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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
Details Of Books The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2)
| 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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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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Ratings: 3.94 From 97178 Users | 4370 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2)
Oh, Holmes! I still love you, but this was...not your best book, buddy.Hmm. Ok, now I remember why I never really read the full-length Sherlock stories very much, and usually preferred to stick with the shorties. This was kinda...*cough* dull. And really hard to get through. Plus, (and I know it was written in a different era) it was pretty cringe-worthy when dealing with race. Yep. Pretty much anyone who wasn't white was a snarling savage or a faithful servant.So, yeah. Not very entertaining to(A-) 82% | Very GoodNotes: Better structured, with more character depth than its predecessor, but it feels like a short story padded into a novella.
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Sherlock Holmes is bored, he hasn't had a new interesting case in quite a while, no big deal you say? It is if the man is the notorious self- destructive detective the best whoever was, (or will be) as his arm will clearly reveal....too many injections of mind - numbing drugs can testify to this horrible fact, the ugly scars. The worried Dr. Watson fears for the health of his best friend...unable to prevent it, he knows Holmes brain needs constant stimulation otherwise, the inevitable decline
Probably the best part of this book is that it begins and ends with Holmes shooting up cocaine because he's bored. I mean, that's just so damn dark, especially when A Study in Scarlet wasn't very dark at all.Probably the worst part is struggling through all the rampant racism, which isn't nearly as funny as the rampant anti-Mormonism was in aSiS. The peg-leg jewel thief Jonathan Small (awesome) is assisted by a cannibal pygmy named Tonga (also awesome, but also horribly awful). I had to put it
SH: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.JW: Good Lord, Holmes! You just said something iconic! I shall have to write this down. Say that again? When the what is impossible, and what do you do afterward?Nah! Watson never said that.The Sign of Four (originally titled The Sign of the Four, I suppose that is one The too many, so the publisher dropped one) begins with Holmes shooting cocaine out of boredom and then proceeding to humiliate
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