Mary Morstan
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Mary Morstan is the fictional wife of Dr. Watson, who is one of the main characters in the Sherlock Holmes canon. She is first introduced in The Sign of Four, where she and Dr. Watson tentatively become attracted to each other, but only when the case is resolved is he able to propose to her.
[edit] Lineage
Mary Morstan's father, who was a senior captain of an Indian regiment and later stationed near the Andaman Islands, disappeared in 1878 in mysterious circumstances that would later be proved to be related to the mystery in The Sign of Four. Her mother died soon after her birth and she had no other relative in England, although she was educated there (in accordance with the received wisdom of the time about children in the colony of India.)
[edit] Relationship
Although it was 'love at first sight', Mary Morstan and Dr. Watson's marriage fluctuates somewhat. She is concerned enough about his health to send him to the country during The Boscombe Valley Mystery, but when Mary Morstan dies {1894?-see The Adventure of the Empty House}, the circumstances of which are not related in the Sherlock Holmes canon, Watson moves back in with Holmes and makes no reference to the loss, though it is speculated by Baring-Gould that he married again, afterwards which raises questions as to how close they actually were, or whether Watson is being a stiff-lipped Victorian.
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Novels: A Study in Scarlet • The Sign of Four • The Hound of the Baskervilles • The Valley of Fear Short story collections: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes • The Return of Sherlock Holmes • His Last Bow • The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Main characters: Irene Adler • Inspector Bradstreet • Tobias Gregson • Mycroft Holmes • Sherlock Holmes • Stanley Hopkins • Inspector Baynes • Inspector Lestrade • Sebastian Moran • Professor Moriarty • Mary Morstan • Mary Russell • Doctor Watson See also: Canon of Sherlock Holmes • 221B Baker Street • Sherlockiana |
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