Synopsis
The Sign of Four: 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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Review
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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Emmy award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads this full-length story featuring Holmes and Watson.
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The Sign of Four (Heinemann Guided Readers)
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0435270915I3N00
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The Sign of Four
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Condition: Muy bueno. : El Signo de los Cuatro es una novela de misterio escrita por Arthur Conan Doyle, publicada originalmente en 1890. Es la segunda novela que presenta a Sherlock Holmes y al Dr. Watson. En esta emocionante aventura, Holmes y Watson investigan un misterioso caso que involucra un tesoro robado, una hermosa mujer y una conspiración mortal. A medida que profundizan en el enigma, se enfrentan a peligrosos criminales y descubren secretos ocultos que los llevan a una emocionante persecución a través de las calles de Londres y más allá. EAN: 9780435270919 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Sign of Four Autor: Arthur Conan Doyle Editorial: Macmillan Education Idioma: en Páginas: 58 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-09-05-638cc8eb
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tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Literatura.(82) Heinemann. 18 cm. 58 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial. Idioma inglés . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 0435270915 (=3659328=) LS300. Seller Inventory # 3659328