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| Original Title: | The Sign of the Four |
| ISBN: | 0140439072 (ISBN13: 9780140439076) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-sign-of-four-9780140439076 |
| Series: | Sherlock Holmes #2 |
| Characters: | Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Athelney Jones, Mary Morstan |
Arthur Conan Doyle
Paperback | Pages: 129 pages Rating: 3.94 | 97178 Users | 4370 Reviews
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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!' --back cover
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| Title | : | The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2) |
| Author | : | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics (UK/CAN/USA) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 129 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2001 by Penguin Books (first published February 1890) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Mystery. Fiction. Crime |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 97178 Users | 4370 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2)
The narrative begins with a very bored Sherlock Holmes at 221b Baker Street. With nothing to focus his incredible powers of deduction on at the present time, he decides to spend his days injecting a seven-percent-solution of cocaine. Conveniently a client with a particularly peculiar and complex case appears that very day. The potential customer, Miss Marstan, who wishes to employ the world's only consulting detective explains the scenario. On the 4th of May for the last six years, she has
2.5 Why Did This Take Me Three Months To Read?? StarsVerdict: IT CRUNCHES! It crunches sooooooo bad!!It almost never bodes well when a book that is this short takes me this long to read (The one exception is Donna Tartts Secret History which took me half a lifetime over a year to finish). And while I cant say I dislike Doyles writing overall this short novel does basically nothing for me. Incidentally, the instalove is STRONG with this one! Watson falls madly, deeply, entirely in love with Mary
The Oxford Library of short novels is my hardback 3 book set that I'm reading my Sunday shorts from.This is the blurb from Amazon about the collection.."The short novel is a literary form that has stimulated writers to some of their greatest work. This selection, drawn from the period when the genre was at its height, 1880 to 1945, and from British, European and American authors, offers readers a wide range of imaginative fiction. In his introduction, Wain argues that the short novel exists as a
September buddy-read with The Non-Crunchy Classics Funky Bunch.[image error]Sex, Marry, Kill...For some reason when reading THE SIGN OF FOUR- that fun- little, messed up game- kept popping into my head.Maybe...partly...because this is the book that Watson falls in loooooove...and partly because a lot of my fellow buddy readers felt like Holmes was a complete a-hole in this installment of the series.It made me think- what exactly I swooned about regarding- Mr. Holmes since my youth? Would he
3.5 stars!Another great mystery with Sherlock Holmes doing his magic and blowing everyones mind!The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was not as suspenseful to me as other Sherlock Holmes books, but it had some action sequences, romance for Watson, and that made up for it.The plot centers on a great treasure, a set of brothers, and a beautiful woman Watson quickly falls madly in love with. As usual, the police look like a bunch of lumbering idiots next to Holmes. They crawl back to him for
Actual rating:2.5⭐ Never a good sign when a book this short takes so long to finish .To be frank , there was nothing much interesting plot wise. I had to remind myself it was Sir Doyle's second story and I know he gets much better with the later ones. Now that I think of it, The Hound of Baskervillles would have been a much better option for my re-read.I really like Sherlock's personality - right mixture of arrogance,condescending attitude and humor. His eccentricities are the highlights here
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