The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Penguin UK, Sep 1, 2011 - Fiction - 224 pages

'Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!'

The death, quite suddenly, of Sir Charles Baskerville in mysterious circumstances is the trigger for one of the most extraordinary cases ever to challenge the brilliant analytical mind of Sherlock Holmes. As rumours of a legendary hound said to haunt the Baskerville family circulate, Holmes and Watson are asked to ensure the protection of Sir Charles' only heir, Sir Henry - who has travelled all the way from America to reside at Baskerville Hall in Devon. And it is there, in an isolated mansion surrounded by mile after mile of wild moor, that Holmes and Watson come face to face with a terrifying evil that reaches out from centuries past . . .

 

Contents

Mr Sherlock Holmes
The Curse of the Baskervilles
The Problem
Sir Henry Baskerville
Three Broken Threads
Baskerville Hall
The Stapletons of Merripit House
First Report of Dr Watson
The Light upon the Moor
Extract from the Diary of Dr Watson
The Man on the
Death on the Moor
Fixing the Nets
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Retrospection
Copyright

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) started to write as a doctor, whilst waiting for patients to arrive. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet (1887). The Holmes stories soon attracted such a following that Conan Doyle felt the character overshadowed his other work. In The Final Problem (1893) Conan Doyle killed him off, but was obliged by public demand to restore the detective to life.

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