Het teken van de vier

Sherlock Holmes Compleet #4

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was historicus, atleet, spiritist, oorlogscorrespondent maar bovenal schrijver. Doyle schiep met Sherlock Holmes het karakter van de beroemdste en meest vernuftige detective aller tijden. De spanning, de intriges en de vaart waarmee de verhalen worden verteld, hebben niets aan zeggingskracht ingeboet.

Het vierde deel in de Sherlock Holmes-serie bevat onder andere de verhalen Het teken van de vier, Het mysterie van het Boscombedal en Het avontuur van de kartonnen doos.

250 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1890

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.