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Watson visits Sherlock Holmes at Christmastime and finds him contemplating a battered old hat, brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson after it and a Christmas goose had been dropped by a man in a scuffle with some street ruffians. Peterson takes the goose home to eat it, but comes back later with a precious carbuncle that his wife found in the bird's crop.

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle is a classic Sherlock Holmes mystery that begins not with a corpse or a crime scene—but with a lost hat and a Christmas goose. What unfolds is a clever, fast-paced investigation involving a priceless blue gemstone, mistaken identities, moral dilemmas, and Holmes’ brilliant powers of deduction.

Originally published in a 1892 edition of Strand Magazine, "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" was one of 12 short stories to be included in the first Sherlock Holmes collection, the 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In this tale, Holmes and Watson investigate two cases - one involving a Christmas goose and a hat and the other, the theft of the Blue Carbuncle, a priceless jewel. The cases are quickly revealed to be intertwined, and the spirit of the holidays influences the tale's end.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the pre-eminent figure in late nineteenth century detective fiction. A physician by profession, he soon found such popularity as a writer of detective stories that his writing was far more profitable than his medical practice. "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is a classic Sherlock Holmes story in which the Commissionnaire brings Holmes a hat and a goose which have been dropped by a man on the street, during an attempted mugging.

London at Christmas time. Based on the story “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes and Watson investigate the theft of a rare gem, “The Blue Carbuncle”. The clues include an old battered hat, a Christmas goose, and a comic trail of London’s shopkeepers, pub owners, and poultry breeders to catch the thief!

"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the seventh story of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in January 1892.

Read the best mystery and adventure short stories. Be it cozy, historical, detective or murder mystery stories; our collection includes them all: The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Arrow of Heaven by G. K. Chesterton, The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton, The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe, The Master of Mystery by Jack London.

Scritto nel 1892, Il Carbonchio Azzurro si inserisce a pieno titolo nella tradizione letteraria anglosassone delle Christmas Stories e lega il furto di un celebre gioiello allo smarrimento di una magnifica oca. Solo marginalmente viene coinvolto il Grande Detective in seguito al ritrovamento del magnifico carbonchio azzurro rubato alla Contessa di Morcar nello stomaco del volatile.

Peter el recadero trajo al estudio de Sherlock Holmes un sombrero viejo de fieltro y un hermoso ganso. Ante la sugerencia de Holmes, Watson intentó averiguar algo de tan singulares objetos, ...pero sin éxito. Una vez más tuvo que quedarse con la boca abierta cuando Holmes empezó a deducir datos de tan insignificantes objetos....hasta el punto de que iba a empezar para ellos una nueva aventura, con un peliagudo problema, que solo la inteligente capacidad deductiva de Holmes podía solucionar.

'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It's Christmas, and Holmes is enticed to solve yet another mystery when a Christmas goose is found in the street - having been dropped by a man in a scuffle - with a near priceless jewel lodged in its neck.