The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle (Book Analysis)

This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. It provides a thorough exploration of the story’s plot, characters and main themes, including crime, detectives and mystery. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 42-page reading guide is structured as follows:

• Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle
• Presentation of The Adventure of the Speckled Band
• Summary of The Adventure of the Speckled Band
• Character study
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Dr Watson
  • Helen Stoner
  • Grimesby Roylott
• Analysis of The Adventure of the Speckled Band
  • A crime short story
  • The investigator: a literary archetype

About The Adventure of the Speckled Band

The Adventure of the Speckled Band was first published in Strand Magazine in 1892, and is one of more than 50 short detective stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about the fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson. In The Adventure of the Speckled Band, they solve the mystery of how a young woman was murdered from inside a locked room several years previously and narrowly save her twin sister from the same fate. It is a classic murder mystery with a twist that showcases Conan Doyle’s ingenuity at its finest.

About Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859, and after a successful career as a physician, he went on to become one of the best-loved writers of the era. Although he is best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories and their contribution to the popularization of the detective genre and archetype, he was an exceedingly prolific writer who dabbled in a variety of other genres, including fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction and poetry. He was knighted in 1902.