by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Detective Fiction · Ratiocination Detection · Crime and Punishment
Abstract
A collection of eight late Sherlock Holmes stories (1908–1917), including ‘Wisteria Lodge,’ ‘The Dying Detective,’ and the title story in which Holmes emerges from retirement to outwit a German spy on the eve of the First World War.
Capitoli / Chapters
- The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
- The Adventure of the Red Circle
- The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
- The Adventure of the Dying Detective
- The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
- The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
- His Last Bow.- The War Service of Sherlock Holmes
Readability (prose)2.8 Flesch ease27.9 FK grade31.5 Fog18% complex60.5 words/sent
Connections
Forms & Genres: Detective Fiction, Short Story Themes & Concepts: Ratiocination Detection, Crime and Punishment, Justice Right and Wrong, Empire and Imperialism Motifs: Secrets, Blood Historical References: First World War Settings: London, Rural England Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson Archetypes: Detective, Villain