The Sign of the Four
Classics and Masterpiece - Juvenile Fiction
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Publisher Description
The Sign of the Four is a popular Sherlock Holmes book written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in the late 1880s, The Sign of Four features a complex plot involving stolen treasure and a secret pact by four ex-convicts. This work takes place in Colonial India, and also presents the reader with the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way not accomplished in previous novels. The Sign of the Four is highly recommened for those who enjoy Sherlock Holmes detective novels and also individuals who enjoy the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Adaptations of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes adventures have been mounted in virtually every medium short of nude interpretive dance and have varied widely in quality, but this version of the second Holmes novel is outstanding. Reuniting the creative team that previously adapted The Hound of the Baskervilles and A Study in Scarlet, this volume features all of the hallmarks of the original prose. and the visual translation is rich with Victorian period atmosphere. Culbard's animation background is evident in the clean and deceptively simple artwork. The adaptation also does justice to the complicated plot involving a secret born during the Indian Rebellion in 1857.The narrative is also notable in the Holmes oeuvre for featuring Watson confronting Holmes about the detective's cocaine habit (which Holmes claims keeps his mind sharp when his daily life becomes a bore), and the introduction of Mary Morstan, a client who comes to mean a great deal to Dr. Watson. A real treat in every way.
