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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

匿名者寄來的六顆珍珠。年輕女子瑪麗·摩斯坦每年都會收到郵寄來的一顆華美珍珠,卻不知寄件人是誰。一天早上,一封沒有署名的信約她當晚見面。她向偵探夏洛克·福爾摩斯求助。

The world of the book

世界第一大城。故事發生在大英帝國的首都倫敦。入夜,濃霧籠罩街道和泰晤士河畔的碼頭,煤氣燈照亮其間。人們乘馬車往來。當時印度屬於這個帝國,一些英國人從那裡歸來,帶著財富,也帶著祕密。

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