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On the lonely moor, enormous paw prints turn a family legend into a threat to its next heir.
Sir Charles Baskerville is dead, and enormous dog footprints lie nearby. Dr. James Mortimer brings Sherlock Holmes an old account of a savage hound that pursues the Baskerville family. Holmes wants evidence, not a curse. But an anonymous warning tells the new heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, to stay away from the moor.
Dr. John Watson accompanies Sir Henry to Dartmoor, where darkness and treacherous ground make every lead harder to follow. Around Baskerville Hall, the servants’ private worries stir suspicion. Watson questions people and takes risks as the mystery holds two frightening possibilities in tension: an ancient evil, or a human enemy who knows how to use fear.
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- A moor alive with menace Enter a landscape where distance, darkness, and dangerous ground give every warning fresh force.
- Watson takes the lead Follow Watson as he questions neighbours, pursues clues, and tests his own judgment.
- Reason against a curse Watch Holmes demand physical evidence when a terrifying family story seems to explain everything.
- Secrets behind familiar doors Meet Mr. and Mrs. Barrymore, whose private concerns make their behaviour difficult to read.
- An heir under threat Share Sir Henry’s determination to settle at home despite warnings that his life is in danger.
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Readers who enjoy country-house secrets, eerie landscapes, and detectives testing frightening stories against physical evidence will enjoy this unusually atmospheric Holmes case.
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Who’s who
- Sherlock HolmesThe consulting detective seeks a human explanation for a danger that appears supernatural.
- Dr. John WatsonHolmes’s friend accompanies Sir Henry to Dartmoor and investigates the people and secrets around Baskerville Hall.
- Sir Henry BaskervilleThe new heir wants to settle at his ancestral home despite warnings that his life is in danger.
- Dr. James MortimerThe country doctor brings Holmes the circumstances of Sir Charles’s death and the legend of the family hound.
- Jack StapletonA local naturalist, Stapleton knows the moor and takes an interest in its new landowner.
- DartmoorThe isolated moor gives the mystery its darkness, dangerous terrain, and sense that familiar rules no longer hold.
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by Arthur Conan Doyle· 1901
Sherlock Holmes investigates a death blamed on a family curse.
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A country doctor brings Sherlock Holmes a strange problem: Sir Charles Baskerville has died near his home on Dartmoor, and enormous dog footprints have been found nearby. An old family account tells of a savage hound that pursues the Baskervilles as punishment for an ancestor’s cruelty. Dr. Mortimer fears that the new heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, may face the same danger.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
1859–1930 · British detective novelist
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician born in Edinburgh in 1859. He practised medicine in England and wrote novels, short stories and histories. His Sherlock Holmes stories began with A Study in Scarlet in 1887. He also wrote The Lost World in 1912. He died in Crowborough, England, in 1930.
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What is The Hound of the Baskervilles about?
Sherlock Holmes investigates the death of Sir Charles Baskerville and a threat to his heir, Sir Henry. A family legend blames a monstrous hound, while Dr. Watson searches for evidence among the residents of Baskerville Hall and the surrounding Devon moor.
Is the hound supernatural?
The supposed supernatural hound is the central problem Holmes must test against evidence. Doyle makes the family legend frightening without asking readers to accept it as fact. The tension comes from whether ordinary investigation can explain events that seem to support an ancient curse.
Why is Watson on Dartmoor without Holmes?
Holmes sends Watson to accompany and protect Sir Henry while saying that other work keeps him in London. This gives Watson a larger role than usual: he gathers evidence, questions suspects, and sends reports while facing dangers he cannot yet fully explain.
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