The Final Problem

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"The Final Problem" is an 1893 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for introducing Professor Moriarty as Holmes’s arch-nemesis and depicting their climactic struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes story
short story
author Arthur Conan Doyle
collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Dr. John H. Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson

Inspector Lestrade
Professor James Moriarty
linked to: Jim Moriarty

Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
fictionalEvent Holmes and Moriarty struggle at the edge of Reichenbach Falls
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe
firstPublicationYear 1893
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine
followedBy The Empty House
The Hound of the Baskervilles
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasAdaptation The Final Problem (Granada TV 1985 episode)
linked to: The Final Problem

The Final Problem (Sherlock TV episode)
The Reichenbach Fall (Sherlock TV episode)
hasForm prose
influencedWork later Sherlock Holmes pastiches
introducesCharacter Professor James Moriarty
linked to: Jim Moriarty
language English
literarySignificance first full appearance of Professor Moriarty
intended as Conan Doyle’s story to kill off Sherlock Holmes
mainAntagonist Professor James Moriarty
linked to: Jim Moriarty
mainProtagonist Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
narrator Dr. John H. Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson
originalIllustrator Sidney Paget
plotElement Holmes’s struggle against Moriarty’s criminal organization
apparent death of Sherlock Holmes
confrontation between Holmes and Moriarty
positionInSeries final story of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
publicationMedium magazine
publicationSeries The Strand Magazine Sherlock Holmes series
linked to: The Strand Magazine
publisher George Newnes
series Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
setIn London
linked to: London, England

Reichenbach Falls
Switzerland
theme friendship between Holmes and Watson
good versus evil
sacrifice
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
toldIn first-person narrative
wordCountApproximate about 8,000 words

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Jim Moriarty appearsIn The Final Problem
Jim Moriarty firstAppearance The Final Problem
Jim Moriarty antagonistIn The Final Problem
The Final Problem hasAdaptation The Final Problem (Granada TV 1985 episode)
linked to: The Final Problem
Reichenbach Falls fictionalSettingFor "The Final Problem"
linked to: The Final Problem
Reichenbach Falls createdByWork "The Final Problem" by Arthur Conan Doyle
linked to: The Final Problem
Reichenbach stream fictionalAssociation The Final Problem
Reichenbachfall funicular associatedWork The Final Problem