Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published by DemoPublisher
Mystery, Suspense & Thriller
published 943 days ago
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.

The complete canon consists of the novels and short stories collected in the following books, in this order:

1. A Study in Scarlet (published 1887)
2. The Sign of the Four (published 1890)
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1891–1892 in The Strand)
4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1892–1893 in The Strand as further episodes of the Adventures)
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles (serialised 1901–1902 in The Strand)
6. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1903–1904 in The Strand)
7. The Valley of Fear (serialised 1914–1915)
8. His Last Bow (contains stories published 1908–1913 and 1917)
9. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (contains stories published 1921–1927)

Chap. #	Title	# Words
1	Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes	2346
2	Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles	3895
3	Chapter 3. The Problem	3027
4	Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville	4208
5	Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads	3559
6	Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall	3554
7	Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House	5107
8	Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson	2769
9	Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson]	6764
10	Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson	3747
11	Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor	4663
12	Chapter 12. Death on the Moor	4300
13	Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets	4238
14	Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles	4247
15	Chapter 15. A Retrospection	4097