The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 
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At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror. Years earlier, a hound-like beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws was reported having torn out Hugo Baskerville's throat. Is Sir Henry Baskerville, younger heir to the estate, now in danger? Enter Sherlock Holmes, summoned to protect Sir Henry from the show more fate that threatens the Baskerville family. As Holmes and Watson begin to investigate, a blood-chilling howl from the fog-shrouded edges of the great Grimpen Mire signals that the legendary hound of the Baskervilles is poised for yet another murderous attack. show lessTags
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The most known Holmes novel that flirts with straying from the themes of the universe but ultimately pulls back. There's a fascinating contradiction between Doyle the man, the gullible spiritualist falling for hoaxes as simple as double exposures, and his skeptical avatar who instead scoffs at Victorian ghost stories and cursed lineages. The story effectively needs to take a break from Holmes dismissiveness so it has Watson go on a solo adventure where he can get swept up in the mystery and horror like the dolt he is, only to have Holmes swoop in to pull the mask off the proverbial Scooby Doo villain.
Although Doyle tries to give some redeeming remarks about Watson, this time from the lips of Holmes, and show some level of growth and show more adoption of his master's talents, it doesn't really come to fruition. This type of relationship seemed much more acceptable around the beginning of the century, lasting into the 30s and 40s with Christie's similarly incompetent Hastings as Poirot's shadow. In adaptations you often see a compensatory set of gifts bestowed Watson to make him more than Holmes' biographer and it's probably objectively better writing to have the relationship be based on more than his devoted attention and tolerance to exposition.
Lessons learned here: watch your step on the moors. show less
Although Doyle tries to give some redeeming remarks about Watson, this time from the lips of Holmes, and show some level of growth and show more adoption of his master's talents, it doesn't really come to fruition. This type of relationship seemed much more acceptable around the beginning of the century, lasting into the 30s and 40s with Christie's similarly incompetent Hastings as Poirot's shadow. In adaptations you often see a compensatory set of gifts bestowed Watson to make him more than Holmes' biographer and it's probably objectively better writing to have the relationship be based on more than his devoted attention and tolerance to exposition.
Lessons learned here: watch your step on the moors. show less
Rating: 4.5 of 5
For the record, I'm *not* a fan of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. But after watching BBC's Sherlock series with my daughter, who raved about it so much I had to see for myself, I'll admit my interest in the original stories was renewed. She was right, by the way; the BBC show is great TV!
As a result of that show, I was motivated to pick up the collection I own but hadn't started, The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes, and read The Hound of the Baskervilles. I enjoyed it immensely. The slow build of the case's introduction and clue after clue; the atmosphere of the moor; a cast of probable suspects; the twists that screwed up my deductions (darn it! LOL): all added up to an exciting mystery.
I'm now a tentative fan show more of the real (meaning literary) Sherlock Holmes and look forward to the next mystery, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, where I hope to become a loyal fan.
Side note: This was my first Arthur Conan Doyle story.
"The more outre and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it (p. 443)." show less
For the record, I'm *not* a fan of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. But after watching BBC's Sherlock series with my daughter, who raved about it so much I had to see for myself, I'll admit my interest in the original stories was renewed. She was right, by the way; the BBC show is great TV!
As a result of that show, I was motivated to pick up the collection I own but hadn't started, The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes, and read The Hound of the Baskervilles. I enjoyed it immensely. The slow build of the case's introduction and clue after clue; the atmosphere of the moor; a cast of probable suspects; the twists that screwed up my deductions (darn it! LOL): all added up to an exciting mystery.
I'm now a tentative fan show more of the real (meaning literary) Sherlock Holmes and look forward to the next mystery, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, where I hope to become a loyal fan.
Side note: This was my first Arthur Conan Doyle story.
"The more outre and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it (p. 443)." show less
I’m rereading the Sherlock Holmes canon more than sixty years after devouring it for the first time. My enjoyment is as great as the first time, but a young adolescent reads differently than a graybeard. Now, I’m interested not only in a clever plot, a satisfying reveal, and the protagonist’s quirks but also in how great writing is achieved.
Doyle, bowing to popular demand, wrote this novel after killing off Holmes nearly a decade earlier. Improbably, acquiescence resulted in a masterpiece. The question of how this was achieved interests me.
Perhaps Doyle’s attempt to write books that succeeded without Holmes spurred him to work on his craft. The well-constructed opening lines indicate that Doyle brings his best literary skills to show more the project. The use of a variety of techniques—straight narrative, a back story (complete with an ancient document), copies of letters from Watson to Holmes, diary entries, and a summation from Holmes at the end—keeps the plot moving along without revealing too much at once. Finally, there is the atmospheric evocation of the Devonshire moors, culminating in a thick fog that threatens to thwart our heroes at the expected moment of triumph.
Along with these steps forward in style, there are elements familiar from other Holmes stories — the fortune made abroad, the readiness to let an escaped convict emigrate, and the failure to apprehend the culprit, only to have justice served by the elements rather than a court of law. While these motifs are interesting, other recurrent features have not aged well. For instance, the paternalistic, chivalrous view of women (invariably beautiful, unless they are servants). In addition, the racism many readers today find objectionable is there, but off-handedly, in the unspoken assumption of Anglo-Saxon superiority. More prominent is the casual class prejudice, aligned with the belief that character can be read in physiognomy; in fact, one character is obsessed with phrenology.
One element contributing to this book’s page-turning success is the plot’s balance between the natural and the supernatural.
Finally, an anomaly: this tale relies less than the earlier Holmes stories on the detective’s eccentricities. In fact, Holmes is off-stage for much of the plot. Is that part of why this works so well? Hmm, a three-pipe problem, indeed. show less
Doyle, bowing to popular demand, wrote this novel after killing off Holmes nearly a decade earlier. Improbably, acquiescence resulted in a masterpiece. The question of how this was achieved interests me.
Perhaps Doyle’s attempt to write books that succeeded without Holmes spurred him to work on his craft. The well-constructed opening lines indicate that Doyle brings his best literary skills to show more the project. The use of a variety of techniques—straight narrative, a back story (complete with an ancient document), copies of letters from Watson to Holmes, diary entries, and a summation from Holmes at the end—keeps the plot moving along without revealing too much at once. Finally, there is the atmospheric evocation of the Devonshire moors, culminating in a thick fog that threatens to thwart our heroes at the expected moment of triumph.
Along with these steps forward in style, there are elements familiar from other Holmes stories — the fortune made abroad, the readiness to let an escaped convict emigrate, and the failure to apprehend the culprit, only to have justice served by the elements rather than a court of law. While these motifs are interesting, other recurrent features have not aged well. For instance, the paternalistic, chivalrous view of women (invariably beautiful, unless they are servants). In addition, the racism many readers today find objectionable is there, but off-handedly, in the unspoken assumption of Anglo-Saxon superiority. More prominent is the casual class prejudice, aligned with the belief that character can be read in physiognomy; in fact, one character is obsessed with phrenology.
One element contributing to this book’s page-turning success is the plot’s balance between the natural and the supernatural.
Finally, an anomaly: this tale relies less than the earlier Holmes stories on the detective’s eccentricities. In fact, Holmes is off-stage for much of the plot. Is that part of why this works so well? Hmm, a three-pipe problem, indeed. show less
I went into my first Sherlock Holmes novel not expecting to like it very much. Sherlock Holmes is all about reason, logic, and deduction-- all things that I am not a fan of! Come on, I’m a Twin Peaks lover, a show where an FBI agent solves crimes by having mysterious dreams and throwing stones at milk bottles. Even after the first chapter, I found Sherlock’s persona grating and I did not think we were going to get along
-BUT-
I was so wrong! This was wonderful! It turns out Sherlock is a huge weirdo and this is one heck of a bizarre mystery. Big plus for being set on the English moors, a mysterious eerie setting that never fails to draw me into a story. I relished every second of prose describing the rugged countryside and fatal bogs. show more Seriously, this book is totally about running amok on the moors and I was here for it show less
-BUT-
I was so wrong! This was wonderful! It turns out Sherlock is a huge weirdo and this is one heck of a bizarre mystery. Big plus for being set on the English moors, a mysterious eerie setting that never fails to draw me into a story. I relished every second of prose describing the rugged countryside and fatal bogs. show more Seriously, this book is totally about running amok on the moors and I was here for it show less
This is probably my favorite Sherlock Holmes mystery. I loved the way Doyle described the moor as having a grim charm. The thought of an escaped convict, someone dubbed the Nottinghill Murderer, living out on the fog-filled moor was eerie. Whole ponies have been swallowed up by this deadly bog and yet, supposedly, this murderer was out there with an evil creature, something with "diabolical agency" and supernatural powers. Something that looked like a dog, but twice its size with glowing eyes and a mouth teeth and flames. this is another tale of deception and greed, but with a welcomed unusual twist.
{fifth of 9 in Sherlock Holmes canon; detective, Victorian England, London, Devonshire, moors, murder, mystery, Gothic}(1902/ 2024)
As a teenager I read as many Sherlock Holmes books as I could get my hands on (until I got a bit fed up with Holmes's omniscience); I'm hoping to interest my children in this classic (and then, hopefully, other classics). The introduction to our edition (Puffin Classic) is by Judith Kerr. Rereading this now I found it actually quite funny, at least at the beginning.
And so Watson describes to us the gloomy, spooky nature of the Hall and the moors that surround it while he investigates the servants and neighbours on Holmes's behalf. The case is further complicated by an escaped convict from nearby Princetown prison and another suspicious character seen on the moors as well as by rumours of the unearthly cries of a hellhound.
The story telling varies between narrative, letters and diary entries. Conan Doyle originally serialised this Gothic-style story in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 - April 1902 (according to Wikipedia) so this tactic would have stretched out the narrative and encompassed a few cliff hangers to keep readers coming back for the next instalments. (At one point I felt sure we had lost Sir Henry as well, for instance.)
I must say that I have memories of being spellbound (and slightly scared) when I read this as a child but as a sceptical adult (with some vague memory of the outcome) I didn't feel quite as apprehensive as it did the first time I read this fairly slim book, though it does build the brooding atmosphere well.
Word of warning - this is a book of its times and there are cases of abuse which are written about quite matter of factly but which I found a bit upsetting; several animals die over the course of the narrative and it's a bit startling to remember that women were still effectively property of their husbands with few rights.
It is still well written and mesmerising. Don't worry - Holmes does turn up to save the day before the end.
I read this for the September 2025 TIOLI Challenge 6: Read a book discussed in any September on the BBC Worldservice Bookclub and then listened to the podcast. Obviously they couldn't interview Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself but they had two Holmes scholars who answered questions sent in by Sherlock Holmes societies around the world. These are points that I gleaned from listening:
- Though Conan Doyle borrowed ideas from contemporaries such as Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins he differentiated the Holmes stories by adding Watson as a narrator.
- They suggested that Conan Doyle didn't dislike his creation but he didn't like the pressure of producing the stories to a schedule
- and pointed out that there are similarities between Holmes and the villains he battles, such as Moriarty of similar intellect.
- Sherlock Holmes was such a success that he has seeped into the culture and affects it even now, inspiring such modern day characters as House MD.
- After disposing of Holmes and Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, Conan Doyle succumbed to pressure to write more adventures for him; The Hound of the Baskervilles was written after, though set before, The Final Problem. He put the villainin plain sight and then distracts us .
- Holmes is missing for first part of The Hound of the Baskervilles and it is more of a gothic novel than a detective story. It sets the paradox of Holmes's logical deduction against the supernatural; Conan Doyle made use of medieval legends of supernatural hounds from parts of the country such as Devon, Yorkshire and Norfolk.
- Apparently Conan Doyle was writing gothic stories 20 years before he authored this book so it was not really a departure from the norm for him.
* MRCS = Member of the Royal College of Surgeons; once qualified as a surgeons, practitioners revert to 'Mister' (or other relevant title) from 'Doctor'.
(September 2025)
4.5 stars show less
As a teenager I read as many Sherlock Holmes books as I could get my hands on (until I got a bit fed up with Holmes's omniscience); I'm hoping to interest my children in this classic (and then, hopefully, other classics). The introduction to our edition (Puffin Classic) is by Judith Kerr. Rereading this now I found it actually quite funny, at least at the beginning.
'I presume that it is Mr Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not -'show more
'No, this is my friend Dr Watson.'
'Glad to meet you, sir. I have heard your name mentioned in connection with that of your friend. You interest me very much, Mr Holmes. I had
hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.'The story (the third novel but the fifth book in canon) is narrated in the first person by Dr John Watson, self-appointed biographer to Sherlock Holmes the great detective. It opens with them pondering the mystery of a 'Penang lawyer' (an Anglicised misnomer), a type of walking stick, which was left behind by a potential client. Having made deductions about the owner (erroneously by Watson, as it turns out), the man himself - a doctor, Mr ('Mister, sir, Mister - a humble MRCS'*) James Mortimer, from Dartmoor, Devonshire - turns up to reclaim his stick and to request Holmes's aid (and skull) in a case regarding one of his patients; Sir Charles Baskerville, a baronet who had rebuilt his decrepit family fortunes to £740,000 after the legacies in his will (in 1889 - which would be worth somewhere near £100 million today (September 2025)!). He reads out to them the Baskerville family legend of a wicked ancestor who was eventually, according to the legend, killed by a supernatural hound and then tells them that the current head of the family had recently died from unknown causes with a look of terror on his face.
'I presume, sir,' said he at last, 'that it was not merely for the purpose of examining my skull that you have done me the honour to call here last night and again today?'Mortimer wants Holmes's advice as to whether he should warn off the heir, Henry Baskerville, who is just about to arrive in London from Canada, or accompany him back to Baskerville Hall. Holmes's response - especially after noticing someone following Sir Henry - is to send Watson to Devonshire with the two men since Holmes himself will be tied up in London with some important cases, but Watson is to report to him every day. It wasn't until a third of the way into the book that we finally left London and arrived at Baskerville Hall - sans Holmes.
'No, sir, no; though I am happy to have had the opportunity of doing that as well. I came to you, Mr Holmes, because I recognize that I am myself an unpractical man, and because I am suddenly confronted with a most serious and extraordinary problem. Recognizing, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe -'
'Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?' asked Holmes, with some asperity.
'To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal strongly.'
'Then had you not better consult him?'
And so Watson describes to us the gloomy, spooky nature of the Hall and the moors that surround it while he investigates the servants and neighbours on Holmes's behalf. The case is further complicated by an escaped convict from nearby Princetown prison and another suspicious character seen on the moors as well as by rumours of the unearthly cries of a hellhound.
The story telling varies between narrative, letters and diary entries. Conan Doyle originally serialised this Gothic-style story in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 - April 1902 (according to Wikipedia) so this tactic would have stretched out the narrative and encompassed a few cliff hangers to keep readers coming back for the next instalments. (At one point I felt sure we had lost Sir Henry as well, for instance.)
I must say that I have memories of being spellbound (and slightly scared) when I read this as a child but as a sceptical adult (with some vague memory of the outcome) I didn't feel quite as apprehensive as it did the first time I read this fairly slim book, though it does build the brooding atmosphere well.
Word of warning - this is a book of its times and there are cases of abuse which are written about quite matter of factly but which I found a bit upsetting; several animals die over the course of the narrative and it's a bit startling to remember that women were still effectively property of their husbands with few rights.
It is still well written and mesmerising. Don't worry - Holmes does turn up to save the day before the end.
I read this for the September 2025 TIOLI Challenge 6: Read a book discussed in any September on the BBC Worldservice Bookclub and then listened to the podcast. Obviously they couldn't interview Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself but they had two Holmes scholars who answered questions sent in by Sherlock Holmes societies around the world. These are points that I gleaned from listening:
- Though Conan Doyle borrowed ideas from contemporaries such as Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins he differentiated the Holmes stories by adding Watson as a narrator.
- They suggested that Conan Doyle didn't dislike his creation but he didn't like the pressure of producing the stories to a schedule
- and pointed out that there are similarities between Holmes and the villains he battles, such as Moriarty of similar intellect.
- Sherlock Holmes was such a success that he has seeped into the culture and affects it even now, inspiring such modern day characters as House MD.
- After disposing of Holmes and Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, Conan Doyle succumbed to pressure to write more adventures for him; The Hound of the Baskervilles was written after, though set before, The Final Problem. He put the villain
- Holmes is missing for first part of The Hound of the Baskervilles and it is more of a gothic novel than a detective story. It sets the paradox of Holmes's logical deduction against the supernatural; Conan Doyle made use of medieval legends of supernatural hounds from parts of the country such as Devon, Yorkshire and Norfolk.
- Apparently Conan Doyle was writing gothic stories 20 years before he authored this book so it was not really a departure from the norm for him.
* MRCS = Member of the Royal College of Surgeons; once qualified as a surgeons, practitioners revert to 'Mister' (or other relevant title) from 'Doctor'.
(September 2025)
4.5 stars show less
"The shape of some monstrous villainy, half seen, half guessed, loomed through the darkness…" (pg. 127)
Whilst, insofar as I have read, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote a bad Sherlock Holmes story, it is now clear to me why The Hound of the Baskervilles is regarded as his best. If you want a more diverse taste of this literary and cultural phenomenon then go for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but it is Baskervilles which shows that, contrary to many thriller and mystery and crime writers, Conan Doyle could write.
In Baskervilles, Conan Doyle presents a more gripping and atmospheric mystery than in any of his other stories. There are many creepy goings-on and the author exploits the brooding landscape of the Devonshire moors to the show more full. The artful prosing is beautiful at times and the author's themes are as alternately concealing and revealing as the foggy moors themselves. Baskervilles is where Conan Doyle elevated his most popular literary creation to the realm of art.
Even so, he does not forget the usual spirit of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, with blackguard villainy, gentlemanly clients, distressed ladies, silly disguises and that quaintly singular Victorian dialogue all present and accounted for. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the quintessential Sherlock Holmes story because it stands astride that often jealously-guarded boundary between the populist and the literary. It is the one story that shows us why this literary creation remains so phenomenally popular and interesting, and not just for collectors of fairy-tales. show less
Whilst, insofar as I have read, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote a bad Sherlock Holmes story, it is now clear to me why The Hound of the Baskervilles is regarded as his best. If you want a more diverse taste of this literary and cultural phenomenon then go for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but it is Baskervilles which shows that, contrary to many thriller and mystery and crime writers, Conan Doyle could write.
In Baskervilles, Conan Doyle presents a more gripping and atmospheric mystery than in any of his other stories. There are many creepy goings-on and the author exploits the brooding landscape of the Devonshire moors to the show more full. The artful prosing is beautiful at times and the author's themes are as alternately concealing and revealing as the foggy moors themselves. Baskervilles is where Conan Doyle elevated his most popular literary creation to the realm of art.
Even so, he does not forget the usual spirit of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, with blackguard villainy, gentlemanly clients, distressed ladies, silly disguises and that quaintly singular Victorian dialogue all present and accounted for. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the quintessential Sherlock Holmes story because it stands astride that often jealously-guarded boundary between the populist and the literary. It is the one story that shows us why this literary creation remains so phenomenally popular and interesting, and not just for collectors of fairy-tales. show less
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The most famous fictional detective in the world is Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was, at best, ambivalent about his immensely successful literary creation and, at worst, resentful that his more "serious" fiction was relatively ignored. Born in Edinburgh, Doyle studied medicine from 1876 to 1881 and received his M.D. in show more 1885. He worked as a military physician in South Africa during the Boer War and was knighted in 1902 for his exceptional service. Doyle was drawn to writing at an early age. Although he attempted to enter private practice in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1882, he soon turned to writing in his spare time; it eventually became his profession. As a Liberal Unionist, Doyle ran, unsuccessfully, for Parliament in 1903. During his later years, Doyle became an avowed spiritualist. Doyle sold his first story, "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley," to Chambers' Journal in 1879. When Doyle published the novel, A Study in Scarlet in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was introduced to an avid public. Doyle is reputed to have used one of his medical professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, as a model for Holmes's character. Eventually, Doyle wrote three additional Holmes novels and five collections of Holmes short stories. A brilliant, though somewhat eccentric, detective, Holmes employs scientific methods of observation and deduction to solve the mysteries that he investigates. Although an "amateur" private detective, he is frequently called upon by Scotland Yard for assistance. Holmes's assistant, the faithful Dr. Watson, provides a striking contrast to Holmes's brilliant intellect and, in Doyle's day at least, serves as a character with whom the reader can readily identify. Having tired of Holmes's popularity, Doyle even tried to kill the great detective in "The Final Problem" but was forced by an outraged public to resurrect him in 1903. Although Holmes remained Doyle's most popular literary creation, Doyle wrote prolifically in other genres, including historical adventure, science fiction, and supernatural fiction. Despite Doyle's sometimes careless writing, he was a superb storyteller. His great skill as a popular author lay in his technique of involving readers in his highly entertaining adventures. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Sherlock Holmes Novels: A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of the Four / The Hound of the Baskervilles / The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Treasury of World Masterpieces "The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes" & "H.G. Wells (Treasury of World Masterpieces) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (indirect)
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Vol. 1 and 2 (Bantam) by Arthur Conan Doyle (indirect)
A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of Four / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / The Hound of the Baskervilles (B&N Classics 1/2) by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes / The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Children's Classic Compendium: Hound of the Baskervilles / White Fang / Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Arthur Conan Doyle
British Mystery Megapack Volume 5 - The Sherlock Holmes Collection: 4 Novels and 43 Short Stories + Extras by Arthur Conan Doyle
Classic Illustrated Sherlock Holmes: Thirty Seven Short Stories Plus a Complete Novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
study in scarlet / sign of four / hound of the baskervilles / memoirs of sherlock holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes - volume 2 : La Vallée de la peur ; Le Chien des Baskerville ; Les Archives de Sherlock Holmes ; Son dernier coup d'archet ; Les Exploits de Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of Four / The Valley of Fear / The Hound of the Baskervilles / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes: Volume 2: Memórias de Sherlock Holmes | O cão dos Baskerville (Portuguese Edition) by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Hound of the Baskervilles / Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sherlock Holmes illustrated omnibus : The adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The hound of the Baskervilles, The return of Sherlock Holmes : a facsimile of the stories and the adventure as they were first published in the Strand magazine, London by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four (Everyman's Library) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The adventures of Sherlock Holmes ; The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ; The return of Sherlock Holmes ; The hound of the Baskervilles ; A study in ... the Bruce-Partington plans (Masters Library) by Arthur Conan Doyle (indirect)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel (Illustrated Classics) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Match Wits with Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles [adaptation - graphic novel - Graphic Universe] by Murray Shaw
Reading & Training : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : The hound of the Baskervilles [book + sound recording] by CIDEB
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- Canonical title
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Original title
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Alternate titles*
- Kamala öinen kummitus
- Original publication date
- 1902
- People/Characters
- Sherlock Holmes; John H. Watson; Sir Henry Baskerville (heir); Dr. James Mortimer; Inspector G. Lestrade; John Barrymore (show all 17); Eliza Barrymore; Beryl Stapleton; Jack Stapleton; Selden; Mr. Frankland; Laura Lyons; Sir Charles Baskerville (victim); Sir Hugo Baskerville (ancestor); Perkins (coachman); Cartwright (messenger boy); John Clayton (cab driver)
- Important places
- Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK; Baskerville Hall, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK; 221B Baker Street, London, England, UK; Merripit House, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK; Grimpen, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK; Grimpen Mire, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK (show all 9); Lafter Hall, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK; Fernworthy, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK; Coombe Tracey, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK
- Related movies
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 | Sidney Lanfield | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 | Terence Fisher | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 | Paul Morrissey | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988 | TV | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000 | Rodney Gibbons | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 | TV | IMDb) (show all 23); Der Hund von Baskerville (1914 | IMDb); Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil - Das einsame Haus (1914 | IMDb); Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil - Das unheimliche Zimmer (1915 | IMDb); Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil (1915 | IMDb); Der Hund von Baskerville - 5 Teil: Dr. Macdonalds Sanatorium (1920 | IMDb); Der Hund von Baskerville - 6. Teil: Das Haus ohne Fenster (1920 | IMDb); Das dunkle Schloß (1915 | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1922 | IMDb); Moken no himitsu (1924 | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937 | IMDb); Der Hund von Baskerville (1955 | IMDb); L'ultimo dei Baskerville (1968 | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972 | IMDb); Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskerviley (1981 | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 | IMDb); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- This story owes its inception to my friend, Mr Fletcher Robinson, who has helped me both in the general plot and in the local details
MY DEAR ROBINSON: It was your account of a west country legend which first suggested the idea of this little tale to my mind. For this, and for the help which you gave me in it evolution, all thanks.
Your most truly,
A... (show all). CONAN DOYLE - First words
- Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
- Quotations
- A long, low moan, indescribably sad, swept over the moor. It filled the whole air, and yet it was impossible to say whence it came. From a dull murmur it swelled into a deep roar, and then sank back into a melancholy, throbbi... (show all)ng murmur once again. Stapleton looked at me with a curious expression in his face.
"Queer place, the moor!" said he. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Might I trouble you then to be ready in half an hour, and we can stop at Marcini’s for a little dinner on the way?”
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 823.08721; 823.0872; 823.912
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the main work for The Hound of the Baskervilles. Please do not combine it with any abridgement, adaptation, omnibus containing additional works, etc.
Contents: About the Author -- Characters You Will Mee... (show all)t -- Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes -- Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles -- Chapter 3. The Problem -- Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville -- Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads -- Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall -- Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House -- Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson -- Chapter 9. Second Report of Dr. Watson -- Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson -- Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor -- Chapter 12. Death on the Moor -- Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets -- Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles -- Chapter 15. A Retrospective
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- 823.08721 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction Detective fiction
- LCC
- PR4622 .H6 — Language and Literature English English Literature 19th century , 1770/1800-1890/1900
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