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The detective returns (1902–1905) · Dartmoor, England, late 1880s

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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A legend of a demon hound haunts the Baskerville family, and Watson goes alone to Dartmoor

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Quick recap

Sir Henry Baskerville inherits an estate on the moors of Dartmoor, where the family is pursued by a legend: a hellish hound that kills the heirs. Dr. Mortimer asks Holmes for help, and Holmes, busy, sends Watson to the moor. Among anonymous letters, an escaped convict and lights in the night, Watson gathers clues. Holmes turns up at the right moment, unravels the trick, and the story closes in the fog of the Grimpen Mire. It is the detective's most famous novel, published in 1902.

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  1. Behind the scenesSerialized first

    The story ran in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902 before it became a book.

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  2. ReferenceEchoes of other Doyle stories

    Doyle may have drawn on his own 1898 stories: "The King of the Foxes", about a giant wolf, and "The Brazilian Cat", about a big cat.

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