The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

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"The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle notable for introducing Holmes’s brother Mycroft and involving a mysterious kidnapping case centered on a multilingual interpreter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
detective fiction short story
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
centralProfession interpreter
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
Harold Latimer NERFINISHED
Mr. Melas NERFINISHED
Mycroft Holmes NERFINISHED
Paul Kratides NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
Sophia Kratides NERFINISHED
Wilson Kemp NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1893
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasAdaptation radio drama adaptations
television adaptations
hasTheme abuse of power
family loyalty
international intrigue
HolmesBrotherFeatured Mycroft Holmes NERFINISHED
HolmesCanonCategory Memoirs stories
HolmesMethod deductive reasoning
HolmesStoryOrderInMemoirs early stories
introducesCharacter Mycroft Holmes NERFINISHED
languageOfKeyCharacter Greek
MycroftAffiliation Diogenes Club NERFINISHED
MycroftRole source of the case
narrator Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
notableFor first appearance of Mycroft Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes canon
originalLanguage English
originalMedium periodical publication
partOf The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
plotElement forced signing of documents
kidnapping case
use of a multilingual interpreter
publisherOfFirstBookCollection George Newnes NERFINISHED
series Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
settingLocation Diogenes Club NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
victimNationality Greek
WatsonRole chronicler of the case
workForm short story

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes containsStory The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter