The country doctor had come to 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of
Sherlock Holmes, with an eerie tale-the legend of the Hound of the
Baskervilles, the devil-beast that haunted the lonely moors around the
Baskervilles' ancestral home. The tale warned the descendants of that
ancient family never to venture out on the moor. But Sir Charles
Baskerville was now dead-and the footprints of a giant hound have been
found near his body. Would the new heir of the Baskervilles meet the
same dreadful fate? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr. Watson,
are faced with their most terrifying case in this wonderful classic of
masterful detection and bone-chilling suspense.The Hound of the
Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally
serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is
set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the
story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome,
diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his
companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance
of Holmes since his apparent death in "The Final Problem", and the
success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual
revival.One of the most famous stories ever written, in 2003, the book
was listed as number 128 of 200 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the
UK's "best-loved novel". In 1999, it was listed as the top Holmes novel,
with a perfect rating from Sherlockian scholars of 100.
