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Oct 12, 2011

Doug rated it:

My Grandpa Cannon loved this story, and he often told of a time when he went to see a "picture show" about the Hound of the Baskervilles. "It scared the willies out of me," he said, and then he and his friend had to part ways as my grandpa rode his bicycle home in the dark.

He was thinking about this devil-hound, and then he heard something panting behind him. He pedaled faster and faster, but the panting only got faster and faster too. Then, it was harder and h More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Alison rated it:

I love Sherlock Holmes. I love his name, I love his clothes...I just love his style. Reading The Hound of the Baskervilles...I felt like I was reading the first detective novel ever written. Doyle defined the genre--he was the first and the best.

My nine-year-old daughter loves Sherlock Holmes. She has a little Sherlock Holmes hat that we bought for dress as your favorite literary character day, and she loves nothing more than to put on her little brown trench coat from Target, su More...

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Dec 02, 2011

Michael rated it:

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The key to producing a good adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles in any media is for the producers to understand that perhaps the most important character in the story is not Sherlock Holmes, or Doctor Watson; it's the moor and the atmosphere it generates in all its aspects, whether it be the shadow filled night or the stark brightness of the day. Ian Edginton's adaptation of the famous story into the medium of graphic novel is very faithful to the Conan Doyle More...

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Apr 10, 2009

Brad rated it:

The ultimate tale of the ultimate Victorian hero, The Hound of the Baskervilles is a true masterpiece of the mystery genre, and quite possibly remains the finest mystery novel ever produced -- even if its first appearance was serialized in Strand Magazine.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's unforgettable hero Sherlock Holmes matches his wits against what appears to be a centuries old curse and the ghostly hound that exacts vengeance on the Baskerville ancestors for Sir Hugo Baskerville's sadis More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Carlo rated it:

The good thing about any Sherlock Holmes book, is that the story doesn't revolve only around some mystery. You can't help but realize the richness of Arthur Conan Doyle's fiction, which makes the Holmes mysteries distinguished from many others. Focusing solely on the mystery (not necessarily a bad thing) increases the chance of the book being forgotten as soon as another comes out. This evidently doesn't happen with the Holmes mysteries, which makes their namesake one of the most memorable chara More...

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Dec 18, 2007

Amanda rated it:

I just finished teaching this book, and it gave me a new appreciation for the vocabulary and structure of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I was a little nervous about teaching this to 6th graders, as the vocabulary is difficult, and the story is intricately woven together, and can be confusing for younger readers. But as always the girls fell in love with Watson, and were amazed at Sherlock's ability to piece together this puzzle.

This story is set in London and the English countryside of Dar More...

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Dec 02, 2011

Laurel rated it:

I love reading a classic Sherlock Holmes story, but I've never "seen" an interpretation of a Holmes mystery. The graphics and coloring enhanced both the settings and the emotional responses of the characters to the plot. I thought that the writer also did an excellent job of adapting the material to a new format. All in all, I'm very interested to read/view many more!

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Jan 25, 2009

Bruce rated it:

Having completed my nth reading of Arthur Conan Doyle’s, The Hound of the Baskervilles, not having read it for a decade or two, I was once again charmed, realizing yet again why the Sherlock Holmes stories have been so enduring for so many readers. This time around I was more aware of the occasional tiny and subtle clues that Doyle, in the person of Watson, provides about Holmes’s personality. Why has this curious figure so captivated readers for more than a century? He is cool, indeed rather More...

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Apr 19, 2011

Elisa rated it:

"Per me il mistero più grande è come mai il cane, supponendo che tutte le nostre ipotesi siano corrette...".
"Io non suppongo". (Watson e Holmes)

Avete presente i libri pop-up che popolano gli scaffali dedicati alla letteratura d'infanzia? Quelli che, appena aperti, sputano fuori sagome cartacee di rospi, draghi e castelli? Ho il fondato sospetto che sia stato Conan Doyle a fornire l'idea a qualche creativo. Apri "Il mastino dei Baskerville", ti prepa More...

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Feb 12, 2008

Ian rated it:

I liked the book, but REALLY liked the British film production that I've seen on PBS. It was the scariest thing I've ever watched--ever! I can't wait to see it again!

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Feb 17, 2012

29alabs rated it:

Sherlock Holmes es ese personaje de legenda del que te enteras más por el cine y la T.V. (¡y los comics!) que por el material original. Nunca había leído algo de Conan Doyle, pero con un ejemplar de El sabueso de los Baskersville en mis manos, uno de mis relatos favoritos de pequeño (que en verdad se había reducido en mi memoria a el relato acerca de un perro gigante asesino), decidí darle una oportunidad.

Una de las primeras cosas que llamó mi atención es que los fondos están descrit More...

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Dec 02, 2011

Seth rated it:

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Edginton and Culbard

After an unsuccessful permanent hiatus (and killing off his great detective), Arthur Conan Doyle returned to Sherlock Holmes and penned perhaps his most famous of the sleuth’s stories. The Hound of the Baskervilles was well-regarded and is still read by students and Holmes aficionados every year. I, however, have never read the book and approached this adaptation in near total ignorance. As mentioned recently, I have some familiarity with the characters and their inclinations via the c More...

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Dec 02, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

This was my first time reading a novel starring Sherlock Holmes. I've always wanted to read about Sherlock Holmes after seeing a few movies, etc., but never got around to it. I recently went to see the newest "Sherlock Holmes" movie starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law and decided it was time I sat down and read the stories for myself. (I thought the movie was great by the way. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen) So I put it on my Christmas list and this is the book I g More...

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Feb 07, 2009

Cassandre rated it:

Présentation de l'éditeur
Les circonstances dramatiques de la disparition de sir Charles ont réveillé le souvenir de la malédiction qui pèse sur la famille des Baskerville : dès que l'heure de la mort a sonné pour l'un d'eux, un chien monstrueux lui apparaît. Watson est chargé de veiller sur sir Henry, dernier héritier de la famille, tandis que Sherlock Holmes décide de résoudre lui-même l'énigme à l'insu de tous...

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Feb 11, 2009

Karen rated it:

I have never read this book and found it refreshing. The language and writing style were a throwback, and yet I found it exciting. I great mystery too boot.

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Mar 13, 2008

Molly rated it:

I think the writing in this was pretty good, but I felt like he wasn't trying that hard to create a real mystery. There are no red herrings in this book, which is surprising, and in almost every instance where someone is being suspicious, they are. Some things are too obvious and you figure out right away what roles most of the characters are playing. I think it does give a good sense of Arthur Conan Doyle's writing style in general, and I believe this was towards the end of his career... perhap More...

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Apr 29, 2009

Nick added it

Another horrible book that my teacher forced me to read. I thought it was very boring. Mostly because of how old it was and the old setting of the whole story.

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Feb 16, 2012

Nicholas rated it:

Possibly the most famous of all of the cases of Sherlock Holmes, the Hound of the Baskervilles pits the super-sleuth against a supernatural legend given substance. As with all the other Holmes tales, the story is recounted entirely from the point of view of Dr Watson, but unlike the prior tales of Holmes' exploits, Watson has a much greater role than bystander in this story. Indeed for much of the time Holmes himself is absent and it is Watson who conducts the investigation, doing his best to fo More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Bev rated it:

Since I've been struggling with my reading (and as a by-product, my blogging) lately, I decided to go back to something tried and true--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes never lets me down. Give me a good old Victorian mystery set on the moors of England and watch the reading doldrums fade away.

This is the classic story of Sir Henry Baskerville and legend of the giant hound that haunts his family. Is it really true that a spectral dog hunts dow More...

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Jan 29, 2012

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Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskerville

I think that the Sherlock Holmes series are amazingly written, with fantastic descriptions of characters and places. The mysteries in the books are full of tiny clues that are very intricately and well pieced together.

The fact that the text is written in first person makes the reader feel really close to the action, and this means that the mystery is closer to you and it makes you feel like you are there, solving the problem w More...

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Jan 30, 2012

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So far in this book I have read about Sherlock Holmes and his partner working on a very strange case in which a man died in some conjunction to the family legend and his son the heir has been followed had shoes missing and returned and has been sent a cryptic note. Every lead has gone cold and, the man has even been followed by a man posing as sherlock Holmes. Now Sir henry and sherlock Holmes partner have gone to Baskerville hall for Sir charles to start to live there.

I think the b More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Becky rated it:

I am a fan of the Sherlock Holmes books and I am slowly making my way through them in order. This has recently been on TV but I missed it, however a lot of requests started coming in for the book and I will admit this has been in my locker at work since October (approx 3/4 months) oops! So I thought I had better read it so I could send it out to fill the requests. At only 214 pages I managed to complete it in one day and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles i More...

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Jan 08, 2012

Melissa rated it:

This was my least favourite Sherlock Holmes read to date. It was the first of the novels that I've read, having stuck to the short story collections before, and while it wasn't particularly bad, I can't be any more enthusiastic than 'okay'.

Holmes and Watson are employed on behalf of Sir Henry Baskerville, who recently inherited the family estate from his uncle. Since the death of their ancestor Hugo Baskerville - commonly believed among moor-folk to have been murdered by a demonic d More...

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Nov 02, 2011

Elisha rated it:

I could never quite get into Sherlock Holmes as a kid, which really bothered me because I thought I loved ALL mysteries (and wasn't Sherlock Holmes supposed to be the greatest?). I don't want to say that age and the Robert Downey Jr. version of Holmes changed me....but it has. I admit it may mostly be Robert Downey Jr. I thought his Holmes was just awesome. For once you liked the guy, rather than just got tired of his know-it-all-ness.

This famous story is about a huge, demon ho More...

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Oct 27, 2011

Ruth rated it:

Mystery books have never really been my cup of tea. I've tried some Agatha Christie and told myself that I should read more of them, but I never get around to it. They just don't "call" to me like so many other books.
But Doyle might be the man to change that. This book probably would have gotten 5 stars from me if I hadn't read a referance to it and known the endding before I started. But none the less, it was a great story.
I've seen a couple of Sherlock Holmes movies and More...

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Oct 11, 2011

Noah rated it:

Sherlock Holmes
Have you ever made a smart observation? Have you ever solved a small mystery? Well imagine doing this as a profession. In the book Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskerville by Sir Arthur Doyle Sherlock does just that. Sherlock was the best in his line of work until now.
In this book Sherlock Holmes changes a lot. He realizes that he is getting old, and isn’t as cut out for the job as he used to be. Knowing this humbles him and makes him think about his life and t More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Amy rated it:

This was the first Sherlock Holmes novel I've ever read, even though I have had The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes sitting on my bookshelf since middle school or earlier (I got it with a 2 for $1 deal at Walmart). I like to read a series in its entirety and in order, and it was frustrating to me to not know which came first and what else there was; but then I realized that I was going to have to let it go and just enjoy what was in front of me (especially if I was going to finish it in time for More...

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Aug 25, 2011

Christian rated it:

While reading:

No wonder this book is often regarded as one of the great mystery novels. From the opening pages with the unidentified guest, Doyle creates an atmosphere of excitement and intrigue. The fast pace of The Hound gives the reader a sense of urgency. I have finished half of the book since this afternoon. The reading itself is quite simple, but the desire to find clues prevented me from merely speeding through the book. I'm intrigued to find out what happens out on the moor.. More...

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Aug 23, 2011

Seth rated it:

The Hound of the Baskervilles was a great book. I'm a large fan of murder mysteries and the fact that it was Sherlock Holmes just made it better! It was a book that I just opened and read without even wondering how long I had been reading or what page I was on. With these kind of books you always wanna try to pick out who the criminal is half way through the book when you believe all the characters are introduced, and I changed who I thought the villain was five times before choosing and stickin More...

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Aug 21, 2011

Marie rated it:

Bisher mein liebstes Sherlock Holmes Buch! Der Schreibstil ist so wunderbar und schön, wie man ihn gewöhnt ist, flüssig zu lesen und trotzdem nicht einfach. Die Beschreibungen der Gegend und von allem sind hier mehr als gelungen und angebracht und unterstrichen die düstere Atmosphäre des Moores, auf dem sich das ganze größtenteils abspielte, perfekt. Das Setting in diesem Buch fand ich wirklich unglaublich cool und der ganze Roman hatte für mich eine bedrückende, unheimliche, geheimnisvolle Stim More...

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