The Sign of Four
By: Arthur Conan Doyle ; introduction by Peter Ackroyd ; notes by Ed Glinert.
Edition: printing (7)
Series: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780140439076
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Private investigators -- England -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii).
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