The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
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"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a seemingly supernatural case involving a mother accused of vampirism.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes short story
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detective fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family conflict
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jealousy ⓘ rational explanation of seemingly supernatural events ⓘ |
| companionCharacter | Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacky Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ baby Ferguson ⓘ |
| fictionalInvestigator | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalSetting |
London
NERFINISHED
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Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCollection | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
audio drama adaptation
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radio adaptation ⓘ television adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCrimeElement | suspected child abuse ⓘ |
| hasVampireMotif | yes ⓘ |
| HolmesClient | Robert Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HolmesMethod |
logical reasoning
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observation and deduction ⓘ |
| HolmesResidenceInStory | 221B Baker Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCharacter | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryGenreMovement | Golden Age of detective fiction (broadly associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Victorian and Edwardian detective fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes story cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Sherlock Holmes investigates a case in which a woman is suspected of vampirism after being seen apparently sucking blood from her baby ⓘ |
| publicationType | short story ⓘ |
| resolutionType | non-criminal misunderstanding revealed ⓘ |
| series | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supernaturalExplainedNaturalistically | yes ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usesMotif | vampirism as misdirection ⓘ |
| workInCanon | Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ |
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