num_pages: 208
description: This a previously-published edition of 9780812966060.Introduction by Laurie R. King   The most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles features the phantom dog of Dartmoor, which, according to an ancient legend, has haunted the Baskervilles for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly of a heart attack on the grounds of the family’s estate, the locals are convinced that the spectral hound is responsible, and Holmes is called in. “Conan Doyle triumphed and triumphed deservedly,” G. K. Chesterton wrote, “because he took his art seriously, because he lavished a hundred little touches of real knowledge and genuine picturesqueness on the police novelette.”
language: English
title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
titlecomplete: The Hound of the Baskervilles
characters: Beryl Stapleton, Charles Baskerville, James Desmond, John Barrymore (Conan Doyle), Dr. John Watson, Mr. Perkins, Sherlock Holmes, James Mortimer, Jack Stapleton, Johna Clayton, John Watson, Eliza Barrymore, Laura Lyons, Henry Baskerville, Mr. Selden, Mr. Frankland
genres: Audiobook, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Literature, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 331725
places: Dartmoor, Devon, England, London, England, England, Devon, England
series: Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Compleet
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Audie Award
category: Best Audio Drama, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Modern Library