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The Stolen White Elephant is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this detectivemystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end.
The main characters of the story include:
- Mark Twain, who functions as the initial speaker and author of the story.
- An elderly gentleman, an Englishman in the British civil service in India, who told the story to Twain during a train ride and is in charge of transporting the white elephant.
- Chief Inspector Blunt, a detective who is in charge of finding the lost elephant; he first receives the report of the elephant’s disappearance.
- “Hassan Ben Ali Ben Selim Abdallah Mohammed Moist Alhammal Jamsetjejeebhoy Dhuleep Sultan Ebu Bhudpoor” or “Jumbo”, the white elephant
- Alaric, a young worker at the detectives’ office.
- Captain Burns, another employee of the detectives’ office; he is in charge of carrying out Inspector Blunt’s orders.
- The Queen of England plays a non-speaking role.
- The King of Siam plays a non-speaking role.
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