The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Category: Fiction

Status: Available

Source: Public Domain — Project Gutenberg

About This Book

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a crime novel serialized from 1901 to 1902. Sherlock Holmes and Watson investigate a centuries-old legend of a demonic hound haunting the Baskerville family on the desolate moors of Dartmoor. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies under mysterious circumstances, his heir Sir Henry arrives from Canada to claim his inheritance—only to face strange threats and supernatural dangers. Holmes must determine whether the curse is real or if a cunning murderer lurks behind the legend. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

About the Author

Scottish · 1859–1930

He created Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous fictional detective. Holmes has appeared in stories, films, and TV shows for over 100 years.

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THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

by A. Conan Doyle

My dear Robinson,

It was to your account of a West-Country legend that this tale owes its inception. For this and for your help in the details all thanks.

Yours most truly,

A. Conan Doyle.

Hindhead,

Haslemere.

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Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known

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