Jonathan Small

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Jonathan Small is a vengeful, one-legged antagonist in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of Four," whose backstory of betrayal and lost treasure drives the mystery’s central plot.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Sherlock Holmes series NERFINISHED
The Sign of Four NERFINISHED
appearsInChapter The Great Agra Treasure (backstory chapter in The Sign of Four) NERFINISHED
associatedWith Agra treasure
backstory betrayed after helping steal the Agra treasure
capturedBy Inspector Athelney Jones NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
confessesTo Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
createdBy Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
enemyOf Bartholomew Sholto NERFINISHED
Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
Major Sholto NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Sign of Four NERFINISHED
formsAllianceWith Abdullah Khan NERFINISHED
Dost Akbar NERFINISHED
Mahomet Singh NERFINISHED
Tonga NERFINISHED
genre detective fiction character
hasAlias none commonly used
hasDisability wooden leg
hasMoralView believes his vengeance is justified
hasPhysicalCharacteristic one-legged
hasTrait vengeful
imprisonedIn Andaman Islands NERFINISHED
involvedIn murder of Bartholomew Sholto
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
losesLegIn crocodile attack
motive recovery of lost treasure
revenge
narrativeFunction drives central mystery of The Sign of Four
nationality British
occupation convict
originatesFrom England NERFINISHED
pursuedBy Inspector Athelney Jones NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
role antagonist
seeksRevengeOn Bartholomew Sholto NERFINISHED
Major Sholto NERFINISHED
servedIn Indian army (as a soldier before becoming a convict) NERFINISHED
settingOfBackstory India NERFINISHED
storyResolution arrested and imprisoned at end of The Sign of Four
throwsIntoRiver Agra treasure
transportMethod boat Aurora NERFINISHED
travelsTo England NERFINISHED

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The Sign of Four featuresCharacter Jonathan Small