The Sign of Four

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Sherlock Holmes story detective novel novel

The Sign of Four is a classic Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring a complex mystery involving stolen treasure, a secret pact, and the deepening partnership between Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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Label	Occurrences
The Sign of Four canonical	7
The Sign of the Four	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sherlock Holmes story ⓘ detective novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	film ⓘ stage play ⓘ television drama ⓘ
author	Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
containsMotif	exoticism linked to the British Empire ⓘ locked-room style mystery elements ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Inspector Athelney Jones ⓘ Jonathan Small ⓘ Mary Morstan ⓘ Tonga ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes universe
firstPublicationYear	1890 ⓘ
followedBy	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
form	prose narrative ⓘ
genre	detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ
hasDetective	Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
hasOpeningLine	“Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece…” ⓘ
hasSidekick	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John Watson
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	late Victorian literature ⓘ
literaryStatus	classic of detective fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John Watson Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
narrator	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John Watson
notableAspect	depiction of Holmes’s use of cocaine ⓘ development of the partnership between Holmes and Watson ⓘ
originalTitle	The Sign of Four self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Sign of the Four
plotElement	romance between Dr. Watson and Mary Morstan ⓘ secret pact ⓘ stolen treasure ⓘ
positionInSeries	second Sherlock Holmes novel ⓘ
precededBy	A Study in Scarlet ⓘ
publisher	Spencer Blackett ⓘ
series	Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
settingLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
settingPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
theme	colonialism ⓘ greed ⓘ justice and revenge ⓘ loyalty ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Arthur Conan Doyle → notableWork → The Sign of Four ⓘ

Dr. Watson → appearsIn → The Sign of Four ⓘ

Sherlock Holmes stories → includesNovel → The Sign of Four ⓘ

A Study in Scarlet → followedBy → The Sign of Four ⓘ

The Valley of Fear → relatedWork → The Sign of Four ⓘ

Mrs. Hudson → appearsInWork → The Sign of Four ⓘ

The Sign of Four → originalTitle → The Sign of Four self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sign of the Four

BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes series → includesAdaptationOf → The Sign of Four ⓘ

The Crucifer of Blood → basedOn → The Sign of Four ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sign of the Four