The Sign of Four is the authors second detective novel, and the work with which he became famous as well. Against the historical background of the Indian solider rebellion, by comparing peoples desperate scramble for the box of treasures and the acts of Dr. Watson and Mary Morstan of pursuing truth love and viewing ill-got gains as barriers, it exposes the evilness and nothingness of human desire for wealth, brings people into a pure realm, reflects a profound humanistic theme, puts forward many social problems worth pondering, and provides the readers with broad and profound space for humanistic thinking. Reasoning is rigorously deliberate and psychological analyses very detailed in this book. It was translated along with the authors other works into dozens of languages, got popular around the world, much favored by readers of different eras, skin colors and cultures, and opened the golden era for detective novels.
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