The Hound of the Baskervilles: Penguin Classics

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes Collection, Inkwater Press

Brought to you by Penguin.

The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a this classic horror story pits detective against dog. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES gripped readers when it was first serialised and has continued to hold its place in the popular imagination.

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Published October 1, 2020

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish 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.

Reviews

[Joe Heggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed seeing the story almost entirely through Watson's eyes, however would have preferred to get a bit more of Sherlock himself as he is missing from the experience for a large chunk. Maybe would have enjoyed it a little more if I didn't already know the resolve/twist.

[Serefeny · Rating 5 out of 5]

gotta love the whole book thing