Fiction
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a short story first published in January 1893. When Miss Susan Cushing receives a parcel containing two severed human ears preserved in salt, Scotland Yard dismisses it as a student prank. But Sherlock Holmes sees evidence of a darker crime. Through careful observation and deduction, he uncovers a tragic tale of jealousy, betrayal, and passion that connects the gruesome package to a doomed marriage and a vengeful scheme gone terribly wrong. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Originally issued 2000-10-01.
This work is in the public domain in the United States. Sourced from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2344).
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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
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