A Scandal in Bohemia

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All Themes Logic vs. Emotion Disguise and Deception Love, Friendship, and. Admiration Justice

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All Characters Sherlock Holmes Dr. John Watson Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein Irene Adler Godfrey Norton

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A Scandal in Bohemia

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis Summary

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

All Themes
Logic vs. Emotion
Disguise and Deception
Love, Friendship, and. Admiration
Justice

All Characters
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. John Watson
Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein
Irene Adler
Godfrey Norton

All Symbols
Disguises

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Mood
Motifs
Setting
Style
Tone

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