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In the story, the King of Bohemia secretly engages the services of Sherlock Holmes in order to prevent a scandal which would stop him from getting married. Some years earlier, the King was in a relationship with the American woman Irene Adler, a fact which would be deeply shocking to the parents of the Scandinavian princess he is due to marry if they found out about it. Irene Adler is in possession of a photograph which proves that the King was once her lover. She has threatened to send it to the parents of the princess on the day that the King's engagement is formally announced. Holmes is tasked to do what many others have failed to do and to obtain the photograph by any means possible. Although Irene Adler manages to outwit Holmes, the King is nevertheless satisfied with the detective's

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  • In the story, the King of Bohemia secretly engages the services of Sherlock Holmes in order to prevent a scandal which would stop him from getting married. Some years earlier, the King was in a relationship with the American woman Irene Adler, a fact which would be deeply shocking to the parents of the Scandinavian princess he is due to marry if they found out about it. Irene Adler is in possession of a photograph which proves that the King was once her lover. She has threatened to send it to the parents of the princess on the day that the King's engagement is formally announced. Holmes is tasked to do what many others have failed to do and to obtain the photograph by any means possible. Although Irene Adler manages to outwit Holmes, the King is nevertheless satisfied with the detective's
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  • In the story, the King of Bohemia secretly engages the services of Sherlock Holmes in order to prevent a scandal which would stop him from getting married. Some years earlier, the King was in a relationship with the American woman Irene Adler, a fact which would be deeply shocking to the parents of the Scandinavian princess he is due to marry if they found out about it. Irene Adler is in possession of a photograph which proves that the King was once her lover. She has threatened to send it to the parents of the princess on the day that the King's engagement is formally announced. Holmes is tasked to do what many others have failed to do and to obtain the photograph by any means possible. Although Irene Adler manages to outwit Holmes, the King is nevertheless satisfied with the detective's work. "A Scandal in Bohemia" has been adapted to other media numerous times, often in combination with other short stories by Doyle. The story is included in a list of the twelve best Sherlock Holmes stories compiled for The Strand magazine by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1927 and in a list of the ten best Sherlock Holmes stories voted for by the readers of The Baker Street Journal in 1959.
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