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The Hound of the Baskervilles
- 207 pages · about 3 hours
- First published 1902
- 1,309 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
Dr James Mortimer calls on Sherlock Holmes in London with an old legend and a recent death. The legend tells of a curse on the Baskerville family, a monstrous hound said to haunt Dartmoor, in Devon; the death is that of the head of the family, and Mortimer fears for the heir who is about to take his place. Holmes and Watson take up the case, and Watson goes down to the moor. First published as a serial in 1901 and 1902, this is the third of the four Sherlock Holmes novels, and the story with which Conan Doyle brought the detective back.
- Crime novel
- Mystery & detective, traditional
- Private investigators
- Mystery
- Crime
- Classics
- Murder
- Amorality
2 What to expect
The best known Sherlock Holmes novel: an old family curse, a death on Dartmoor and the legend of a spectral hound. Watson carries much of the story on his own, reporting from a lonely house on the moor, so it is as much Gothic chiller as detective puzzle. It is short, atmospheric and well paced, and it needs no knowledge of the other stories.
Good for readers who want: a classic Sherlock Holmes mystery, gothic atmosphere, and a short, gripping read.
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