| The Hound of the Baskervilles Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author), King, Laurie R. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0812966066 ISBN-13: 9780812966060 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $9.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: The most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, "The Hound of the Baskervilles features the phantom dog of Dartmoor, which, according to an ancient legend, has haunted the Baskervilles for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly of a heart attack on the grounds of the family's estate, the locals are convinced that the spectral hound is responsible, and Holmes is called in. "Conan Doyle triumphed and triumphed deservedly," G. K. Chesterton wrote, "because he took his art seriously, because he lavished a hundred little touches of real knowledge and genuine picturesqueness on the police novelette." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002029505 |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.24" W x 8.1" (0.34 lbs) 208 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5984 Reading Level: 8.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introduction by Laurie R. King The most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles features the phantom dog of Dartmoor, which, according to an ancient legend, has haunted the Baskervilles for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly of a heart attack on the grounds of the family's estate, the locals are convinced that the spectral hound is responsible, and Holmes is called in. "Conan Doyle triumphed and triumphed deservedly," G. K. Chesterton wrote, "because he took his art seriously, because he lavished a hundred little touches of real knowledge and genuine picturesqueness on the police novelette." |