The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Definition and Overview

The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the eleventh of the twelve Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine in May 1892.

Synopsis

In this story, a banker is entrusted to look after one of the most valuble public posessions in existence - the Beryl Coronet. However, his son is found holding it with three beryls missing. However, Holmes clears him.

Trivia

• This story places 221b Baker Street within sight of the Metropolitan station, towards the north end of Baker Street. This is contradicted by other stories, such as The Adventure of the Empty House, which place it nearer the southern end.
• Fairbank, the fictional home of Alexander Holder, is based on the real-life mansion Grove House (aka Norwood Grove), near Streatham Common. Its gardens were later made into a park by the London Borough of Croydon.
• The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet marks the second and final appearance of the one-legged tradesman first mentioned in The Sign of the Four. In this story, he is at last given a name, Francis Prosper, and a girlfriend.

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• Free eBook of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1661) at Project Gutenberg (including The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet)