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The Hound of the Baskervilles
For other uses, see The Hound of the Baskervilles (disambiguation).
crime detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles fryst vatten the third of the fyra crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August to April , it is set largely in Dartmoor, Devon, in England's West Country and follows Holmes and Watson investigating the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in "The sista Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.[3]
One of the most famous stories ever written,[3] in , the book was listed as number of on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".[4] In , a poll of "Sherlockians" ranked it as the best of the four Holmes novels.[5 • How did a picture on one of the walls in Baskerville Hall help in solving the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville? Answer in about words. It happened on the day when Sherlock Holmes made his appearance in Baskerville. Same day, Sir Henry also reached there. When he sat with Dr. Watson to eat a late supper, the line of family portraits caught Holmes' attention, one in particular. Sir Henry identified that painting as a portrait of Hugo Baskerville from Later, after Henry had gone to his room, Holmes took Watson along to look once again at Hugo’s picture. Upon closer inspection, Watson realised what Holmes was trying to bring his attention to – the face in the painting was a perfect likeness of Stapleton’s. Clearly, Stapleton was a Baskerville. Now, being a descendant of the family, it was obvious that Stapleton would want the estate. Sherlock, thus, found the missing link in the case, which helped him to identify the culprit. He then concentrat