gebundene ausgabe, 176 pages

German language

Published by Haffmans Verlag AG.

ISBN:
978-3-251-20101-3
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Review of 'The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle' on 'Goodreads'

Love a book that ends with some playful banter about the main character getting back into his cocaine habit.

This is the book that really locked in the Sherlock Holmes that we all know. A Study in Scarlet still treats him as a human, but this book turns him into a superhero. He loses some of his insecurity and as a result feels a little less real. Obviously this worked, the character revealed his franchise potential and we still talk about him to this day.

But it feels like there was a slightly different direction the character of Sherlock Holmes could have gone, somewhere a little rougher and more human, and that version would've been interesting to see too.

But hey, instead he became the most iconically Victorian comic book character ever.

Review of 'The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle' on 'Goodreads'

The Sign of Four shows a slightly more sophisticated plot than that of A Study in Scarlet which is essentially more focused on Holmes as a character rather than just the mystery at hand. The plot is somewhat more intricate and developed and has more going on than the first of this series.

Note: I quite liked the attention being drawn away from Holmes for parts of this story as opposed to A Study in Scarlet. Watson's thoughts regarding characters ~other~ than Holmes (thoughts regarding Mrs. Morstan, to be specific) gave a little more life to his character other than just being a narrator who is constantly in awe of Holmes' deductive abilities and has no other original thought of his own.

4.5/5 for this particular piece as it is a clear improvement in Doyle's writing but not detailed enough to be rounded up to a 5/5. It is still …

Review of 'The Sign of Four Arthur Conan Doyle' on 'Goodreads'

Happy New Year! I picked this one to start the year off, since I was so looking forward to seeing the new Sherlock episode on PBS last night--which did not disappoint. Anyway, this is the tale in which Dr. Watson meets his future wife and the rest of us are treated to a very intriguing story and mystery.

Bravo!

Review of 'The Sign of Four' on 'Goodreads'

Mary Marston’s father disappeared and suddenly she has started receiving several large pearls. Now a mystery letter tells her she is a wronged woman, so she seeks out Sherlock Holmes to ask for help. This case leads Holmes down a path that involves the East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts and two corrupt prison guards.

Scottish born Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was the third of ten siblings to Charles Altamont Doyle, an Irish artist who suffered from alcoholism, and Mary Foley, who was also Irish. In his youth he led a street gang called the Baker Street Irregulars. He then went on to be a medical student at Edinburgh University where he was mentored and influenced by Joseph Bell. Bell was a forensic surgeon and considered a pioneer in the field; he also was the inspiration for …

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