Week #51 – The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Week #51 – The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1902

In London, Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes to assist with the legend of a curse that has run in the Baskerville family for generations. Sir Hugo Baskerville kidnapped a farmer's daughter. When she escaped, Hugo made a deal with the devil and pursued her. Hugo's friends found the girl dead of fear and Hugo killed by a demonic hound, which has haunted Dartmoor ever since and caused the death of many Baskerville heirs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles

You can read it here

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2852/2852-h/2852-h.htm

It was made into several movies, the most famous one in 1939

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/

The complete works of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Sherlock_Holmes

https://sherlock-holm.es/

The “hound” is a mixed breed, part mastiff and part bloodhound. The dog's jaws are covered in phosphorus so they appear to glow.

Mastiff

Bloodhound

Baskerville is a font style

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville

https://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/baskerville

Baskerville is a dog muzzle

https://companyofanimals.com/us/brand/baskerville/

Sherlock Holmes fan page

https://bakerstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Baskerville_family

Have you read any Sherlock Holmes original stories? What did you think? Tell us in the comments!