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Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely in Dartmoor, Devon, in England's West Country and follows Holmes and Watson investigating the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1902
Jul 31, 2024 · The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of the best known of the Sherlock Holmes novels, written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1901. The novel was serialized in The Strand Magazine (1901–02) and was published in book form in 1902.
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.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1902
- Bringing Sherlock Back from The Dead?
- The Scene of The Crime – Dartmoor
- The Baskerville Family
- An Instant Success
In 1893 Sherlock Holmes met his death at Reichenbach Falls in The Adventure of the Final Problem. His fans had to wait until 1901 to once again enjoy a novel featuring the great detective. In March of 1901 Conan Doyle vacationed in Norfolk with his friend Bertram Fletcher Robinson. While the men played golf and relaxed they spoke of many things. Ro...
Later that month Robinson took Conan Doyle on a tour of Dartmoor. They visited Brook Manor, Grimspound, Child’s Tomb and Fox Tor Mires. There were some initial thoughts that Robinson would actually coauthor the book. In the end, most experts agree that the book was written by Conan Doyle. However Conan Doyle did dedicate the book to Robinson and pr...
Did the Baskerville family really exist? Harry Baskerville, a driver employed by Robinson, was thought to have provided the inspiration for the name. In fact, Robinson gave Baskerville a copy of The Hound of the Baskervillesthat was inscribed, “To Harry Baskerville, with apologies for using the name.” Another possible source is the legend of the Ca...
The Hound of the Baskervilles was first published in The Strandmagazine in August of 1901. The public was indeed ready to hear more about Sherlock Holmes. The magazine’s circulation instantly rose by thirty thousand copies. The novel that Conan Doyle described as “a real creeper” was an instant success. See quotes from The Hound of the Baskervilles
There is an old legend of the Baskervilles, that they are tainted by a centuries-old curse. The curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles, a spectral hell hound that chases down members of the family if they should venture out upon the moors at night and brings about their early demise.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was published in serialized form from August 1901 to April 1902 in the British magazine the Strand. The novel was wildly popular with the public, which had been waiting for a new Sherlock Holmes story for eight long years.
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The third of the four crime novels featuring the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902. It is set largely in Dartmoor in Devon, and tells the story of murder and attempted murder committed by a fearsome, supernatural, huge ...
