The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

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"The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle notable for introducing Holmes’s brother Mycroft and involving a mysterious kidnapping case centered on a multilingual interpreter.

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The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story ⓘ
detective fiction short story ⓘ
author Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
centralProfession interpreter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dr. John Watson ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Watson

Harold Latimer ⓘ
Mr. Melas ⓘ
Mycroft Holmes ⓘ
Paul Kratides ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to: Holmes

Sophia Kratides ⓘ
Wilson Kemp ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1893 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio drama adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasTheme abuse of power ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ
international intrigue ⓘ
HolmesBrotherFeatured Mycroft Holmes ⓘ
HolmesCanonCategory Memoirs stories ⓘ
HolmesMethod deductive reasoning ⓘ
HolmesStoryOrderInMemoirs early stories ⓘ
introducesCharacter Mycroft Holmes ⓘ
languageOfKeyCharacter Greek ⓘ
MycroftAffiliation Diogenes Club ⓘ
MycroftRole source of the case ⓘ
narrator Dr. John Watson ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Watson
notableFor first appearance of Mycroft Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium periodical publication ⓘ
partOf The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
plotElement forced signing of documents ⓘ
kidnapping case ⓘ
use of a multilingual interpreter ⓘ
publisherOfFirstBookCollection George Newnes ⓘ
series Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to: Holmes
settingLocation Diogenes Club ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century ⓘ
victimNationality Greek ⓘ
WatsonRole chronicler of the case ⓘ
workForm short story ⓘ

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes → containsStory → The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter ⓘ
Inspector Gregson → appearsIn → The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter ⓘ