The Hound of the Baskervilles

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the desolate Devon moor, the only clue is the footprint of a gigantic hound. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to investigate the Baskerville family’s ancestral curse, a legend that summons a spectral beast to exact bloody vengeance. Is the heir to the estate threatened by supernatural forces, or is a more modern, rational hand behind the terror?

This volume, the first in the Oxford World’s Classics series of Sherlock Holmes editions, presents Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated mystery novel. Blending historical gothic atmosphere, detective fiction, and folk horror, The Hound of the Baskervilles pits scientific deduction against ancient myth. Darryl Jones’s introduction explores the novel’s colonial roots, its vivid Dartmoor landscape, and the enduring power of folklore.