The Adventure of the Three Garridebs

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"The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes and Watson investigate a bizarre inheritance scheme involving three men who share the same unusual surname.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
detective fiction short story
adaptedAs radio drama
television episode
author Arthur Conan Doyle
centralTheme greed
inheritance scheme
character John Garrideb
Killer Evans
Nathan Garrideb
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
deuteragonist Dr. John H. Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson
featuresCrimeType attempted murder
fraud
featuresDetective Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe
firstPublicationYear 1924
firstPublishedIn Collier's Weekly
The Strand Magazine
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasDetectivePartner Dr. John H. Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson
hasLiteraryForm short story
hasNotableScene Holmes’s emotional reaction to Watson being shot
hasTitleCharacter the Garrideb family name
includesCharacterInjury Dr. John H. Watson is wounded
language English
literaryCanon Sherlock Holmes canon
mainCharacter Dr. John H. Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
narrator Dr. John H. Watson
linked to: Dr. Watson
originalLanguage English
originallyPublishedAs The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
partOf The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
plotElement bizarre inheritance scheme involving three men with the surname Garrideb
search for men sharing an unusual surname
protagonist Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
publicationMedium magazine
publisher George Newnes (Strand Magazine UK edition)
linked to: George Newnes

P. F. Collier & Son (Collier's Weekly US edition)
linked to: P. F. Collier & Son
revealsCharacterTrait Holmes shows deep concern for Watson
linked to: Holmes
series Sherlock Holmes
linked to: Holmes
settingLocation Baker Street
London
linked to: London, England
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
workChronology one of the last Sherlock Holmes stories written

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes containsStory The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes includesWork The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs originallyPublishedAs The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
The Adventure of the Creeping Man precededByInCollection The Adventure of the Three Garridebs