The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

W. W. Robson

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the tale of an ancient curse suddenly given a terrifying modern application. The grey towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor hold many secrets for Holmes and Watson to unravel. The detective is contemptuous of supernatural manifestations, but the reader will remain perpetually haunted by the hound from the moor.

The editor of this volume, W.W. Robson, was Emeritus David Masson Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and author of Modern English Literature.

The general editor of the Oxford Sherlock Holmes, Owen Dudley Edwards, is Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh and author or The Quest for Sherlock Holmes: A Biographical Study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

• ISBN10: 019283519X
• ISBN13: 9780192835192
• Publish Date: 18 June 1998 (first published 1 January 1902)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 12 March 2009
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Imprint: Oxford Paperbacks
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[wcs53]

This is a great graphic novel adaptation of one of my favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. It has the right atmosphere and gets the characters right. I liked the way it was drawn and it drew me in enough that i was pretty much able to read it in one setting. I had read it before, but this time I was reading it for my participation in the #savvyreadathon.

[MurderByDeath]

What can I say?  Hound of the Baskervilles is a classic and might possibly be the best of the Holmes stories.  Perfectly crafted, and perfectly atmospheric, this is the kind of story that can be read again and again.   In fact, this is at least my third read and on this go-around I was much more able to admire the subtle clues and hints Conan Doyle wove through the tale.  Although I do have one question:  Dr. Mortimer's wife is mentioned several times in the story and I have to wonder how she felt about him traipsing off around the world without her?   If you like gothic, or mysteries, or just a good atmospheric thriller, you can't go wrong with this one.