The Sign of Four (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
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
- 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
Places Discussed
*Baker Street. London street on which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson share upstairs (“first floor” in British terminology) lodgings at the fictional address of 221B. Their landlady, Mrs. Hudson, lives on the ground floor and provides meals and services for her lodgers, including answering the door and showing visitors up to Watson and Holmes’s flat. A large, airy room, cheerfully furnished and illuminated by two broad windows looking down into the street, their sitting room is the place where most of Holmes’s cases begin and where Holmes later...
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