Public-domain book · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle is about 36,545 words — roughly 128 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 2 h 34 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 144 | 176 | 208 | 0.396 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 122 | 146 | 170 | 0.329 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 112 | 128 | 154 | 0.288 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 104 | 122 | 142 | 0.275 in |
Based on an estimated 36,545 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Private investigators -- England -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #2097) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.