The Hound of the Baskervilles, (Paperback)

<p>It would be hard to nominate a more well-known character in English literature than that of the austere analytical detective <strong><strong><strong>Sherlock <strong><strong><strong><strong>Holmes</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>, created by <strong><strong>Arthur Conan <strong>Doyle</strong></strong></strong> in the late 1880s. <strong><strong><strong><strong>Holmes</strong></strong></strong></strong>, alongside his friend and biographer Dr. <strong>John <strong><strong>Watson</strong></strong></strong>, appeared in two initial novels and dozens of short stories serialized in popular magazines, attracting a devoted, almost fanatical following which continues to this day.<strong>The Hound</strong> of the Baskervilles, serialized in <strong>1901</strong>-<strong>1902</strong>, was the third novel featuring <strong><strong><strong><strong>Holmes</strong></strong></strong></strong> and <strong><strong>Watson</strong></strong>. <strong><strong><strong>Sherlock <strong><strong><strong><strong>Holmes</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong> is consulted in his <strong>Baker Street</strong> apartment by Dr<strong>. <strong>Mortimer</strong></strong>, a physician now living on the fringes of Dartmoor. He gives <strong><strong><strong><strong>Holmes</strong></strong></strong></strong> and <strong><strong>Watson</strong></strong> an account of a centuries-old legend, in which a hell-hound slaughtered the debauched heir of the Baskerville family who had been in lecherous pursuit of an innocent maiden across the moor. The same hound is reputed to have harrowed several of the subsequent heirs to the estate.This ancient story might be dismissed as mere fancy, but for the fact that the elderly <strong>Sir <strong>Charles Baskerville</strong></strong> recently died in very mysterious circumstances, apparently fleeing in terror from something which came from the moor. Dr<strong>. <strong>Mortimer</strong></strong> is concerned that the new heir, <strong><strong>Sir <strong>Henry</strong></strong></strong>, just returned from Canada, may be at risk from this supernatural beast. <strong><strong><strong><strong>Holmes</strong></strong></strong></strong> is intrigued, but being too busy to go himself, sends Dr<strong>. <strong><strong>Watson</strong></strong></strong> to accompany <strong><strong>Sir </strong></strong></p>

• The Hound of the Baskervilles, (Paperback)
• Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• ISBN: 9791043137556
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-02
• Page Count: 216