How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of the Four

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Topic

Process of elimination Logic Truth

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

The Sign of the Four

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur. "The Sign of the Four; or, The Problem of the Sholtos." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. London: Lippincott's, 1890, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur. The Sign of Four. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2009, ch. 1.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, ch. 1.

Current Citation

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