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The Sign of Four ... : New edition

The second of Doyle's mysteries featuring the peculiar character that is Sherlock Holmes. Miss Mary Morstan asks the help of Holmes and Dr. Watson in finding her father and the mysterious treasure he came to England to take possission of 10 years earlier. The case involves many things ending in a chase.

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  • "The sign of four"@it
  • "The sign of four"
  • "Sign of the four"
  • "Sign of the four"@it
  • "Sign of the four"@en
  • "Sign of four"@it
  • "Sign of four"
  • "Sign of four"@en
  • "Fu er mo si tan an ji"
  • "Speak up"
  • "Zhong wen dao du ying wen ban"
  • "Case-book of Sherlock Holmes"
  • "Fu er mo si tan an xiao shuo"
  • "Valley of fear"
  • "Study in Scarlet"
  • "Sherlock Holmes"
  • "四签名"
  • "Fu er mo si zhen tan xiao shuo"
  • "Study in scarlet/ the sign of four"
  • "A study in scarlet"
  • "Signo de los cuatro"
  • "Sign of 4"
  • "Sign of 4"@en
  • "Study in scarlet"
  • "Signo de los 4"
  • "福尔摩斯侦探小说"
  • "Un caso de Shelock Homes"@es
  • "Marque des 4"
  • "Sign of Four"
  • "Sign of the 4"@en
  • "A Study in Scarlet"
  • "Si qian ming"@en
  • "福尔摩斯探案集"
  • "Fu mi mo si zhen tan xiao shuo"
  • "中文导读英文版"
  • "Murderous conspiracy surrounds the fabulous Agra treasure until Sherlock Holmes unravels the mystery of the sign of four"

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  • "The second of Doyle's mysteries featuring the peculiar character that is Sherlock Holmes. Miss Mary Morstan asks the help of Holmes and Dr. Watson in finding her father and the mysterious treasure he came to England to take possission of 10 years earlier. The case involves many things ending in a chase."@en
  • "Abridged."@en
  • "The Sign of the Four (1890) was the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1887 or 1888. The Sign of Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure and a secret pact among a guard and three convicts. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the first novel, A Study in Scarlet. It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan. [descript."@en
  • "Every year since her father vanished without trace. Miss Mary Morstan has received an anonymous gift of a large and lustrous pearl. As Sherlock Holmes uncovers the mystery of the disappearance of Mary's father, the Agra pearls are seen to be at the centre of a devilish tale of treachery and murder."@en
  • "Every year since the mysterious disappearance of her father, Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman, has received a lustrous pearl. Now her anonymous benefactor has requested a meeting, and Miss Morstan wants Holmes and Watson to accompany her. Together they uncover a story that began in far-off India with unimaginable treasures and terrible betrayal."
  • ""The Sign of the Four" is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's follow-up to his immensely successful "A Study in Scarlet", where we first meet one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes. "The Sign of the Four" is the mystery surrounding the disappearance Miss Mary Morstan's father. Every year on the anniversary of Miss Morstan's father's disappearance, Mary receives an anonymous gift of a priceless pearl. Miss Morstan solicits the help of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to unravel the identity and motive of her anonymous benefactor."
  • "This eBook edition of an intriguing Sherlock Holmes case has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. The Sign of the Four is a popular Sherlock Holmes book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in the late 1880s, the case features a complex plot involving stolen treasure and a secret pact by four ex-convicts. The book is set in Colonial India, and is critically acclaimed for how well it humanizes the character of Sherlock Holmes (including his drug habit!). This eBook is highly recommended for all fans of the famous detective, and fiction lovers in general."@en
  • "A beautiful young woman seeks the help of Holmes and Watson when the mysterious benefactor who has been sending her a pearl each year since her father disappeared wants to meet her. Involved are a priceless hoard of Indian treasure and a murderer whose trademark is "the sign of four.""
  • "A beautiful young woman seeks the help of Holmes and Watson when the mysterious benefactor who has been sending her a pearl each year since her father disappeared wants to meet her. Involved are a priceless hoard of Indian treasure and a murderer whose trademark is "the sign of four.""@en
  • "Entices the reader with vivid revelations of Holmes' darker habits, as the he and Watson once again tackle a case of baffling complexity."
  • "A beautiful young woman seeks the help of Holmes and Watson when the mysterious benefactor who has been sending her a pearl each year since her father disappeared wants to meet her. Involved are a priceless hoard of Indian treasure and a murderer. whose trademark is "the sing of four."
  • "Every year since the mysterious disappearance of her father, Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman, has received a lustrous pearl. Now her anonymous benefactor has requested a meeting, and Miss Morstan wants Holmes and Watson to accompany her. Together they uncover a story that began in far-off India with unimaginable treasures and terrible betrayal. Includes a new introduction by Martin Freeman of the television series Sherlock."
  • "A beautiful young woman seeks the help of Holmes and Watson when the mysterious benefactor who has been sending her a pearl each year since her father disappeared wants to meet her. Involved are a priceless hoard of Indian treasure and a murderer, whose trademark is "the sign of four.""@en
  • "A beautiful young woman seeks the help of Holmes and Watson when the mysterious benefactor who has been sending her a pearl each year since her father disappeared wants to meet her. Involved are a priceless hoard of Indian treasure and a murderer, whose trademark is "the sign of four.""
  • "Ten years after her father's disappearance, the daughter comes to detective Holmes to see if he can resolve the strange happenings that are taking place."@en
  • "Classic fiction. Detective and mystery stories. 'You are a wronged woman and shall have justice. Do not bring police. If you do, all will be in vain. Your unknown friend.' When a beautiful young woman is sent a letter inviting her to a sinister assignation, she immediately seeks the advice of the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. For this is not the first mysterious item Mary Marston has received in the post. Every year for the last six years an anonymous benefactor has sent her a large lustrous pearl. Now it appears the sender of the pearls would like to meet her to right a wrong. But when Sherlock Holmes and his faithful sidekick Watson, aiding Miss Marston, attend the assignation, they embark on a dark and mysterious adventure involving a one-legged ruffian, some hidden treasure, deadly poison darts and a thrilling race along the River Thames."
  • "A king's ransom in jewels has disappeared from India. The strictly rational Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of the Agra treasure, while his friend, Dr. Watson, falls in love."
  • "This book is a historical reproduction of the first edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story, "The Sign of Four.""@en
  • "In the late nineteenth century, Mary Morstan is a young woman who has lived for ten years with the uncertainty of the unexplained disappearance of his father, a retired military man who had served the British army. She receives a strange letter that mentions about his father, Captain Morstan. Sherlock Holmes Baffled attends and his partner Dr. Watson. When the investigation leads to a murder and the legacy of an immense treasure, Holmes must discover a betrayal occurred in India years ago."
  • "A young woman's puzzling inheritance, a sinister peg-legged man and his Pygmy sidekick, a boat chase down the Thames and a romance for Watson all stem from the mystery surrounding the "Sign of Four.""@es

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  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Classic"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Online resources"@en
  • "Mystery"@en
  • "Mystery"
  • "Powieść kryminalna angielska"@pl
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Readers"@en
  • "Crime"@en
  • "Libros electronicos"
  • "Intrigazko eleberria"
  • "Quotations"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Mystery and detective fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction, English"
  • "Novela de intriga"
  • "Specimens"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Problems and exercises"
  • "Translations"@es
  • "Translations"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Lehrmittel"@en
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"@es
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@es
  • "Comic books, strips, etc"@en
  • "Texts"
  • "Texts"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories, English"
  • "Detective and mystery stories, English"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Genres littéraires"

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  • "The sign of four : [detective novel]"
  • "O signo dos quatro"
  • "O signo dos quatro"@pt
  • "血字的研究 ; 四签名"
  • "El signo de los cuatro"
  • "El signo de los cuatro"@es
  • "The sign of four : With an introd. by Graham Greene"
  • "The Sign of Four ... : New edition"@en
  • "The sign of four : [a Sherlock Holmes mystery]"
  • "El signo de los cuatro : Sherlock Holmes"@es
  • "血字的研究 = A study in scarlet"
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu"
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu"@en
  • "Xue Zi De Yan Jiu = A Study in Scarlet"
  • "The Sign of Four"@en
  • "The Sign of Four"
  • "血字的研究 = A study in scarlet ; 四签名 = The sign of four : 中文导读英文版"
  • "El Signo de los cuatro"
  • "ʻIṣābat al-arbaʻah"
  • "Si qian ming = The sign of four :an English-Chinese novel"
  • "Lauron seinalea : Sherlock Holmesen istorio bast"
  • "四签名 = The sign of four : 福尔摩斯侦探小说 : 英汉对照"
  • "La Marque des quatre"
  • "Xue de yan jiu"
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu = A study in scarlet : fu mi mo si zhen tan xiao shuo : ying han dui zhao"
  • "The sign of four : a Sherlock Holmes detective story"@en
  • "Fires tegn"
  • "四签名 = The sign of the four"
  • "The Sign of four"
  • "The Sign of four"@en
  • "Xin tan an"
  • "The sign of four : a Sherlock Holmes mystery"@en
  • "The sign of four : a Sherlock Holmes mystery"
  • "Sherlock holmes, el signo de los cuatro"@es
  • "Signo dos quatro"
  • "Znamení čtyř"
  • "Marque des quatre"
  • "Marque des quatre"@en
  • "El signo de los cuatro Un caso de Sherlock Holmes"@en
  • "De fyras tecken = The sign of four"
  • "Il segno dei quattro"@en
  • "Il segno dei quattro"
  • "Il segno dei quattro"@it
  • "De Agra-schat"
  • "Un marque des quatre : roman anglais"
  • "奇怪の足跡"
  • "新探案"
  • "Nishānah-'i chahār ;Darrah-'i vaḥshat"
  • "The sign of four"
  • "The sign of four"@en
  • "The sign of four. [read by Douglas Wilmer]"@en
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu = The sign of four"
  • "De fires Tegn"@da
  • "O signo dos catro"
  • "Si qian ming = The sign of four : yuan ban ying yu zhu shi du wu"@en
  • "The sign of the four and other stories"@en
  • "El signo de los cuatro : S.4"@es
  • "The sign of the four"@en
  • "The sign of the four"
  • "El signo de los cuatro (The sign of four)"
  • "血字的研究 = A Study in Scarlet"
  • "四簽名"
  • "Sherlock Holmes, el signo de los cuatro"
  • "Sherlock Holmes, el signo de los cuatro"@es
  • "Nishānah-'i chahār"
  • "Si qian ming = The valley of fear :an English-Chinese novel"
  • "The Sign of the Four"@en
  • "De agra-schat = The sign of four"
  • "Segno dei quattro"
  • "The sign of four : [program]"@en
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu = A study in scarlet"
  • "Neljän merkki"@fi
  • "De Fires Tegn"@da
  • "Znak Czterech"@pl
  • "ʻIṣābat al-arbaʻah : Shārlūk Hūlmz"
  • "Fu er mo si tan an ji. si qian ming"
  • "Kikai no ashiato"
  • "Kikai no ashiato"@ja
  • "De fires tegn"@da
  • "De fires tegn"
  • "El signo de los cuatro : un caso de Sherlock Holmes"@es
  • "El signo de los cuatro : un caso de Sherlock Holmes"
  • "Lauron seinalea : Sherlock Holmesen istorio bat"
  • "四签名 = A sign of four"
  • "Sherlock Holmes: El signo de los cuatro"@es
  • "The Sign of Four New edition"@en
  • "The sign of four : in one volume"
  • "La marque des quatre"
  • "Si qian ming = The sign of four : fu mi mo si zhen tan xiao shuo : ying han dui zhao"
  • "四签名"
  • "血字的硏究"
  • "Sign of four"@en
  • "Sign of four"
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu = A Study in Scarlet"
  • "Sherlock Holmes, El signo de los cuatro"@es
  • "Si qian ming"
  • "La marque des quatre : roman anglais"
  • "Neljän merkit"@fi
  • "血字的研究"
  • "Znak czterech"
  • "Znak czterech"@pl
  • "血字的研究 = A study in scarlet : 福尔摩斯侦探小说 : 英汉对照"
  • "Si qian ming = The sign of four"
  • "The sign of four : [quote on tobacco]"
  • "De fires tegn : roman"
  • "La marque des quatres : roman anglais"
  • "Il Segno dei quattro"
  • "四签名 = The sign of four : 原版英语注释读物"
  • "四签名 = The sign of four"
  • "El signo de los cuatro = (The sign of hour)"@es
  • "福尔摩斯探案集, 四签名"
  • "Si qian ming = The sign of the four"
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu = A study in scarlet ; si qian ming = The sign of four : zhong wen dao du ying wen ban"
  • "血字的研究 = ; 四签名 A study in scarlet = The sign of four"
  • "De fyras tecken (The sign of four)"
  • "Xie zi de yan jiu A study in scarlet = The sign of four"
  • "[The sign of four]"
  • "Xie zi de yan jiu"
  • "血字的研究 = A Study in scarlet"
  • "Sherlock Holmes : el signo de los cuatro"
  • "De fyras tecken"
  • "De fyras tecken"@sv
  • "La marque des quatre : roman"
  • "El signo de las cuatro / Amando Lázaro Ros"
  • "Sign Of Four"@en
  • "Xue zi de yan jiu = A Study in scarlet"
  • "Si qian ming = A sign of four"
  • "Lauron seinalea: Sherlock Holmesen istorio bat"@es
  • "La Marque des quatre : Roman... traduit"
  • "The sign of four : [a novel]"@en
  • "The Sign of Four, etc"@en

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