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Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles
This is a picture book version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous novel in which Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant investigate the mystery of `the enormous hound with blazing eyes and dripping jaws'.
32 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1999
About the author
Chris Mould
159 books54 followersChris Mould is the illustrator of Captain Beastlie’s Pirate Party, written by Lucy Coats. Chris went to art school at the age of sixteen. During this time, he did various jobs, from delivering papers to washing-up. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended for the Sheffield. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Chris Mould spends his working day in one of the prestigious art studios at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax. His studio is clearly marked with a skull and crossboned warning as to what might lie within.
Chris is not confined to book illustration. He has worked for the RSC, the BBC, the FT and many other famous initials, aswell as film development work for Aardman Animations which included character and environment development work on the film Flushed Away.
When away from his studio, Chris spends most of his time with his wife Sue and his two daughters Emily and Charlotte.
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August 19, 2019
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale retold by Chris Mould, who provides vibrant cartoon-style illustrations to accompany the exhilarating text.
The story is, obviously, the same as the original: Dr Mortimer arrives with a manuscript following the death of Sir Charles Baskerville and it tells of the legend of Sir Hugo Baskerville who, with a lady that had escaped from Baskerville Hall, was seemingly killed by 'a great black hound with blazing eyes and dripping jaws'. And when Sir Charles is recently discovered dead, he is laying outside the Hall with footprints of a huge hound nearby. The point of Mortimer relating the story is, therefore, that he fears for the safety of the new Baskerville, Sir Henry, who is arriving at the Hall the following day.
Holmes sends Watson down to Devon to investigate where he encounters the butterfly collector Stapleton, his sister, the servants the Barrymores, the last named who inform him of an escaped criminal named Selden, who happens to be Mrs Barrymore's brother. All are rather mysterious and suspicious characters.
Action is fast and furious on the foggy moor and the unexpected arrival of a stranger intensifies the mystery. The excitement mounts until Holmes works out the truth of the matter and Sir Henry is saved from an unsavoury death. All in all it is very exciting with the atmospheric and sometimes scary illustrations (and Holmes has never been seen like this before!) adding to the terror.
A great retelling of the classic story and in the end all quite elementary, my dear reader!
The story is, obviously, the same as the original: Dr Mortimer arrives with a manuscript following the death of Sir Charles Baskerville and it tells of the legend of Sir Hugo Baskerville who, with a lady that had escaped from Baskerville Hall, was seemingly killed by 'a great black hound with blazing eyes and dripping jaws'. And when Sir Charles is recently discovered dead, he is laying outside the Hall with footprints of a huge hound nearby. The point of Mortimer relating the story is, therefore, that he fears for the safety of the new Baskerville, Sir Henry, who is arriving at the Hall the following day.
Holmes sends Watson down to Devon to investigate where he encounters the butterfly collector Stapleton, his sister, the servants the Barrymores, the last named who inform him of an escaped criminal named Selden, who happens to be Mrs Barrymore's brother. All are rather mysterious and suspicious characters.
Action is fast and furious on the foggy moor and the unexpected arrival of a stranger intensifies the mystery. The excitement mounts until Holmes works out the truth of the matter and Sir Henry is saved from an unsavoury death. All in all it is very exciting with the atmospheric and sometimes scary illustrations (and Holmes has never been seen like this before!) adding to the terror.
A great retelling of the classic story and in the end all quite elementary, my dear reader!
August 12, 2019
I thought it would be fun to read one of the books from my childhood that made a great impression on me at the time. And, although much older and able to work out some of Sherlock Holmes' methods, which were fantastic, unbelievable and sometimes incomprehensible to me as a youngster, I was not disappointed for 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' is still as good and as fresh today as it was then.
The story is well known as Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly with his death being blamed on the legend of a fearsome and ghostly hound that roamed the moors and supposedly haunted the Baskerville family for generations.
Sir Charles' heir Sir Henry Baskerville arrives from America and Sherlock Holmes, and the faithful Watson, are called in to ensure his safety. Watson travels to Devon with Sir Henry while Holmes, supposedly, deals with other cases from his Baker Street base.
The excitement and drama builds, Sir Henry is told not to walk out alone and in the cold night a savage and bestial howl is still heard. The thrilling climax takes place on the moors with Holmes, Watson and Sir Henry all involved and eventually it is, of course, elementary!
It is still a great adventure and continues to send chills down the spine, so much so that it may be worth another read in, say, another 30 years time! There again ... perhaps that could be impossible!
The story is well known as Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly with his death being blamed on the legend of a fearsome and ghostly hound that roamed the moors and supposedly haunted the Baskerville family for generations.
Sir Charles' heir Sir Henry Baskerville arrives from America and Sherlock Holmes, and the faithful Watson, are called in to ensure his safety. Watson travels to Devon with Sir Henry while Holmes, supposedly, deals with other cases from his Baker Street base.
The excitement and drama builds, Sir Henry is told not to walk out alone and in the cold night a savage and bestial howl is still heard. The thrilling climax takes place on the moors with Holmes, Watson and Sir Henry all involved and eventually it is, of course, elementary!
It is still a great adventure and continues to send chills down the spine, so much so that it may be worth another read in, say, another 30 years time! There again ... perhaps that could be impossible!
March 27, 2017
Have read all of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and probably others as well, just never bothered to put them in to amazon or goodreads, so dates wrong. Some KU some paperback some hardback some collections.
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