFunction red herring regarding her true relationship to Jack Stapleton
source of clues for Holmes and Watson
notableFor attempting to thwart Jack Stapleton's scheme
conflicted loyalty between husband and victims
warning Sir Henry Baskerville of danger
publisherOfSourceWork George Newnes (original serialisation) NERFINISHED
relationshipTypeWithJackStapleton publicly presented as sister GENERATED
secret wife GENERATED
relative Jack Stapleton NERFINISHED
roleInWork antagonist's accomplice
key character
reluctant participant in Jack Stapleton's plot
sourceWorkType novel
spouse Jack Stapleton NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting late 19th century
warns Sir Henry Baskerville NERFINISHED

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