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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb

short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Sidney Paget (1860 - 1908) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb

Summary

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb authored Arthur Conan Doyle[3].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's illustrator is recorded as Sidney Paget[5].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's genre is detective fiction[6].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's genre is crime literature[7].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb followed The Adventure of the Speckled Band[8].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb was followed by The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor[9].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's part of the series is recorded as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[10].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's part of the series is recorded as canon of Sherlock Holmes[11].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's Commons category is recorded as The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb[12].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb was released on 1892[15].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's characters is recorded as Sherlock Holmes[16].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's characters is recorded as Dr. Watson[17].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's characters is recorded as Inspector Bradstreet[18].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's has edition or translation is recorded as Q51281783[19].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's has edition or translation is recorded as Ingenjörens tumme[20].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's narrative location is recorded as London[21].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's published in is recorded as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[22].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb"}[23].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's derivative work is recorded as The Twentieth Century Approaches[24].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's copyright status is recorded as public domain[26].
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb's form of creative work is recorded as short story[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a6609253-4861-4965-b52a-20a37fa2d294[29]

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Authorship and Creation

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb authored Arthur Conan Doyle[3].

Publication

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb was published on 1892[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include detective fiction[6] and crime literature[7]. Series this is part of include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[10] and canon of Sherlock Holmes[11].

Subject and Themes

Series this is part of include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[10] and canon of Sherlock Holmes[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb followed The Adventure of the Speckled Band[8]. It was followed by The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor[9].

Why It Matters

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Arthur Conan Doyle literary work London public domain Sidney Paget The Adventure of the Speckled Band The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
    Publication date → +1892-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → —
    Part of the series → The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, canon of Sherlock Holmes
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