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The Adventure of the Devil’s FootARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

HIS LAST BOW · SHORT STORY

The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot

A Cornish family suffers a mysterious and deadly affliction.

First published 1910 By Arthur Conan Doyle The London & English countryside

THE CASE, IN BRIEF

A mystery unfolds.

A Cornish family suffers a mysterious and deadly affliction.

This catalog note identifies the work and its place in the Holmes bibliography. For plot details beyond this concise description, consult the complete original text.

REFERENCE NOTESource and summary ＋
Case summary

A Cornish family suffers a mysterious and deadly affliction.

Classification

Original work by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, included in His Last Bow.

Source material

The complete reference PDF is available from the archive’s Downloads page.

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