The Hound of the Baskervilles

Name: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

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15 chapters
Reading level: 6th grade

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a crime novel serialized from August 1901 to April 1902. Set on the eerie moors of Dartmoor, the story follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate a terrifying legend: a demonic hound that has cursed the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies under mysterious circumstances and his heir arrives from Canada, strange events begin to unfold. Is the hound supernatural, or is something more sinister at play?

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Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)
Private investigators · England
Dogs
Detective and mystery stories
Blessing and cursing
Dartmoor (England)

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Chapter 1

Mr. Sherlock Holmes

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."

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This free edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #3070, released 2002-02-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery, Novels, British Literature.

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