Set in the shadowy "bleak but beautiful" moorlands of Baskerville, the story features the celebrated detective as he faces a diabolical hound. As the legend goes on, the infernal hound hunts only the tenants of Baskerville hall and now Sir Henry's life is in grave danger.
But is there a really a heinous hound or is there something nefarious going on behind the scene?
One of Doyle's best works, the story involves a very fascinating forest imagery. And the curiously phenomenal plot is sure to make you read it in a single sitting!!
"He said that there were no traces upon the ground round the body. He did not observe any. but I did - some little distance off, but fresh and clear"
"Footprints?"
"Footprints."
"A man's or a woman's?"
Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered: "Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of gigantic hound!"
-Arthur Conan Doyle (The Hounds of Baskerville)
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