The Hound of the Baskervilles

arthur conan doyle anne perry mark hallaq

In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage ghostly hound comes frighteningly to life. The gray towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor will haunt the reader as Holmes and Watson seek to unravel the many secrets of the misty English bogs.

Genres mysteryfictioncrimeclassicsmystery thrillerthrilleraudiobookliteraturebritish literaturenovels

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: July 1, 2001 by Signet
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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.