Sherlock Holmes solves a complex case involving stolen treasure, a secret convict pact, and colonial India while Watson begins a romance.
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Sherlock Holmes solves a complex case involving stolen treasure, a secret convict pact, and colonial India while Watson begins a romance.
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The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humani...
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Romance & sex
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Watson courts and becomes engaged to Mary Morstan; mild romantic subplot.
Violence & gore
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Murder by poisoned dart; shooting during a boat chase; several deaths.
Profanity
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No profanity present.
Substance use
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Holmes regularly injects cocaine; his drug habit is openly discussed.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Religious content
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Background references to the 1857 Indian Rebellion and religious tensions.
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft.
Occult / demonology
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No occult elements.
Political content
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Colonial India and the 1857 rebellion form part of the backstory.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Imprisonment, convict suffering, and one poisoning death referenced.
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