The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Random House, Sep 4, 2008 - Fiction - 224 pages

Sherlock Holmes stars in Doyle’s most famous detective story.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RUTH RENDELL

INCLUDES 'THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND'

The Baskerville family curse tells of how a terrifying, supernatural hound roams the moors around Baskerville Hall and preys on members of the family in revenge for a ghastly crime committed by one of their ancestors. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the grounds, with a large animal footprint near his lifeless body, the locals are convinced that the hound is back. It is up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to uncover the truth and keep the new heir to the hall safe from danger.

**One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

 

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Contents

MR SHERLOCK HOLMES
3
THE CURSE OF THE BASKERVILLES
10
THE PROBLEM
20
SIR HENRY BASKERVILLE
30
THREE BROKEN THREADS
42
BASKERVILLE HALL
53
THE STAPLETONS OF MERRIPIT HOUSE
63
FIRST REPORT OF DR WATSON
77
SECOND REPORT OF DR WATSON
84
EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF DR WATSON
100
THE MAN ON THE TOR
110
DEATH ON THE MOOR
123
FIXING THE NETS
137
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
147
A RETROSPECTION
159
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
171

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About the author (2008)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student.Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres.His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). This was followed in 1889 by an historical novel, Micah Clarke. In 1893 Conan Doyle published 'The Final Problem' in which he killed off his famous detective so that he could turn his attention more towards historical fiction. However Holmes was so popular that Conan Doyle eventually relented and published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901. The events of the The Hound of the Baskervilles are set before those of 'The Final Problem' but in 1903 new Sherlock Holmes stories began to appear that revealed that the detective had not died after all. He was finally retired in 1927. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on 7 July 1930.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Hound of the Baskervilles
AuthorArthur Conan Doyle
PublisherRandom House, 2008
ISBN140701689X, 9781407016894
Length224 pages
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Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Gothic
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
  
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