The Hound of the Baskervilles
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- First published
- 1902
- Pages
- 162
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Mr. Sherlock Holmes
14:37 -
The Curse of the Baskervilles
22:15 -
The Problem
17:20 -
Sir Henry Baskerville
23:51 -
Three Broken Threads
20:48 -
Baskerville Hall
21:16 -
The Stapletons of Merripit House
30:33 -
First Report of Dr. Watson
16:40 -
Second Report of Dr. Watson
39:50 -
Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
22:08 -
The Man on the Tor
27:23 -
Death on the Moor
24:55 -
Fixing the Nets
23:38 -
The Hound of the Baskervilles
24:32 -
A Retrospection
23:13
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About this book
The Hound of the Baskervilles appeared in 1902, set chronologically before Holmes's death at Reichenbach Falls and giving Doyle a way to write a Holmes novel without resurrecting his hero. It worked. The book is widely considered the best Holmes novel and one of the best gothic mysteries ever written.
The setup is irresistible. Sir Charles Baskerville has died on the moors of Devon, his face frozen in terror. The family legend speaks of a demonic hound that has haunted the Baskervilles for centuries. The next heir, Sir Henry, has just arrived from Canada to take possession of the estate. Someone wants him dead. Holmes sends Watson to Dartmoor first, ostensibly to keep watch, while Holmes himself works the case from London. Watson narrates most of the book on his own, which gives the middle stretch a different rhythm than the short stories. The moor itself is the real co-star. Doyle fills it with fog, escaped convicts, ancient stone huts, and a sense that the supernatural explanation might actually be true. The reveal at the end is rational, the way Holmes always wanted, but the dread along the way is genuine.
From the opening pages
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a “Penang lawyer.” Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across. “To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,” was engraved upon it, with the date “1884.” It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.
“Well, Watson, what do you make of it?”
Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.
“How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head.”
“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he. “But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor’s stick? Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir becomes of importance. Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an examination of it.”
“I think,” said I, following as far as I could the methods of my companion, “that Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elderly medical man, well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of their appreciation.”
“Good!” said Holmes. “Excellent!”
“I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on foot.”
“Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it. The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it.”
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Book facts
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- First published
- 1902
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Gothic Horror
- Series
- Sherlock Holmes
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Laurie Anne Walden