The Sign of Four (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Conan Doyle, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140439072 ISBN 13: 9780140439076

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2001

Synopsis

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!'

About this title

Review:

'... it was reading the Sherlock Holmes stories as a boy that first turned me on to the power of writing and storytelling.' (Stephen Fry)

Book Description:

Emmy award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads this full-length story featuring Holmes and Watson.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140439072
• ISBN 13: 9780140439076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Glinert Ed