The Hound Of The Baskervilles Saddleback Classics Tape

JAICO ILLUSTARTED CLASSICS SERIES is a collection of beloved children’s classics read by generations all over the world. Rich with adventures and thrills, these immortal stories with vivid illustrations are designed to delight young readers. THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES begins with the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville, hunted down by a supernatural hound. The next target of the hound, haunting the Grimpen Mire is Sir Henry Baskerville. Sherlock Holmes, the super sleuth, steps in to solve the secret of the legend and a maze of mysteries haunting the moor. Can Holmes solve the mystery surrounding the death of Sir Charles in time to stop the next murder? Come, let’s go to the beautiful English country side and to the gloomy moors with Sherlock Holmes and his trusted aide, Dr. Watson, to unravel one of his most famous cases. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE author and creator of the legendary Sherlock Holmes, was born in Scotland and studied medicine in Edinburgh University. He set up his medical practice in Southsea, but when it failed to do well, he started writing.

The world's most famous detective is brought to life for a new generation of readers in this gripping retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in peculiar circumstances, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called in to investigate. Could the death have something to do with the monstrous hound said to haunt the Baskerville family? And will Holmes and Watson solve the mystery before another innocent man is claimed by the terrible Baskerville curse?

The only full-length Sherlock Holmes novel is now available in this edition that celebrates the 100th anniversary of this classic case. Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the eerie tale of a devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville ancestral home after Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead--and the footprints of a giant hound are found near his body. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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.”

Sir Charles Baskerville died under mysterious conditions. Then, there was another death on the moor. The heir of the Baskervilles, Henry Baskerville, was also a target of the strange creature but someone else was killed in his place. Sherlock Homes, Dr. Watson and detective Lestrade ultimately killed the ferocious hound of the moor. The original flavour of these classics has been carefully retained in these abridged versions. Must be read by the youth, housewives, students and executives.

This Top Five Classics edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles includes: • All 61 illustrations by Sidney Paget from the original Strand serials from 1901–1902 • Introduction • Author bio and select bibliography The Hound of the Baskervilles, which returned Sherlock Holmes to readers eight years after his apparent death at the hands of Professor Moriarty, is often considered the greatest mystery novel in the English language. It became Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous work and launched an improbable and incredibly successful second act for the world’s greatest detective. Hound brilliantly embodies the best of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries while also being a first-rate gothic horror story. Set in the haunting, primeval landscape of the moors in the West Country of England, Holmes and Watson must unravel bewildering clues and confront the centuries-old legend of a terrifying spectral black hound in foiling one of the most devilishly ingenious villains they’ll ever face.