The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes. The story follows Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the disappearance of a submarine and its crew, which leads them to uncover a plot involving a stolen set of plans for a new submarine design.

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · First published 1908 · Genre: Mystery, Crime, Detective Fiction · 12,916 words

First lines

In the third week of November, in the year 1895, a dense yellow fog settled down upon London. From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see the loom of the opposite houses. The first day Holmes had spent in cross-indexing his huge book of references. The second and third had been patiently occupied upon a subject which he had recently made his hobby -- the music of the Middle Ages. But when, for the fourth time, after pushing back our chairs from breakfast we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the windowpanes, my comrade's impatient and active nature could endure this drab existence no longer. He paced restlessly about our sitting-room in a fever of suppressed energy, biting his nails, tapping the furniture, and chafing against inaction.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Date: 1908 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Crime, Detective Fiction, Adventure, Short Stories
• Length: 12,916 words
• Structure: 1 section, 327 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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Genres

• Mystery — The book features the detective Sherlock Holmes and revolves around solving a mystery associated of stolen submarine blueprints.
• Crime — The storyline involves theft and deal with criminal activities which is a common theme in crime genre.
• Detective Fiction — The central character, Sherlock Holmes, is a detective, and the plot follows his investigation, which is typical of this genre.
• Adventure — Elements of adventure are also present in the series of events Sherlock Holmes goes through to solve the case.

Tags

mystery · detective · Sherlock Holmes · Watson · crime · investigation · London · secrets · plans · adventure · suspense · intrigue

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