Arthur Conan Doyle "The Sign of Four"

Arthur Conan Doyle "The Sign of Four"

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Arthur Conan Doyle "The Sign of Four"

 

Arthur Conan Doyle

Several years after the mysterious disappearance of her father, Mary Morstan discovers an advertisement in a local paper requesting her own address. Her employer advises her to reveal it, and when she does she receives a valuable pearl by post. Presented with these facts and little else, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must unravel a mystery involving stolen treasure, political rebellion, India, and a pact made by four convicts, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s second Sherlock Holmes novel.

 

Text Analysis: Unique words: about 1,600 Total words: 11,500
Hard words: client, detective, impatiently, housekeeper, tray, advertised, ornament, newspaper, cab, glass, astonished, share, guilt, chest, thorn, poisoned, sill, step, dwarf, pygmy, revenge, creosote, arrest, lead, pipe, jetty, hire, funnel, boatyard

 

  

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