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  • Published: 18 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241984352
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $26.00

The Hound of the Baskervilles





The beloved Sherlock Holmes novel published as an Essential for the first time

'Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!'

The death, quite suddenly, of Sir Charles Baskerville in mysterious circumstances is the trigger for one of the most extraordinary cases ever to challenge the brilliant analytical mind of Sherlock Holmes. As rumours of a legendary hound said to haunt the Baskerville family circulate, Holmes and Watson are asked to ensure the protection of Sir Charles' only heir, Sir Henry - who has travelled all the way from America to reside at Baskerville Hall in Devon. And it is there, in an isolated mansion surrounded by mile after mile of wild moor, that Holmes and Watson come face to face with a terrifying evil that reaches out from centuries past . . .

  • Published: 18 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241984352
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $26.00

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About the author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).

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Praise for The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes's best ... remains a classic

Marcel Berlins, The Times