The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Book Overview

The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of master mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most accomplished stories. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson confront one of their most difficult cases ever: is there truly a curse on the old Baskerville estate? Is there truly a ghostly beast lurking on the dark, eerie moors? A masterful concoction of plot and mood, this story is guaranteed to give you the shivers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068983571X
• ISBN13: 9780689835711
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Not accurately described

I ordered like new and received barely acceptable. Pages were creased and the cover was torn and barely holding together. It’s also not the one in the picture. I’ve always gotten nicer than I expected before, but not this time.

Hound of the Baskervilles

"The Hound of The Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle was interesting from the first page. There's already a mystery to be solved right when you open the book, with a mysterious cane left in Watson and Sherlock's office. Doyle keeps each page filled with suspense and thrills. Even as I read, I could hear the low, mournful sound of the hound that Stapleton keeps locked up baying across the moor. The characters are amazing and funny. Sherlock Holmes keeps me giggling with all of his oddities and eccentrities. Watson is amusing with his normal assumptions next to Sherlock. The mystery is intriguing and darker and deeper than it first appears. The book can actually be rather creepy and suspenseful, unlike the other mystery novels where they're solving the typical robbery, or something like that. The only thing that I didn't like as much compared to other authors I've read was that his sense of description wasn't as good. I had to rely more on my imagination to see the moors as he described it rather than what it really looked like. Yet in spite of that, the novel was comedy, mystery, and a pinch of horror all rolled into one delicious enchilada.

A Good Read

I purchased this book for my son for his summer reading assignment and he really enjoyed it!