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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Jonathan Small canonical 2

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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 ⓘ