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  • Published: 28 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141920412
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

The Hound of the Baskervilles




One of the best-known pieces of detective fiction and probably the most popular of all Holmes stories

The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body: this classic horror story pits detective against dog. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES gripped readers when it was first serialised and has continued to hold its place in the popular imagination.

  • Published: 28 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141920412
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

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About the author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.

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