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Title: |
The Sign of Four |
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| By (author): |
Arthur Conan Doyle Edited by: Shafquat Towheed |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551118378 : 9781551118376 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Weight: |
.310 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - July 2010 |
| List Price: |
19.25 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 93 |
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| Arthur Conan Doyleâ s second Sherlock Holmes novel is both a detective story and an imperial romance. Ostensibly the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed. The action audaciously ranges from penal settlements on the Andaman Islands to the suburban comfort of South London, and from the opium-fuelled violence of Agra Fort during the Indian â Mutinyâ to the cocaine-induced contemplation of Holmesâ own Baker Street. This Broadview Edition places Doyleâ s tale in the cultural, political, and social contexts of late nineteenth-century colonialism and imperialism. The appendices provide a wealth of relevant extracts from hard-to-find sources, including official reports, memoirs, newspaper editorials, and anthropological studies. |
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