Mystery

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

A legend of a spectral hound stalking a family’s moor estate draws a detective out of London and into considerably wilder country than his usual beat. It is the most atmospheric of his cases, and arguably the best-loved. Even the dog, in the end, turns out to have a rather more ordinary explanation than the legend deserved.

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Reading time

About 4 hours

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Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #2852. In the public domain in the United States.