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Sign of Four

by Unknown Author

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176 pages2019HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780008325954

About this book

<p>Exam board: AQA</p> <p>Level & Subject: GCSE English Literature</p> <p>Next exam: June 2026</p> <p>This edition of The Sign of Four is perfect for GCSE-level students: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms.</p> <p>'Moonlight was streaming into the room, and it was bright with a vague and shifty radiance. Looking straight at me and suspended, as it were, in the air, for all beneath was in shadow, there hung a face...'</p> <p>A mysterious letter, a missing father, stolen jewels and a man found dead in a locked room. Private detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr Watson have their work cut out in a case which takes them through the suburbs of south London, back in time to the forts and swamps of colonial India, and climaxes in a dramatic chase along the river Thames.</p> <p>Arthur Conan Doyle's 1890 novel is the famous detective's second case.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Published
2019
Pages
176
ISBN
9780008325954
Language
en

About Unknown Author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle

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