A Scandal in Bohemia
1891 short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Summary
A Scandal in Bohemia is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,164 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Arthur Conan Doyle[3]
- Illustrator: Sidney Paget[4]
- Genre: detective fiction[5], crime fiction[6]
- Followed by: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League[7]
- Part of the series: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[8], canon of Sherlock Holmes[9]
- Place of publication: United Kingdom[10]
- Commons category: A Scandal in Bohemia[11]
- Language of work or name: English[12]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[13]
- Publication date: July 1892[14]
- Characters: Sherlock Holmes[15], Dr. Watson[16], Irene Adler[17], Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein[18]
- Has edition or translation: A Scandal in Bohemia[19], Un escandalo en Bohemia[20], En skandal i Böhmen[21], Skandal w księstwie O***[22], Q120722115[23]
- Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/arthur-conan-doyle/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/text/a-scandal-in-bohemia[24]
- Published in: The Strand Magazine[25]
- Title: A Scandal in Bohemia[26]
- Native label: A Scandal in Bohemia[27]
- First line: To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.[28]
- Last line: And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a woman’s wit. He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honorable title of the woman.[29]
- Derivative work: A Scandal in Belgravia[30], The Treasures of Agra[31], Sherlock Holmes[32], The Royal Scandal[33], A Scandal in Bohemia[34]
- Copyright status: public domain[35]
- Form of creative work: short story[36]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for A Scandal in Bohemia include A Scandal in Belgravia[37], a television series episode[38], directed by Paul McGuigan[39].
Why It Matters
A Scandal in Bohemia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include A Scandal in Belgravia[37], a television series episode[38], directed by Paul McGuigan[39].