Jeremy Brett
Sherlock Holmes
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Once in Devonshire, Watson discovers a state of emergency, with armed guards on the watch for an escaped convict roaming the moors. He meets potential suspects in Mr. Barrymore and Mrs. Barrymore, the domestic help, and Mr. Jack Stapleton and his sister Beryl, Baskerville neighbors.
Apr 10, 2024 · Based on a local legend of a spectral hound that haunted Dartmoor in Devonshire, England, the story is set in the moors at Baskerville Hall and the nearby Grimpen Mire, and the action takes place mostly at night, when the terrifying hound howls for blood.
Oct 1, 2001 · In Detective Fiction. In Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Jun 27, 2021 · “The peasants say it is the Hound of the Baskervilles calling for its prey. I’ve heard it once or twice before, but never quite so loud.” I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes.
The story is set in the moorlands of Devonshire, England, and follows Holmes and Dr. John Watson as they investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville and the ominous legend of a supernatural hound that haunts the Baskerville family.
The case begins with a document from 1742 that tells the legend of Hugo Baskerville and how he was mauled to death by a hound—allegedly from Hell—that came to be known locally as the hound of the Baskervilles.
