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concept/secrecy_and_concealment
22 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
TO the UNKNOWN WARRIOR
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/death
form/lyric
histref/the_first_world_war
concept/satire_of_society
character/fatty_arbuckle
character/p_t_barnum
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
concept/common_man
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/fame_and_publicity
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/silence
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
setting/battlefield
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/hero
form/ode
form/satire
Jul 24, 2026
Uncle Bernac
graph/work
concept/alienation
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/historical_novel
concept/exile
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/empire_and_imperialism
motif/journey
motif/sea
motif/storm
motif/letters_and_writing
histref/napoleon
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
setting/france
setting/ship
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Was Thursday
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
character/gabriel_syme
character/lucian_gregory
character/sunday
character/rosamond_gregory
character/the_secretary
character/dr_bull
character/professor_de_worms
character/marquis_de_st_eustache
character/gogol
character/colonel_ducroix
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/identity
concept/fear
concept/paradox
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/providence
concept/anarchism
topos/double
topos/world_upside_down
topos/quest
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/theatrum_mundi
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/light_and_dark
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/fire
motif/garden
motif/sun
setting/london
setting/river_thames
setting/rural_england
setting/underworld_cave
setting/sea_2
setting/france
archetype/detective
archetype/trickster
archetype/rebel
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/christ_figure
form/novel
form/detective_fiction
form/allegory
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/greek_mythology
histref/roman_history
Jul 24, 2026
The Valley of Fear
graph/work
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/economics
author/conan_doyle
form/detective_fiction
form/novel
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/deception
concept/greed_and_money
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/city
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/money_and_gold
setting/london
setting/industrial_city
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/professor_moriarty
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
graph/work
concept/appearance_vs_reality
author/conan_doyle
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/city
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/letters_and_writing
setting/london
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/professor_moriarty
character/colonel_sebastian_moran
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The Mystery of Cloomber
graph/work
concept/alienation
author/conan_doyle
form/gothic_novel
form/novel
concept/fear
concept/guilt
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/revenge
concept/mesmerism
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/fate_and_free_will
motif/ghosts
motif/uncanny
motif/house_mansion
motif/secrets
motif/journey
setting/scotland_the_highlands
character/general_heatherstone
character/john_fothergill_west
character/gabriel_heatherstone
character/mordaunt_heatherstone
archetype/avenger
archetype/outsider
archetype/prophet
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Knew Too Much
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/justice
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/disillusionment
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/satire_of_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
archetype/detective
archetype/corrupt_official
character/horne_fisher
character/harold_march
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/last_stand
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/secrets
motif/silence
motif/well
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/swords_and_weapons
setting/rural_england
setting/castle
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
archetype/martyr_saint
histref/irish_question
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/adventure_fiction
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/courage
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/rationalism
motif/uncanny
motif/secrets
motif/storm
motif/night
histref/british_empire
setting/africa
setting/rural_england
archetype/hero
archetype/outsider
archetype/trickster
Jul 24, 2026
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
concept/unseen_the_hidden
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/guilt
concept/deception
motif/ghosts
motif/supernatural
motif/uncanny
motif/secrets
setting/rural_england
archetype/ghost
topos/memento_mori
Jul 24, 2026
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
graph/work
concept/appearance_vs_reality
author/conan_doyle
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/disease_and_contagion
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/irene_adler
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The Strange Music
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/love_romantic
concept/unrequited_love
concept/mortality
motif/music_and_song
form/lyric
archetype/lover
concept/hope
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/inexpressibility_of_beauty
concept/patience_and_waiting
concept/death_and_love
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/unattainable_beloved
motif/silence
Jul 24, 2026
The Skeleton
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/lyric
form/epigram
concept/mortality
topos/memento_mori
concept/joy
concept/paradox
motif/flowers
character/death_personified
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/providence
motif/birds
motif/insects
setting/grave_2
archetype/king
Jul 24, 2026
Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Acts
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/verse_drama
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/secrets
motif/money_and_gold
setting/london
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/professor_moriarty
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
The Secret People
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
concept/the_common_man
concept/social_injustice
concept/class_conflict
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
histref/the_reformation
histref/napoleonic_wars
motif/silence
setting/rural_england
concept/poverty
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
topos/fortune_s_wheel
topos/war_as_glory
motif/chains
motif/crown
motif/blood
motif/ruins_the_abbey
motif/money_and_gold
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/king
histref/wars_of_the_roses
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/english_civil_war
Jul 24, 2026
The Secret of Father Brown
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/rationcination_detection
archetype/detective
character/father_brown
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/conscience
concept/imagination
character/sherlock_homage
character/flambeau
character/grandison_chace
character/michael_moonshine
character/john_bankes
character/sir_arthur_travers
character/mrs_mandeville
character/marquis_of_marne
character/hugo_romaine
character/james_hardcastle
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/deception
concept/identity
concept/revenge
concept/forgiveness
concept/self_deception
concept/mesmerism
topos/double
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/mirror
motif/gems_jewels
motif/secrets
motif/storm
setting/castle
setting/rural_england
setting/spain
archetype/villain
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/avenger
archetype/trickster
histref/catholic_church
histref/christianity
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
The Club of Queer Trades
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/the_grotesque
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/imagination
motif/the_city
archetype/detective
setting/london
character/basil_grant
character/rupert_grant
character/mr_swinburne
character/major_brown
character/p_g_northover
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/clothing_and_costume
archetype/trickster
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
Jul 24, 2026
Magic
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/doubt
motif/the_supernatural
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/imagination
concept/madness
motif/light_and_dark
character/hastings
character/the_duke
character/doctor_grimthorpe
character/rev_cyril_smith
character/morris_carleon
character/patricia_carleon
character/the_conjurer
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/satire_of_society
concept/romantic_love
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/spiritualism
motif/music_and_song
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/great_house
setting/garden_2
setting/rural_england
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
form/problem_play
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
THE CASE for the EPHEMERAL
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/satire_of_society
concept/transience
concept/faith
concept/the_common_man
form/essay
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/social_injustice
concept/religious_persecution
topos/world_upside_down
motif/secrets
archetype/tyrant
histref/french_revolution
histref/islam
histref/catholic_church
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
The Donkey
graph/work
author/chesterton
archetype/christ_figure
character/christ
motif/animals
concept/humility
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/the_grotesque
histref/the_bible
histref/christianity
motif/moon
form/lyric
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/suffering_and_pain
topos/world_upside_down
motif/blood
archetype/scapegoat
archetype/outsider
Jul 24, 2026
But Soft: We Are Observed!
graph/work
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/novel
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/capitalism
concept/deception
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/journey
motif/ship
motif/money_and_gold
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/letters_and_writing
setting/new_york
setting/america
setting/ship
archetype/trickster
archetype/detective
Jul 24, 2026
Asparagus
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/class_conflict
concept/paradox
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/food_feasting
histref/the_french_revolution
concept/democracy
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/secrets
archetype/common_man_2
histref/tennyson
Jul 24, 2026
All Things Considered
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/paradox
concept/the_common_man
concept/truth
concept/justice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/christianity
setting/london
character/joan_la_pucelle
character/tom_jones
concept/democracy
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/martyrdom
concept/vanity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
concept/deception
concept/grotesque
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/money_and_gold
setting/paris
setting/oxford
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tyrant
form/aphorism
form/literary_criticism
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/catholic_church