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Sherlock Holmes Collection

The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Art of the Novella) Paperback – July 26, 2005

by Arthur Conan Doyle (Author)

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"It's an ugly business, Watson, an ugly dangerous business, and the more I see of it the less I like it."

Sherlock Holmes had been dead for eight years—killed of in another story—when Arthur Conan Doyle decided to bring the famous detective back for a new story that he told friends was turning into "a real creeper".

The tale about the chilling re-animation of a curse haunting the Baskerville family since Medieval times, wherein a supernatural beast stalks the gloomy moors, would be the most sensationally successful of all the Holmes stories, and a century later, it is still the most thrilling of them all. Full of moody atmospherics, suspicious characters, and dramatic discoveries, The Hound of the Baskervilles also shows off something often overlooked about Doyle: his wonderful prose. Presented here as it first appeared in The Strand magazine in 1901, this great mystery still strikes many as the best ever written.

The Art of The Novella Series

Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.

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—Time Out London

"[F]irst-rate…astutely selected and attractively packaged…indisputably great works."
—Adam Begley, The New York Observer

"I’ve always been haunted by Bartleby, the proto-slacker. But it’s the handsomely minimalist cover of the Melville House edition that gets me here, one of many in the small publisher’s fine 'Art of the Novella' series."
—The New Yorker

"The Art of the Novella series is sort of an anti-Kindle. What these singular, distinctive titles celebrate is book-ness. They're slim enough to be portable but showy enough to be conspicuously consumed—tiny little objects that demand to be loved for the commodities they are."
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"Some like it short, and if you're one of them, Melville House, an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, has a line of books for you... elegant-looking paperback editions ...a good read in a small package."
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About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. In medical school he studied with Dr. Joseph Bell, who encouraged students to use their innate powers of observation. With Bell as his admitted inspiration, Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," in 1887, to phenomenal success. He subsequently published many other types of writing, and served as a doctor in the Boer War. Bored with the Holmes stories, he killed off the character in 1893, but after a public outcry, brought him back. After the death of his son in World War I, Doyle wrote increasingly about spiritualism, until his own death in 1930.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

By Arthur Conan Doyle

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ISBN: 9780974607870
Over the great Grimpen Mire there hung a dense, white fog. It was drifting slowly in our direction and banked itself up like a wall on that side of us, low, but thick and well defined. The moon shone on it, and it looked like a great shimmering icefield, with the heads of the distant tors as rocks borne upon its surface. Holmes's face was turned towards it, and he muttered impatiently as he watched its sluggish drift.

"It's moving towards us, Watson."
"Is that serious?"
"Very serious, indeed - the one thing upon earth which could have disarranged my plans."

Every minute that white woolly plain which covered one half of the moor was drifting closer and closer to the house. Already the first thin wisps of it were curling across the golden square of the lighted window. The farther wall of the orchard was already invisible, and the trees were standing out of a swirl of white vapour. As we watched it the fog-wreaths came crawling round both corners of the house and rolled slowly into one dense bank, on which the upper floor and the roof floated like a strange ship upon a shadowy sea. Holmes struck his hand passionately upon the rock in front of us, and stamped his feet in his impatience.

I was at Holmes's elbow, and I glanced for an instant at his face. It was pale and exultant, his eyes shining brightly in the moonlight. But suddenly they started forward in a rigid, fixed stare, and his lips parted in amazement. At the same instant Lestrade gave a yell of terror and threw himself face downwards upon the ground. I sprang to my feet, my inert hand grasping my pistol, my mind paralysed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog. A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog."

With long bounds the huge black creature was leaping down the track, following hard upon the footsteps of our friend. So paralysed were we by the apparition that we allowed him to pass before we had recovered our nerve. Then Holmes and I both fired together, and the creature gave a hideous howl, which showed that one at least had hit him. He did not pause, however, but bounded onwards. Far away on the path we saw Sir Henry looking back, his face white in the moonlight, his hands raised in horror, glaring helplessly at the frightful thing which was hunting him down.. . .

Never have I seen a man run as Holmes ran that night. I am reckoned fleet of foot, but he outpaced me . . . In front of us as we flew up the track we heard scream after scream from Sir Henry and the deep roar of the hound. I was in time to see the beast spring upon its victim, hurl him to the ground, and worry at his throat.

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THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrations Copyright © 2006 Pam Smy. Published by Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Melville House (July 26, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0974607878
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0974607870
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.01 x 0.65 x 7 inches

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Kd Light

Loved it

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2023

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Had seen the movie, but never had read it.

I recommend it if you are a fan of classical detective stories, or even like a little scare in your stories.

I enjoyed the book, the characters, and scenery.

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Kenya Starflight

A well-known Holmes story that's still nicely chilling and enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2021

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Sherlock Holmes has so thoroughly permeated the literary and pop-culture worlds that it's possible to be very familiar with the fictional man, the stories dedicated to him, and the tropes ascribed to him without ever having read one of his actual stories. And for a long time I was one of those people -- I knew plenty about Sherlock and even knew the basics of the plot to "Hound of the Baskervilles" (thanks, Wishbone), but had never actually read a Holmes story. "Hound of the Baskervilles" is my first Sherlock Holmes story, and while I already knew the basics of the plot, it was nice to read the original, and it was nicely suspenseful and full of twists.

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the moors near his estate, it's assumed he died of a heart attack. But the esteemed detective Sherlock Holmes suspects foul play, and so when Baskerville's nephew goes to claim the estate as the last surviving heir, Holmes sends his assistant Watson to accompany him and gather clues. Watson dutifully records the goings-on and the intrigues surrounding the estate and the surrounding farms and moors... but it will fall on Holmes to finally piece together the mystery. And when a dark legend surrounding the Baskervilles -- a legend concerning a demonic hound -- rears its ugly head once again, it remains to be seen if the famed detective can stop the legend from claiming another life...

Surprisingly, Sherlock Holmes is absent for a good chunk of this book. But Watson is a surprisingly likable protagonist, an everyman who may lack Holmes' brilliant mind but is still analytical enough to pick up clues, and who has a sense of empathy and kindness that Holmes can occasionally lack. And there's a surprisingly eclectic and fun cast of characters to be had in this story, from the hapless American transplant trying to get settled in a dreary English estate to the servants with their own dark secrets to the doctor with an eccentric obsession with skulls.

While I was familiar with this story going in (not surprising, as it's one of the most famous Holmes stories), it still managed to be a nicely chilling and suspenseful read. The writing style can feel a little antiquated compared to a lot of modern writing, especially thrillers, but it still manages to hold a lot of suspense and creeping horror, as well as some genuinely witty and humorous moments to lighten the mood as necessary.

The Sherlock Holmes stories have managed to stand the test of time, and for good reason. Hound of the Baskervilles is still a creepy and enjoyable read decades after it was first written, and is a great mystery story with a dash of possibly-supernatural elements to liven it up.

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The Hound Of The Baskervilles

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Has been my favorite Sherlock Holmes story for the longest time. It is a spooky whodunit, and those remain my favorite to day.

That being said I will mention for those new to this story. That it was first published in 1902 and does have 2 instances of describing two peoples racial demographic in ways that are no longer socially acceptable in 2023. However, wrong today and wholeheartedly I agree they are wrong. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had passed away long before these social standards changed. Sherlock Holmes is one of the best mystery genres series in spite of this blemish our more intelligent era must put on it.

As for the story of a supernatural curse that befall generations of the Baskerville family and the superstitious beliefs of a isolated community. It is especially spine tingling and could inspire one to sleep with the lights on. For those reasons alone. I would highly recommend it to others.

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Narciso Garibay

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Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024

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I will always have a deep love for Sherlock Holmes and in particular this book! I can re-read it over and over again and still have the same initial reaction. LOVE IT!!!

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DodgyUSA

This is specifically for the audio CD----Track listing

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021

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Amazon lumps everything together, so you see reviews about the book rather than the Stephen Fry CD reading.
Fry does a very good job, and seldom mixes his accents when speaking in the American accent of Henry Baskerville and then switching back to Dr. Watson.
One thing about all these Fry cds is that whether MP3 or regular cds the track listings is a bit weak.
Here are the listings for HOUND

Chapter 1: Mr Sherlock Holmes (CD 1: tracks 1-8)
Chapter 2: The Curse of the Baskervilles (CD 1: tracks 9-12)
Chapter 3: The Problem (CD 1: tracks 13-22)
Chapter 4: Sir Henry Baskerville (CD 2: tracks 1-10)
Chapter 5: Three Broken Threads (CD 2: tracks 11-18)
Chapter 6: Baskerville Hall (CD 2: tracks 19-27)
Chapter 7: The Stapletons of Merripit House (CD 3: tracks 1-10)
Chapter 8: First Report of Dr. Watson (CD 3: tracks 11-16)
Chapter 9: The Light Upon the Moor [2nd Report of Dr. Watson] (CD 3: tracks 17-24) (CD 4: tracks 1-7)
Chapter 10: Extract from Diary of Dr. Watson (CD 4: tracks 8-14)
Chapter 11: The Man on the Tor (CD 4: tracks 15-23)
Chapter 12: Death on the Moor (CD 5: tracks 1-9)
Chapter 13: Fixing the Nets (CD 5: tracks 10-19)
Chapter 14: The Hound of the Baskervilles (CD 6: tracks 1-10)
Chapter 15: A Retrospection (CD 6: tracks 11-19)

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Lynn Freeden

The Hound of the Baskerville

Reviewed in Canada on November 25, 2023

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First time reading Arthur Conan Doyle book. Enjoyed it!

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It's a nasty dog !?!???

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2024

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A good yarn.......if you like Doyle's stuff !

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Goede kwaliteit voor een kleine prijs

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Ricardo

Really nice edition / Edición muy bonita

Reviewed in Spain on February 19, 2024

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🇬🇧 One of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories, I have several editions both separately and integrated into volumes with more stories, but one more never hurts. This one, in particular, is a very small book, but very nice and at a very good price. Perfect for Holmes fans, whether for yourself or as a gift. 10/10
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🇪🇸 Una de las historias clásicas de Sherlock Holmes, tengo varias ediciones tanto por separado como integradas en tomos con más historias, pero una más nunca viene mal. Esta, en concreto, es un libro muy pequeño, pero muy bonito y a muy buen precio. Perfecto para fans de Holmes, ya sea para ti o para regalar. 10/10