Part II: The Country of the Saints

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"Part II: The Country of the Saints" is the second section of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel *A Study in Scarlet*, depicting the backstory set among Mormon settlers in the American West that explains the motive behind the central crime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel section
author Arthur Conan Doyle
centralCharacters Enoch Drebber
Jefferson Hope
John Ferrier
Joseph Stangerson
Lucy Ferrier
chronologicalRelation events preceding the London murders in A Study in Scarlet
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts life in a Mormon community in Utah
migration across the American desert
explains motive for the central crime in A Study in Scarlet
explainsIdentityOf Jefferson Hope as the murderer in A Study in Scarlet
featuresGroup Mormon settlers
firstPublicationYear 1887
follows Part I: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasForm prose
language English
laterPublishedIn book edition of A Study in Scarlet
linkedToCharacter Dr. John H. Watson
linked to: John Watson

Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
literaryUniverse Sherlock Holmes canon
mainAntagonisticGroup fanatical Mormon elders
narrativeFunction backstory
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalMedium magazine publication
partOf A Study in Scarlet
precedes conclusion of A Study in Scarlet
settingLocation American West
linked to: Old West

Utah Territory
theme love and sacrifice
oppression
religious fanaticism
revenge
workAppearsIn Beeton's Christmas Annual
workTypeWithinNovel embedded narrative

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A Study in Scarlet hasPart Part II: The Country of the Saints