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The Sign of the Four

BySir Arthur Conan Doyle

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 A Study in Scarlet. It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan.

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Publication Date
May 31, 2012
Language
English
ISBN
9781105820816
Category
Fiction
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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EPUB

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