Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | Start Reading Story
| | Title: | Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | | |
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| | Author: | Doyle, Arthur Conan (view bio) | | Subject: | Mystery | | Collection: | Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (see entire collection) | | Year of Pub: | 1892 | | Text Type: | Short Story | | Reader's Age: | 13 to 14 | | Grade Levels: | 7 to 8 | | Reading Level: | 7.26 | | Word Count: | 7,882 | | See eTexts with the Same: Author | Grade | Subject | | |
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| Overview | | Plot: | The story is about the disappearance of a rare, blue garnet or carbuncle. A man finds a goose running loose in the street, picks it up and takes it home for dinner. His wife discovers a blue stone in the throat of the goose. A strong case of theft and Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover how the carbuncle managed to get into the throat of the goose. It's not who you think! |
| | Characters | | Characters: | John Horner - once convicted of robbery.
Countess of Morcar - owner of the blue carbuncle.
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| | Students | | Definition: | Carbuncle - a rare, blue stone or garnet |
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