The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott ", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in April 1893, and in Harper's Weekly in the United States on 15 April 1893.[1]
"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" | |||
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Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle | |||
Country | United Kingdom | ||
Language | English | ||
Genre(s) | Detective fiction short stories | ||
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Published in | Strand Magazine | ||
Publication date | April 1893 | ||
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Series | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | ||
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It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes canon. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to which Holmes applied his powers of deduction, having treated it as a mere hobby until this time. This is one of numerous Sherlock Holmes stories in which a protagonist is haunted by an old acquaintance for an old crime. The others include "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" "Black Peter", "The Sign of Four", "The Five Orange Pips", "The Resident Patient", etc. It is also one of his many stories that deal with the fate of characters who return to England after having spent time abroad in the colonies of the British Empire.[2]