The Sign of the Four by Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 is presented here as a catalogued digital edition in the Historical & Social Novels section of iiivf.com.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 47,024 words, corresponding to an estimated 205 minutes of reading, and is divided into 14 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 15.4 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.121. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Private investigators -- England -- Fiction, Detective and mystery stories. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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