The Hound of the BaskervillesIntroduction by Laurie R. King The most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles features the phantom dog of Dartmoor, which, according to an ancient legend, has haunted the Baskervilles for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly of a heart attack on the grounds of the family’s estate, the locals are convinced that the spectral hound is responsible, and Holmes is called in. “Conan Doyle triumphed and triumphed deservedly,” G. K. Chesterton wrote, “because he took his art seriously, because he lavished a hundred little touches of real knowledge and genuine picturesqueness on the police novelette.” |
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 | 65 |
FIRST REPORT OF DR WATSON | 77 |
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 |
NOTES | 170 |
SECOND REPORT OF DR WATSON | 84 |
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