The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1150069
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
Sidney Paget (1860 - 1908) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

Summary

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual authored Arthur Conan Doyle[3].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's illustrator is recorded as Sidney Paget[5].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's genre is detective fiction[6].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's genre is crime fiction[7].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual followed The Adventure of the Gloria Scott[8].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual was followed by The Adventure of the Reigate Squire[9].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's part of the series is recorded as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes[10].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's part of the series is recorded as canon of Sherlock Holmes[11].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's Commons category is recorded as The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual[12].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • 1893 marks the founding of The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual[14].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's has edition or translation is recorded as Q64569367[15].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's has edition or translation is recorded as Q64569375[16].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's has edition or translation is recorded as Den musgraveska ritualen[17].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's published in is recorded as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes[18].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual'}[19].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was the neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also he affected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was none the less in his personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction.'}[20].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "“And that's the story of the Musgrave Ritual, Watson. They have the crown down at Hurlstone—though they had some legal bother and a considerable sum to pay before they were allowed to retain it. I am sure that if you mentioned my name they would be happy to show it to you. Of the woman nothing was ever heard, and the probability is that she got away out of England and carried herself and the memory of her crime to some land beyond the seas.”"}[21].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's derivative work is recorded as Sherlock Holmes Faces Death[22].
  • The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's form of creative work is recorded as short story[23].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e05d9d02-60fb-484c-84ef-3edc5b3a1ee7[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual authored Arthur Conan Doyle[3].

Publication

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual's 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 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes[10] and canon of Sherlock Holmes[11].

Subject and Themes

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

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual followed The Adventure of the Gloria Scott[8]. It was followed by The Adventure of the Reigate Squire[9].

Why It Matters

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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