The Hound of the Baskervilles: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Hound of the Baskervilles: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859–1930).
Catalogue synopsis
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"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.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Author credits: Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859–1930)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Blessing and cursing -- Fiction
- Dartmoor (England) -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Dogs -- Fiction
- Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
- Category: Novels
- Detective Fiction
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