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
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse of power
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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
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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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