"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1911 with illustrations by Alec Ball and is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. It is one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Dr. Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background.
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| - "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1911 with illustrations by Alec Ball and is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. It is one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Dr. Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background.
- The plot is set in motion after Mrs. Dobny, the former governess of Lady Frances Carfax, writes to the private detective Sherlock Holmes. Lady Frances used to write to her former governess regularly. Mrs. Dobny becomes concerned when she receives no mail from her for some time. Lady Frances Carfax is known to have recently stayed at a Swiss hotel. Claiming that he cannot leave London, Holmes sends his friend Dr. John Watson to Switzerland to investigate. Watson follows a trail to Germany, where he hears that Lady Frances has returned to England in the company of a clergyman and his wife. Sherlock Holmes suspects that the clergyman is really a dangerous Australian criminal.
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| - The plot is set in motion after Mrs. Dobny, the former governess of Lady Frances Carfax, writes to the private detective Sherlock Holmes. Lady Frances used to write to her former governess regularly. Mrs. Dobny becomes concerned when she receives no mail from her for some time. Lady Frances Carfax is known to have recently stayed at a Swiss hotel. Claiming that he cannot leave London, Holmes sends his friend Dr. John Watson to Switzerland to investigate. Watson follows a trail to Germany, where he hears that Lady Frances has returned to England in the company of a clergyman and his wife. Sherlock Holmes suspects that the clergyman is really a dangerous Australian criminal. "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" has been adapted for radio, film and television.
- "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1911 with illustrations by Alec Ball and is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. It is one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Dr. Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background.
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