Back علامة الأربعة Arabic Знак чатырох Byelorussian Знакът на четиримата Bulgarian চিহ্ন চতুষ্টয় Bengali/Bangla The Sign of Four Breton Znak četverice BS El signe dels quatre Catalan Podpis čtyř Czech De Fires Tegn Danish Das Zeichen der Vier German
.jpg) One of the coversheets to the original serial publication of the novel in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. | |
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Spencer Blackett (book) |
Publication date | February 1890 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback) |
| Preceded by | A Study in Scarlet |
| Followed by | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Text | The Sign of the Four at Wikisource |
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
Sherlock Holmes, Chap. 6, p. 111
The Sign of the Four, also called The Sign of Four, is an 1890 detective novel, and it is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.