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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Missing Submarine Plans
- 2024/01/28
- 再生時間: 29 分
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- Publication date: 1905 (as part of the collection The Return of Sherlock Holmes)
- Setting: London, England
- Main characters:
- Sherlock Holmes: The world's most famous consulting detective.
- Dr. John Watson: Holmes's friend and chronicler.
- Mycroft Holmes: Sherlock's older brother and a high-ranking government official.
- Arthur Cadogan West: A young clerk who steals the submarine plans.
- Plot: The British government entrusts Mycroft Holmes with top-secret plans for a new submarine. The plans are stolen from a government office by Arthur Cadogan West, who is later found dead near a train station. Mycroft seeks Sherlock's help in recovering the plans before they fall into the wrong hands.
- Themes: Espionage, patriotism, betrayal, the importance of secrecy
- Memorable quotes:
- "There are no crimes which are commonplace. If we all acted on that belief, the whole detective force might be disbanded tomorrow." - Sherlock Holmes
- "The game is afoot!" - Sherlock Holmes
- "Elementary, my dear Watson." - Sherlock Holmes (although this famous line is not actually spoken in this story)
- The submarine plans are for a revolutionary new design that would give the British navy a significant advantage over its rivals.
- West is motivated by patriotism and a desire to help a foreign power that he believes is more deserving of the technology.
- Holmes and Watson must not only find the plans but also determine who West was working for and what their intentions are.
- The story is full of twists and turns, and it keeps the reader guessing until the very end.