Hound of the Baskervilles

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Hound of the Baskervilles (2007, Penguin Books, Limited)

English language

Published June 4, 2007 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-14-062361-1
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4 stars (99 reviews)

In this classic mystery set in 19th-century England, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are faced with discovering the truth behind the curse on the wealthy Baskerville family.

We owe The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog.

Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be …

166 editions

A little constructed for today's taste, but overall, a pleasant read

3 stars

I hadn't read this book before, and so my abridged and simplified version (which I wasn't able to find on the Internet, but it looked similar to the one depicted here) was an odd experience: the characters are so terse in their interactions that they appear to be rude, and I was always wondering how much of that would be found in the original version.

The story itself is a little constructed for today's taste, but overall, it's a pleasant read, and the Great Detective's exploits are always fun.

I'd recommend this version only for learners.

Magistral

5 stars

Esta novela es una de las cumbres de Conan Doyle, si no la mayor. Es capaz de mantener al lector atrapado sin resistirse a seguir leyendo capítulo tras capítulo. Al contrario que en otros autores de misterio, no es, en mi opinión, tan extraordinario el misterio en sí, o su resolución más o menos sorpresiva, como la tensión narrativa y la trama de historias secundarias que va tejiendo. A pesar de ser el autor un apasionado del espiritismo y otras "ciencias" ocultas, no cayó en el error de hacer una simple historia de miedo, sino que guía a Holmes y Watson (el verdadero protagonista esta vez) en todo momento por los caminos de la deducción y la lógica para crear una obra fascinante. Imprescindible.

Review of 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2014] Doyle, Arthur Conan' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I've read all of Conan Doyle's Holmes works multiple times and have been going through them again over the last couple of months. Funny thing is, this time around The Hound seems like the only one worth revisiting occasionally. Conan Doyle is best when he works in short form, but even then, once a couple familiar passages hit the rest falls into place so quickly it's sometimes not worth the effort to actually read it through.

This novel is different because it uses Holmes sparingly, leaving the reader wanting more, and it has a great pace and atmosphere - both of which he misses in his other long works with Holmes.

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Subjects

  • Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
  • Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), fiction
  • Private investigators, fiction
  • England, fiction
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)

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