Total Print Length: 1090 pages
Total Length of The Sign of Four: 116 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0553212419
Publisher: Bantam Classics (August 26, 2003)
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
Note: I decided to review this book in sections instead of the whole book at once.
RATING: 5 out of 5 stars
Summary:
"The story is set in 1887. 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."~ Amazon.com
Review:
This is one of my favorite Sherlock Holmes stories. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gives Sherlock Holmes and Watson more depth as characters. Giving them more realistic qualities, and expands on their relationships both with each other and others around them. Watson is introduced in an uncharacteristic way to his future wife while trying to solve the latest murder mystery with Holmes. When can you go wrong with a story that includes murder, convicts, love, a stolen treasure and a secret pact?
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