| The Sign of the Four: [illustrated Edition] Contributor(s): Gutschmidt, Richard (Illustrator), Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1495440575 ISBN-13: 9781495440571 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Series: Collections of Sherlock Holmes Stories |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.59 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan. |