Download or read book The Sign of the Four written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sign of the four (original title in English: The Sign of the Four) is the second novel carried out by Sherlock Holmes, written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Its title has also been translated as The Sign of the Four. It is - together with A Study in Scarlet, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Terror - one of the only four novels that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote with Holmes as the protagonist, since the rest of his works about this character are short stories. short.In England, at the end of the 19th century, after the mysterious disappearance of her father, Mary begins to receive valuable pearls from an unknown sender. After a long silence, the generous character shows signs of life and wants Mary to join him. The young woman asks Sherlock Holmes for help to accompany her. The stranger turns out to be Thaddeus Sholto, the son of a good friend of Mary's father. Thaddeus and his brother have been searching for six years for a great treasure that his father hid before he died. At last, after great effort, they have found the treasure, which, following their father's wishes, they must share with Mary. When they arrive at the Sholto residence, Thaddeus' brother has been killed and the treasure stolen.
Download or read book Sign of the Four written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-03-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sign of the Four is one of the outstanding novels of the Sherlock Holmes series. It is a brilliant mixture of suspense and action with the protagonist disentangling an apparently unsolvable mystery and catching the criminal with great panache....
Download or read book The Sign of the Four Large Print written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an Englishwoman receives mysterious gifts of pearls and a letter promising to right wrongs done to her, she calls upon Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate. Who is sending the beautiful Miss Morstan a rare and priceless pearl each year? Holmes and Watson pursue Indian treasures, and murders whose ominous trademark is "the sign of four." It is in this, the second Holmes novel that the great detective fully comes to life ―as a melancholic and an inscrutable master of deduction.
Download or read book The Sign of the Four and Other Stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Other Stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond the City written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conan Doyle departs quite drastically from his male-centric Sherlock Holmes in Beyond the City; it deals with ideas of women's liberation in Victorian England. Three families are drawn together in the countryside by a series of misfortunes, romantic ideas and intriguing events.
Download or read book A Study in Scarlet and the Sign of the Four written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thrilling mysteries featuring the renowned Sherlock Homes includes The Valley of Fear, in which a murder at an English country estate is strangely related to a cipher message sent by an associate of Professor Moriarty. Original.
Download or read book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, generally as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as his overall favourite.
Download or read book The Sign of the Four Illustrated written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.
Download or read book A Study in Scarlet and Other Stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study in Scarlet was written in 1886 and is the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The story, and its main characters, attracted little public interest when it first appeared. Only 11 complete copies of the magazine in which the story first appeared, Beeton's Christmas Annual are known to exist now and they have considerable value. Although Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories that featured Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet is one of only four full-length novels. A Study in Scarlet was the first work of detective fiction to incorporate the magnifying glass as an investigative tool. The character of Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed by over 100 different actors in theatre, on radio, in film, on audiobook and on television.
Download or read book The Sign of the Four written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sign of the Four written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sign of the Four has been a crucial part of the Sherlock Holmes canon since its publication in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. It explores theft, betrayal, and murder in the larger context of the British Empire at a time of national upheaval. We follow Sherlock Holmes as he solves various mysteries in London, but the novel's flashbacks to India during the 'Mutiny' and its aftermath call into question the consequences of that imperial venture.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Bantam Classics. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime! Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes’s famous “seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery. Also included are Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling “ The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of “The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted “The Five Orange Pips,” tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.
Download or read book The Sign of Four Illustrated written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Sign of Four"" redirects here. For other uses, see The Sign of Four (disambiguation).For the Mystical Sign of Four, see Merchant's Mark.The Sign of the Four""The Sign of the Four"" in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1890).jpgOne of the coversheets to the original serial publication of the novel in Lippincott's Monthly MagazineAuthor Arthur Conan DoyleCountry United KingdomLanguage EnglishSeries Sherlock HolmesGenre Mystery novelPublisher Lippincott's Monthly MagazineSpencer Blackett (book)Publication date February 1890Media type Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)Preceded by A Study in Scarlet Followed by The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Text The Sign of the Four at WikisourceHow often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?Sherlock Holmes, Chap. 6, p. 111The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective."
Download or read book Listen Other Stories written by Liam Callanan and published by Four Way Books . This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen is a book where characters ask readers to do just that: listen to their stories, especially because many aren't the type of people who often get listened to - even though they should. These characters' trials, missed connections, and sundry challenges are full of surprises - some good, some bad, some funny, some wise, and some all this at once. Perhaps most surprising of all, there's tenderness here and a lot of heart - which often gets the collection's characters into a lot of trouble.
Download or read book The Trimmed Lamp and other Stories of The Four Million written by and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the vibrant world of O. Henry's storytelling with "The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million" by O. Henry. Immerse yourself in O. Henry's captivating tales as he paints vivid portraits of everyday life in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. As you journey through the pages of this collection, prepare to be transported to the bustling streets and colorful characters that populate O. Henry's literary landscape. Through his trademark wit and keen observation, he offers readers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. But amidst the hustle and bustle of city life, one question arises: What timeless truths and insights can we glean from O. Henry's stories of the Four Million, and how do they resonate with the human experience? Explore the depth of human emotion and the complexity of human relationships with O. Henry as your guide, as he navigates themes of love, loss, hope, and redemption in the bustling metropolis. Are you ready to embark on a journey through the heart of New York City and the human spirit? Engage with O. Henry's captivating narratives, allowing yourself to be swept away by the humor, poignancy, and humanity that infuse his stories of the Four Million. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the magic of "The Trimmed Lamp" and other tales by O. Henry. Dive into this timeless collection now, and discover the enduring charm of one of America's greatest storytellers. Seize the chance to explore the richness of human experience through the lens of O. Henry's storytelling. Purchase your copy of "The Trimmed Lamp" today and embark on a literary journey that will captivate your imagination and touch your heart.
