The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A death on the moor.
A family curse.
And something enormous moving through the fog.

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into one of their most atmospheric investigations when Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead near his ancestral home on Dartmoor.

The Baskerville family has long been haunted by a legend: a monstrous hound, supernatural in origin, said to pursue members of the bloodline across the moor.

When the heir to Baskerville Hall arrives, the old story begins to feel uncomfortably present.

Dartmoor becomes a character in its own right, filled with mist, darkness, distant cries, ancient stone, and the constant uncertainty of whether the danger is human or something far stranger.

Originally published in the early twentieth century, The Hound of the Baskervilles remains one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s best-known Sherlock Holmes mysteries and one of the great Gothic-tinged detective stories.

A Note from The Literary Garden

I have always preferred the Hound.

Holmes receives most of the attention, naturally, but the creature on the moor is the part that lingers. Half legend, half terror, and never quite separate from the fog surrounding it.

Philodendron ‘Florida Ghost’ seemed an obvious companion. Its newest leaves can emerge remarkably pale before gradually deepening in color, giving the plant an almost spectral appearance.

It does not belong to Holmes.

It belongs to the Hound.

Book Details

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Pages: 116
Publication Date: November 15, 2015
Dimensions: 9 × 6 × 0.28 in