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The Hound of the Baskervilles
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
1901-1902
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INTRODUCTION
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.
Sir charles baskerville biography of william hill
The novel was wildly popular with the public, which had been waiting for a new Sherlock Holmes story for eight long years. The story's Gothic setting in Dartmoor, England, the murky depths of the Grimpen Mire bog, the supernatural overtones of the spectral hound, and the legend of a curse upon the Baskerville family all combined to make the novel one of the most loved Sherlock Holmes tales of all time.
For over one hundred years, the book has never been out of print, and numerous film and stage versions have been produced worldwide.
The book was inspired by Conan Doyle's friend Fletcher Robinson, a Dartmoor