The Cardboard Box by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Cardboard Box is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that revolves around the mystery of a missing jewelry box. The story follows Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the case and uncovers the truth behind the disappearance.

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · First published 1892 · Genre: Mystery, Crime, Detective Fiction · 10,193 words

First lines

In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarkable mental qualities of my friend, Sherlock Holmes, I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to select those which presented the minimum of sensationalism, while offering a fair field for his talents. It is, however, unfortunately impossible entirely to separate the sensational from the criminal, and a chronicler is left in the dilemma that he must either sacrifice details which are essential to his statement and so give a false impression of the problem, or he must use matter which chance, and not choice, has provided him with. With this short preface I shall turn to my notes of what proved to be a strange, though a peculiarly terrible, chain of events.

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Genres

• Mystery — The plot centers around a detective solving a crime, a typical trait of the mystery genre.
• Crime — The main focus of the story is on a crime that has been committed, fitting the crime genre.
• Detective Fiction — The protagonist is a detective who investigates and solves the crime, a defining characteristic of the detective fiction genre.
• Short Stories — The book is a brief narrative, aligning it with the short story genre.

Tags

mystery · detective · suspense · crime · investigation · short story · Victorian · psychological · thriller · narrative · plot twist · human nature

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• Work type: Short story
• Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Date: 1892 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Crime, Detective Fiction, Short Stories, Classic Literature
• Length: 10,193 words
• Structure: 1 section, 122 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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