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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...

The Sign of Four | The Sign of Four

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Characters Discussed

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