Mrs. Hudson

Mrs.

Hudson is the landlady of Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street in Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories.

The name has become shorthand for a patient, long-suffering housekeeper who tolerates eccentric tenants: She's like Mrs. Hudson, putting up with all his strange hours and stranger visitors.

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housekeeper · Watson · tea · Victorian · London · Scotland Yard · gas lamp · boardinghouse · domestic · apron · kettle · lodger · rent · stairs · cup of tea · doorbell · parlour · scones

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narrative role in Sherlock Holmes

Mrs. HudsonSherlock Holmes

Dr. Watson · Professor Moriarty

relationship to Holmes

Mrs. HudsonProfessor Moriarty

criminal mastermind · villain · antagonist

gender and domestic role in Victorian fiction

Mrs. Hudsonman of action

One who acts, not deliberates

wanderer

Family

Mrs, Hudson

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G