The Sign of Four

Arthur Conan Doyle, Ed Glinert, Peter Ackroyd

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Penguin Classics
15 August 2001

Classic crime; Penguin Black Classics; Fiction & Literature Penguin Black; Sherlock Holmes

Series: Sherlock Holmes

Holmes at his finest; this is a brilliant tale featuring romance, hidden treasure, and a one-legged ruffian.

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!'

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Introduction by: Peter Ackroyd
Edited by: Ed Glinert
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 123g
ISBN: 9780140439076
ISBN 10: 0140439072
Series: Sherlock Holmes
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 15 August 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals. Peter Ackroyd is a writer of novels including, 'Milton in America' and 'Hawksmoor', and of biographies of Chatterton, Dickens, William Blake and Thomas More.