The Sign of Four (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: 1888
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Detectives, Mysteries, London, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Private investigators, Intellect, Collecting or collectors, Puzzles
- Locales: London, England, Thames River, England
Characters Discussed
Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective known for his powers of observation and deduction.
Dr. John Watson, Holmes’s friend and assistant. In this story, he is attracted to Mary Morstan, proposes to her, and is accepted.
Mary Morstan, Holmes’s client. She is a young Englishwoman whose father, an officer with an Indian regiment, failed to meet her, as he had sent word he would, at a London hotel. Her father has been missing for ten years.
Major Sholto, a friend and brother officer of Miss Morstan’s father. He reveals to his two sons...
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