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Synopsis
Miss Mary Marstan receives through the post once a year a large pearl without any clue as to the sender. When her mysterious correspondent requests a meeting, Holmes and Watson start out on a case. A terrible death and vanishing treasure lead to an epic pursuit through the dawn streets and later along the River Thames. The cast of characters include the unfortunate Sholto twins, the mongrel Toby, and the wooden-legged man, as the fire and blood of Mutiny-torn India throw gigantic, distorted silhouettes across late Victorian London.
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In this erudite and provocative edition, Shafquat Towheed offers fans of both Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle an intricate account of the intertextual histories at the heart of The Sign of Four. Arguing for the inextricability of its colonial plots with its work as detective fiction, Towheed builds a persuasive case for The Sign of Four as Mutiny fiction, positioning it as pivotal to the imperial career of 'British' fiction per se. Readers of this edition will be gripped by the colonial pathways Towheed reveals, the politics of citation he uncovers, and the entanglement of home and empire he tracks in the making of the novel. This is postcolonial interpretation at its very best. --Antoinette Burton
Perhaps the greatest of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries is this: that when we talk of him we invariably fall into the fancy of his existence. --T. S. Eliot
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The second part of the unmissable Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, narrated by Stephen Fry.
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Miss Mary Marstan receives through the post once a year a large pearl without any clue as to the sender. When her mysterious correspondent requests a meeting, Holmes and Watson start out on a case. A terrible death and vanishing treasure lead to an epic pursuit through the dawn streets and later along the River Thames. The cast of characters include the unfortunate Sholto twins, the mongrel Toby, and the wooden-legged man, as the fire and blood of Mutiny-torn India throw gigantic, distorted silhouettes across late Victorian London. Seller Inventory # 00105150081
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Condition: Good. : Sumérgete en el Londres victoriano con 'El signo de los cuatro', una emocionante aventura de Sherlock Holmes. Miss Mary Morstan recibe misteriosas perlas anualmente y, al buscar a Holmes y Watson, se ven envueltos en un caso de muerte y tesoros desaparecidos. La búsqueda épica a lo largo del Támesis revela una trama intrincada con los gemelos Sholto y un hombre de madera, donde el pasado de la India se entrelaza con el presente londinense. Esta edición de Oxford World's Classics presenta la historia con una introducción de Christopher Roden. EAN: 9780192823793 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Sign of Four Autor: Arthur Conan Doyle Editorial: Oxford University Press España, S.A. Idioma: en Páginas: 137 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2026-05-20-1b00552c