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The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of the Four

Paper book: €18.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1890
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
317
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Adventure
Moods
Solve a mystery
Translated from
English

Book summary

For six years, Mary Morstan has received a magnificent pearl by post every year, without knowing who sends it. Her father disappeared ten years ago. When a letter invites her to a meeting, she asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to go with her.

A treasure from India, a room locked from the inside, a man with a wooden leg, a chase on the Thames: this second case for Holmes is one of the most thrilling, and it is also the one in which Watson falls in love.

Fast-paced, this short novel is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

差出人不明の六粒の真珠。若い女性メアリー・モースタンのもとには、毎年、見事な真珠が一粒ずつ郵送されてくる。送り主はわからない。ある朝、署名のない手紙が届き、その晩に会いたいと告げる。彼女は探偵シャーロック・ホームズに助けを求める。

The world of the book

世界一の大都市。事件の舞台は大英帝国の首都ロンドン。夜になると霧が街路やテムズ川の河岸を包み、ガス灯がそれを照らす。人々は馬車で行き来する。当時帝国の一部だったインドから、財産と秘密を抱えて帰国するイギリス人もいる。

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