The document provides character descriptions and a summary of the short story "Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son". It introduces the main characters, including Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and the Duke of Holdernesse and his son Arthur. The story involves the disappearance of Arthur Holdernesse and his German teacher from his boarding school. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson work to solve the mystery and track down the missing boy and his teacher.
The document provides character descriptions and a summary of the short story "Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son". It introduces the main characters, including Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and the Duke of Holdernesse and his son Arthur. The story involves the disappearance of Arthur Holdernesse and his German teacher from his boarding school. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson work to solve the mystery and track down the missing boy and his teacher.
The document provides character descriptions and a summary of the short story "Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son". It introduces the main characters, including Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and the Duke of Holdernesse and his son Arthur. The story involves the disappearance of Arthur Holdernesse and his German teacher from his boarding school. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson work to solve the mystery and track down the missing boy and his teacher.
The document provides character descriptions and a summary of the short story "Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son". It introduces the main characters, including Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and the Duke of Holdernesse and his son Arthur. The story involves the disappearance of Arthur Holdernesse and his German teacher from his boarding school. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson work to solve the mystery and track down the missing boy and his teacher.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE
DUKE’S SON CONTENTS
-Characters
-Summary
-Unknown Words
-Activities CHARACTERS - Sherlock Holmes He is an inteligent and elegant man. He is a famous detective who solves the mistery of the duke’s son.
-Dr. Watson He is very educated and well dressed man. He is a doctor who helps Mr. Holmes to solve the case
-Dr. Huxtable He is a large man , tall and important looking. He is the director of Arthur Holdernesse’s school. He was very worried because the kid is missing
-Duke of Holdernesse He is a tall man with a long thin face. He has red hair and a great breard. He is the Goverment Minister . He is one of greatest and richest man of England. He is the Arthur’s father. -Mr. James Wilder He is a very young man. He is small, with blue eyes, and a watchful face. He is the duke’s secretary, but he is his son, too. Finaly He was the kidnapper
-Arthur Holdernesse He is a nice boy. He is ten years old. He is the duke’s son. His life in home isn’t very happy, then he went to Priory School near Mackleton
-Mr Heidegger He is the German teacher. He is a good teacher in the Arthur’s school, but the boys don’t like him because he isn’t very friendly. He dies.
-Mr. Reuben Hayes
He is a fat man. He smokes. He has the Green man inn. He doesn’t like the duke. He was the German teacher’s killer
-The Duchess She is the duke’s wife and the Arthur’s mother. She lives in the Sourh of France. She loves her son SUMMARY
The story begins with the visiting of the
headteacher of the Primary school from the north of England. According to the story, the son of an important Duke and the German teacher disappeared at night. Then Holmes and Watson knew that the teacher didn't want the director to ask Holmes for help. Holmes and Watson, the duke and the secretary met. His conversations were not easy and they did not want this event to be known. Then Holmes and Watson started looking for the child. Holmes and Watson found that the German teacher was dead. And they continued to follow the clues about the boy. Eventually, in a hut, they saw the boy and the duke together. In fact, the boy had already found him! But he didn't let shelter master Holmes and Watson go in. At the same time, many hints made Holmes understand everything. He was a master of criminals, secretary and hut. But they had to kill the German teacher. They were afraid of being killed and they talked about the crime with the Duke. UNKNOWN WORDS
