A Scandal in Bohemia

1891 short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
VisualArtwork literary_work Q265546
A Scandal in Bohemia
Sidney Paget (1860 - 1908) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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A Scandal in Bohemia

Summary

A Scandal in Bohemia is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,261 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Scandal in Bohemia authored Arthur Conan Doyle[3].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's illustrator is recorded as Sidney Paget[5].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's genre is detective fiction[6].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's genre is crime fiction[7].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia was followed by The Adventure of the Red-Headed League[8].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's part of the series is recorded as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[9].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's part of the series is recorded as canon of Sherlock Holmes[10].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's Commons category is recorded as A Scandal in Bohemia[12].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia was published on July 1892[15].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's characters is recorded as Sherlock Holmes[16].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's characters is recorded as Dr. Watson[17].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's characters is recorded as Irene Adler[18].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's characters is recorded as Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein[19].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's has edition or translation is recorded as A Scandal in Bohemia[20].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's has edition or translation is recorded as Un escandalo en Bohemia[21].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's has edition or translation is recorded as En skandal i Böhmen[22].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's has edition or translation is recorded as Skandal w księstwie O***[23].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's has edition or translation is recorded as Q120722115[24].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's work available at URL is recorded as https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/arthur-conan-doyle/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/text/a-scandal-in-bohemia[25].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's published in is recorded as The Strand Magazine[26].
  • A Scandal in Bohemia's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Scandal in Bohemia'}[27].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f634f5eb-c6ae-4013-a624-30cda8798731[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Scandal in Bohemia authored Arthur Conan Doyle[3].

Publication

A Scandal in Bohemia was published on July 1892[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include detective fiction[6] and crime fiction[7]. Series this is part of include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[9] and canon of Sherlock Holmes[10].

Subject and Themes

Series this is part of include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[9] and canon of Sherlock Holmes[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Scandal in Bohemia was followed by The Adventure of the Red-Headed League[8].

Cultural Impact

Things named for A Scandal in Bohemia include A Scandal in Belgravia[30], a television series episode[31], directed by Paul McGuigan[32].

Why It Matters

A Scandal in Bohemia ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,261 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include A Scandal in Belgravia[30], a television series episode[31], directed by Paul McGuigan[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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