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An edition of The Sign of Four (1889)

The Sign of the Four

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (64 ratings) ·
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  • 98 Have read

When a young lady approaches Sherlock Holmes looking for help in finding out what happened to her father when he disappeared 10 years earlier, both Holmes and Watson are sent on a mission involving stolen treasure, service in colonial India and a secret pact among four ex-convicts. (Summary by Robin Cotter)

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LibriVox
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English

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Subjects

Crime & Mystery, classic fiction, Andamanese, arrow poisons, bloguns, convicts, crime & mystery fiction, crocodiles, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Fiction Classics, Indian Rebellion of 1857, launches, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Mystery fiction, novel, private investigators, substance abuse, tea plantations, treasure, waylaying, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, Watson, john h. (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Texts, Shorthand, English Detective and mystery stories, Novelas inglesas, Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, English literature, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Large type books, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), Detectives privados, Novela, English language, textbooks for foreign speakers, Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Private investigators -- England -- Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Translations into German, John H Watson, Détectives, Romans, nouvelles, Fiction, action & adventure

People

Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Mary Morstan, John Sholto, Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar, Toby, Tonga, Rajah, Mr. Sherman, Baker Street Irregulars, Bartholomew, Thaddeus Sholto, Captain Morstan, John H. Watson (Fictitious character)

Places

England, Inglaterra, India, Langham Hotel, London, Agra Fort, Buffs, Andaman Islands, Dartmoor Prison, Angleterre

Times

1888, 1857, December 1878, 1882

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Cover of: La Señal de los Cuatro
La Señal de los Cuatro
2018-08-05, LibriVox
Digital Audio in Spanish
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The Sign of the Four
2018, Standard Ebooks
in English
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The Sign of Four
2018, Scholastic
paperback in English - printing (1)
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The Sign of the Four
2015-06-09, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - version 4
Cover of: The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
2014-12-24, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - version 3
Cover of: The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
2013-01-19, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - version 2 dramatic reading
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Das Zeichen der Vier
2013-08-05, LibriVox
Digital Audio in German
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De Agra-Schat: (The Sign of Four)
2010 January 11, Project Gutenberg
Epub in Dutch
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De Agra-Schat
2010-12-28, LibriVox
Digital Audio in Dutch
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Il segno dei quattro
2008, Barbera
in Italian
Cover of: The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
2007-03-24, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English
Cover of: El signo de los cuatro
El signo de los cuatro
2005-06, Punto de Lectura
Mass Market Paperback in Spanish
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Le signe des quatre
2004-01-01, Ebooks libres et gratuits
ebook in French
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The Sign of Four
2001, Broadview Press
Paperback in English
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The Sign of the Four
2000-03, Project Gutenberg
Epub in English
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The Sign of the Four
1994, Book of the Month Club
Hardcover in English
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The Sign of the Four
1994, Oxford University Press
Paperback in English - printing (1)
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Sherlock Holmes: Das Zeichen der Vier
1983, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
Hardcover in German
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The Sign of Four
1966, John Murray
Paperback in English - 19th impression
Cover of: The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
1960, Hart Publishing Company
Paperback in English

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Book Details

First Sentence

"Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case."

Table of Contents

The Science of Deduction
The Statement of the Case
In Quest of a Solution
The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge
Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration
The Episode of the Barrel
The Baker Street Irregulars
A Break in the Chain
The End of the Islander
The Great Agra Treasure
The Strange Story of Jonathan Small

Edition Notes

Running Time: 4:17:28

Contributors

Narrator
Robin Cotter
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Robin Cotter
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Karen Savage

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Digital Audio

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27888120M
Internet Archive
sign_of_four_librivox
LibriVox
966
Storygraph
6147a889-94a1-415e-b7a4-b5de6c2b45bb
Goodreads
13481384

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL262438W

Work Description

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.


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Best of Sherlock Holmes
Boys' Sherlock Holmes
Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes
Complete Sherlock Holmes
Complete Sherlock Holmes
Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
Original Illustrated Strand Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes: His Most Famous Mysteries
Sherlock Holmes: The Novels
The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories
Sign of the Four and Other Stories
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Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case.
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