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Summary
Background
“A Scandal in Bohemia”
“The Red-Headed League”
“A Case of Identity”
“The Boscombe Valley Mystery”
“The Five Orange Pips”
“The Man with the Twisted Lip”
“The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”
“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”
“The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”
“The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor”
“The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”
“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”
Character Analysis
Themes
Symbols & Motifs
Important Quotes
Essay Topics
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
One day, while Holmes and Watson are having a conversation in the Baker Street flat, a young woman comes calling. Miss Mary Sutherland is a relatively well-to-do woman who works as a typist. She is, Watson says, “a large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck, and a large curling red feather in a broad-brimmed hat which was tilted in a coquettish Duchess of Devonshire fashion over her ear” (51). She lives with her mother and the mother’s much younger second husband. Mary’s fiancé disappeared on their wedding day and the young woman seems the only one concerned with the situation. Both her mother and stepfather want her to forget about the incident. However, she is unable to do so and comes to Holmes as a last resort.
Mary met her beloved, Hosmer Angel, at a ball. They always meet at dusk, and he wears dark glasses and speaks in a whisper. He also types all of his correspondence, including the signature. Holmes immediately deduces that the missing lover is in fact Mary’s stepfather. As long as the young woman lives with her parents, they have access to her significant inheritance. However, she wants to have a family of her own.
By Arthur Conan Doyle
A Case Of Identity
A Case Of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow
His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle