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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Author: Arthur Conan Doyle. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

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Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a “Penang lawyer.” Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across. “To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,” was engraved upon it, with the date “1884.” It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.

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Contents

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  1. Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes11 min
  2. Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles18 min
  3. Chapter 3. The Problem14 min
  4. Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville19 min
  5. Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads16 min
  6. Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall16 min
  7. Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House23 min
  8. Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson13 min
  9. Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson]31 min
  10. Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson17 min
  11. Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor21 min
  12. Chapter 12. Death on the Moor23 min
  13. Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets16 min
  14. Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles19 min
  15. Chapter 15. A Retrospection19 min

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