Jonathan Small

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Jonathan Small is a vengeful, one-legged antagonist in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of Four," whose backstory of betrayal and lost treasure drives the mystery’s central plot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Sherlock Holmes series
The Sign of Four
appearsInChapter The Great Agra Treasure (backstory chapter in The Sign of Four)
associatedWith Agra treasure
backstory betrayed after helping steal the Agra treasure
capturedBy Inspector Athelney Jones
Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
confessesTo Dr. John Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
createdBy Arthur Conan Doyle
enemyOf Bartholomew Sholto
Dr. John Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson

Major Sholto
Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
firstAppearance The Sign of Four
formsAllianceWith Abdullah Khan
Dost Akbar
Mahomet Singh
Tonga
genre detective fiction character
hasAlias none commonly used
hasDisability wooden leg
hasMoralView believes his vengeance is justified
hasPhysicalCharacteristic one-legged
hasTrait vengeful
imprisonedIn Andaman Islands
involvedIn murder of Bartholomew Sholto
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
losesLegIn crocodile attack
motive recovery of lost treasure
revenge
narrativeFunction drives central mystery of The Sign of Four
nationality British
occupation convict
originatesFrom England
pursuedBy Inspector Athelney Jones
Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
role antagonist
seeksRevengeOn Bartholomew Sholto
Major Sholto
servedIn Indian army (as a soldier before becoming a convict)
settingOfBackstory India
storyResolution arrested and imprisoned at end of The Sign of Four
throwsIntoRiver Agra treasure
transportMethod boat Aurora
travelsTo England

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The Sign of Four featuresCharacter Jonathan Small