The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

1889 · 156 pages

crime & mystery
classic fiction
andamanese
arrow poisons
bloguns
convicts

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About this book

“The Sign of Four” is a classic detective novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and is part of the Sherlock Holmes series. The story revolves around a complex mystery involving stolen treasure, betrayal, and murder. Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes’s loyal friend and companion, narrates the tale. The novel begins with a young woman named Mary Morstan seeking Holmes’s help in solving the disappearance of her father, which is linked to a valuable treasure and a series of strange events. As Holmes and Watson delve into the case, they unravel a web of intrigue, secret pacts, and unexpected connections. “The Sign of Four” showcases Doyle’s masterful storytelling, blending mystery, adventure, and the brilliant deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes.

Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

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The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.
When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hopes seem hardly worth having, just mount a bicycle and go for a good spin down the road, without thought of anything but the ride you are taking.
The whole doctrine of original sin, the Fall, the vicarious atonement, the placation of the Almighty by blood—all this is abhorrent to me. The spirit-guides do not insist upon these aspects of religion.