Sherlock Holmes #5

The Hound of the Baskervilles

arthur conan doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the tale of an ancient curse suddenly given a terrifying modern application. The grey towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor hold many secrets for Holmes and Watson to unravel. The detective is contemptuous of supernatural manifestations, but the reader will remain perpetually haunted by the hound from the moor.

Genres mysteryfictioncrimeclassicsmystery thrillerthrilleraudiobookliteraturebritish literaturenovels

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1901

Series

Sherlock Holmes

Literary awards

audie award, cwa best ever,

Places

london england, dartmoor devon england, devon england, england,

This edition

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published: June 1, 2002 by Indypublish.Com
ISBN: 9781404309722
ASIN: 1404309721
Language: English

Characters More characters

Charles Baskerville

the previous baronet of Baskerville Hall, who made his fortune in South Africa; he dies suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack...
Henry Baskerville

Sir Charles Baskervilles heir; he has spent most of his life in the American West and Canadamore...
James Mortimer

an absent-minded country physician and a friend to Sir Charles Baskerville...
Eliza Barrymore

Sir Charles Baskervilles housekeeper; shes married to the butlermore...
Mr. Perkins

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Mr. Frankland

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About the author

arthur conan doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.