The Sign of Four - Brossura

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1551118378 ISBN 13: 9781551118376

Casa editrice: Broadview Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Arthur Conan Doyles second Sherlock Holmes novel is both a detective story and an imperial romance. Ostensibly the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed. The action audaciously ranges from penal settlements on the Andaman Islands to the suburban comfort of South London, and from the opium-fuelled violence of Agra Fort during the Indian Mutiny to the cocaine-induced contemplation of Holmes own Baker Street.

This Broadview Edition places Doyles tale in the cultural, political, and social contexts of late nineteenth-century colonialism and imperialism. The appendices provide a wealth of relevant extracts from hard-to-find sources, including official reports, memoirs, newspaper editorials, and anthropological studies.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Shafquat Towheed is a Lecturer in English at the Open University, UK.

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Arthur Conan Doyles second Sherlock Holmes novel is both a detective story and an imperial romance. Ostensibly the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed. The action audaciously ranges from penal settlements on the Andaman Islands to the suburban comfort of South London, and from the opium-fuelled violence of Agra Fort during the Indian Mutiny to the cocaine-induced contemplation of Holmes own Baker Street.

This Broadview Edition places Doyles tale in the cultural, political, and social contexts of late nineteenth-century colonialism and imperialism. The appendices provide a wealth of relevant extracts from hard-to-find sources, including official reports, memoirs, newspaper editorials, and anthropological studies.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Broadview Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1551118378
• ISBN 13: 9781551118376
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 218
• Redattore: Towheed Shafquat
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile