Sherlock Holmes investigates a supernatural hound on the misty moors of Dartmoor.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the book that saved Sherlock Holmes — and in doing so, defined what a detective story could be.
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Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our…
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- Chapter 1: Mr. Sherlock HolmesFree
- Chapter 2: The Curse of the BaskervillesFree
- Chapter 3: The ProblemFree
- Chapter 4: Sir Henry BaskervilleFree
- Chapter 5: Three Broken ThreadsFree
- Chapter 6: Baskerville HallFree
- Chapter 7: The Stapletons of Merripit HouseFree
- Chapter 8: First Report of Dr. WatsonFree
- Chapter 9: The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson]Free
- Chapter 10: Extract from the Diary of Dr. WatsonFree
- Chapter 11: The Man on the TorFree
- Chapter 12: Death on the MoorFree
- Chapter 13: Fixing the NetsFree
- Chapter 14: The Hound of the BaskervillesFree
- Chapter 15: A RetrospectionFree
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