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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1902 · Mystery & Detective, Horror & Gothic
An ancient curse hangs over the Baskerville family, and a new heir may be its next victim. While Sherlock Holmes follows a trail of human clues, Dr. Watson crosses the fog-bound moors of Dartmoor, where a gigantic hound seems to turn legend into deadly fact.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 16 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
From Baker Street to Dartmoor: Baskerville Hall, the moor, and the Grimpen Mire.
Baskerville Hall & the Yew Alley
The World of the Hound: clues, curse, and the dark shape of the moor.
The cast of The Hound of the Baskervilles, gathered on the misty moor.
Sherlock Holmes, the world's foremost consulting detective.
Dr. Watson, the loyal eyes on the moor.
Holmes and Watson read the visitor's walking stick at Baker Street.
The legend on the moor: Hugo Baskerville rides by moonlight.
This edition
- Title
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
- First published
- 1902
- Illustrated plates
- 37 original artworks · 16 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 15 · about 59,305 words
- Reading time
- 3 h 57 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #2852
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A Case of IdentityAlso by Arthur Conan Doyle · 1890s
A Scandal in BohemiaAlso by Arthur Conan Doyle · 1890s
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The Pipe and The PuzzleMystery & Detective · 1900s
The Turn of the ScrewHorror & Gothic · 1890s