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 ⓘ