The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seat…
Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
“I have in my pocket a manuscript,” said Dr. James Mortimer. “I observed it as you entered the room,” said Holmes. “It is an old manuscript…
Chapter 3. The Problem
I confess at these words a shudder passed through me. There was a thrill in the doctor’s voice which showed that he was himself deeply move…
Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Our breakfast table was cleared early, and Holmes waited in his dressing-gown for the promised interview. Our clients were punctual to thei…
Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mind at will. For two hours the strange business in which we h…
Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr. Mortimer were ready upon the appointed day, and we started as arranged for Devonshire. Mr. Sherlock Holmes dr…
Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House (1)
The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface from our minds the grim and grey impression which had been left upon both…
Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House (2)
“I talked as if Dr. Watson were a resident instead of being merely a visitor,” said she. “It cannot much matter to him whether it is early…
Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
From this point onward I will follow the course of events by transcribing my own letters to Mr. Sherlock Holmes which lie before me on the…
Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson] (1)
Baskerville Hall, Oct. 15th. MY DEAR HOLMES, If I was compelled to leave you without much news during the early days of my mission you must…
Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson] (2)
“Move your light across the window, Watson!” cried the baronet. “See, the other moves also! Now, you rascal, do you deny that it is a signa…
Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
So far I have been able to quote from the reports which I have forwarded during these early days to Sherlock Holmes. Now, however, I have a…
Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor (1)
The extract from my private diary which forms the last chapter has brought my narrative up to the eighteenth of October, a time when these…
Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor (2)
The sun was already sinking when I reached the summit of the hill, and the long slopes beneath me were all golden-green on one side and gre…
Chapter 12. Death on the Moor (1)
For a moment or two I sat breathless, hardly able to believe my ears. Then my senses and my voice came back to me, while a crushing weight…
Chapter 12. Death on the Moor (2)
“It is Selden, the man who escaped from Princetown.” Stapleton turned a ghastly face upon us, but by a supreme effort he had overcome his a…
Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
Sir Henry was more pleased than surprised to see Sherlock Holmes, for he had for some days been expecting that recent events would bring hi…
Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
One of Sherlock Holmes’s defects—if, indeed, one may call it a defect—was that he was exceedingly loath to communicate his full plans to an…
Chapter 15. A Retrospection (1)
It was the end of November, and Holmes and I sat, upon a raw and foggy night, on either side of a blazing fire in our sitting-room in Baker…
Chapter 15. A Retrospection (2)
“It only remains to indicate the part which she had played throughout. There can be no doubt that Stapleton exercised an influence over her…