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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Cover of the 1st edition
Author(s)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cover artist
Alfred Garth Jones
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Genre(s)
Detective fiction
Publisher
George Newnes
Publication date
1902[1]
Media type
Print (hardback)
Pages
359
ISBN
NA
Preceded by
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Followed by
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
"The Hound of the Baskervilles"
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Released
Series
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Client(s)
Sir Henry Baskerville
Set in
1889
Villain(s)
Jack Stapleton
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.
Contents
1 Origins
1.1 Main characters
2 Plot
2.1 Introduction
2.2 In London
2.3 At Baskerville Hall
2.4 The convict
2.5 The appearance of Holmes
2.6 Climax
2.7 Epilogue
2.8 Adaptations
3 Timing Issue
4 Film adaptations
5 Related works
6 In other media
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
[edit] Origins
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote this story shortly after returning to his home Undershaw from South Africa, where he had worked as a volunteer physician at the Langman Field Hospital in Bloemfontein at the time of the Second Boer War.
Conan Doyle had not written about Sherlock Holmes in eight years, having killed off the character in the 1893 story "The Final Problem". Although The Hound of the Baskervilles is set before the latter events, two years later Conan Doyle would bring Holmes back for good, explaining in "The Adventure of the Empty House" that Holmes had faked his own death.
He was assisted with the plot by a 30-year-old Daily Express journalist named Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870C1907). His ideas came from the legend of Richard Cabell, which was the fundamental inspiration for the Baskerville tale of a hellish hound and a cursed country squire. Cabell's tomb can be seen in the Devon town of Buckfastleigh.[2][3]
Squire Richard Cabell lived during the 17th century and was the local squire at Buckfastleigh. He had a passion for hunting and was what in those days was described as a 'monstrously evil man'. He gained this reputation for, amongst other things, immorality and having sold his soul to the Devil. There was also a rumour that he had murdered his wife. On the 5th of July 1677, he died and was laid to rest in 'the sepulchre,' but that was only the beginning of the story. The night of his interment saw a phantom pack of hounds come baying across the moor to howl at his tomb. From that night onwards, he could be found leading the phantom pack across the moor, usually on the anniversary of his death. If the pack were not out hunting, they could be found ranging around his grave howling and shrieking. In an attempt to lay the soul to rest, the villagers built a large building around the tomb, and to be doubly sure a huge slab was placed on top of the grave to stop the ghost of the squire escaping.[4]
Moreover, Devon's folklore includes tales of a fearsome supernatural dog known as the Yeth hound that Conan Doyle may have heard.
Conan Doyle's description of Baskerville Hall was inspired by a visit to Cromer Hall in Norfolk. Some other elements of the story are the product of a stay at the Royal Links Hotel in West Runton, where Conan Doyle first heard the story of Black Shucka ghost dog from the Cromer area, which is said to run between Overstrand in the east and East Runton in the west.[2] It is authoritatively noted that Baskerville Hall as first seen by Watson closely resembles the appearance of Conan Doyle's old school, Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, when viewed from its driveway.[5]
[edit] Main characters
Sherlock Holmes C Holmes is the famed 221B Baker Street detective with a keen eye, acute intelligence and a logical mind. His observation and intuition personified, and although he takes a back seat to Watson for much of this particular adventure, we always feel his presence. In the end, it takes all of his legendary crime-solving powers to identify the ingenious killer, save the life of the next intended victim, and solve the Baskerville mystery.
Dr. John WatsonCThe novel's narrator, Dr. Watson is Holmes' stalwart assistant at Baker Street and the chronicler of his many triumphs as a private investigator. He steps for a while into Holmes' boots, expressing his eagerness to impress his colleague by cracking this most baffling of cases before Holmes returns to the fray.
Sir Hugo BaskervilleCThis 17th-century Baskerville ancestor spawned the legend of the family curse. Sir Hugo had been the picture of aristocratic excess, drunkenness and debauchery until, one night, he was reputedly killed near Baskerville Hall, in the wilds of Dartmoor, by a demonic hound sent to punish his wickedness.
Sir Charles BaskervilleCThe former lord of the manor of the Baskerville estates in Devon, Sir Charles was a superstitious bachelor in waning health. Long terrified by the Baskerville legend, his footprints show that he must have been fleeing from something at the time of his recent death in the grounds of Baskerville Hall. Furthermore, the paw-prints of a large dog marked the soil near his corpse. Sir Charles had been a philanthropist. His enlightened plans to invest funds in the isolated district surrounding Baskerville Hall prompts his heir, Sir Henry, to want to move there and continue his uncle's good works.
Sir Henry BaskervilleCThe late Sir Charles' nephew and closest known relative. Sir Henry inherits the Baskerville baronetcy. He is described as "a small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty years of age, very sturdily built." Sir Henry is introduced by his doctor to Holmes and Watson, who travel to Devon in order protect him from what is clearly a plot to take his life and thus eliminate the last of the Baskervilles. At the climax of the story, Sir Henry is almost killedlike his uncleby a ferocious hound, kept hidden among the mires of Dartmoor and trained to prey on selected victims by the villain of the story.
Dr. MortimerCA medical practitioner and friend of the Baskervilles. Mortimer is tall, thin and good-natured with rather eccentric habits. He is, nonetheless, a competent country doctor who was made the executor of Sir Charles' will. He sets the book's plot in train by traveling to London to inform Holmes and Watson about the strange events surrounding Sir Charles' demise, and alerting them to the dangerous situation that Sir Henry now faces as Sir Charles' heir. Mortimer continues to assist Holmes and Watson in their twin roles as investigators/bodyguards until the conclusion of the case.
Mr. Jack StapletonCA bookish-looking former schoolmaster, Stapleton chases butterflies on the moors and pursues antiquarian interests, Outwardly a polite gentleman, he inwardly possesses a hot temper which reveals itself at key moments. It transpires that Stapletonin reality a long-lost relative of Sir Henry's who stands to inherit the Baskerville fortuneis a scheming, manipulative and money-hungry criminal that Holmes and Watson come to respect and fear.
Miss Beryl StapletonCAllegedly Stapleton's sister, this dusky Latin beauty turns out to be his wife. Eager to prevent another death but terrified of her violent spouse, she provides enigmatic warnings to Sir Henry and Watson.
Mr. John Barrymore and Mrs. Eliza BarrymoreCThe longtime domestic servants of the Baskervilles. Earnest and eager to please, Mrs. Barrymore and her husband harbour a dark family secret, however, which temporarily misleads Watson about what is happening out on the moors.
Laura LyonsCThe attractive daughter of a local crank who disowned her when she married against his will. Subsequently abandoned by her husband, she turns to Mr. Stapleton and Sir Charles Baskerville for helpwith fatal consequences for the latter.
SeldenCA dangerous criminal hiding from the police on the moors. He has a link to the Barrymores, who clandestinely supply him with food and clothing at night. Selden is inadvertently killed by the hound whilst dressed in Sir Henry's clothes.
[edit] Plot
Aune Mire, a typical Dartmoor bog
[edit] Introduction
Sir Charles Baskerville, baronet, is found lying dead among yew trees in the grounds of his seat, Baskerville Hall. The cause of death is ascribed to a heart attack. Fearing for the safety of Sir Charles nephew and only known heir, Sir Henry Baskervillewho was coming to London from Canada to collect his inheritanceDr. James Mortimer travels from Devon to London, and appeals for help to Sherlock Holmes.
Mortimer explains to Holmes and Doctor Watson that the Baskerville family is said to be afflicted by a curse. He reads a description of the origin of the curse, as written down by a descendant of one Hugo Baskerville, who had lived two centuries earlier. According to this old account, Hugo Baskerville became infatuated with a yeoman's daughter, kidnapped her, and imprisoned her in his bedchamber. She escaped while he was talking with his friends. A drunken and furious Hugo cried that he would give his soul to the Powers of Evil if he could only overtake her. Hugo, aided by his friends and hunting hounds, rode after her on to the desolate moor. Sometime later, Hugo and the girl were found dead. She had died from fear and fatigue, while a giant spectral hound stood over Hugo's body. With his friends watching, the hound plucked out Hugo's throat and vanished into the night.
Apparently, prior to his death, Sir Charles had become fearful of the legendary curse and its retributive hellhound. Furthermore, Mortimer has deduced that Sir Charles had been waiting for someone at the time of his death. Sir Charles' face was contorted into a ghastly expression, while his footprints suggested that he was desperately running from something. It was known that elderly Sir Charles' heart was not strong, and that he planned to go to London the next day. Mortimer also reveals that he observed the footprints "of a gigantic hound" near Sir Charles' body, a fact that he did not reveal at the inquest.
[edit] In London
Intrigued by the case, Holmes meets with Sir Henry, newly arrived from Canada. Sir Henry is puzzled by an anonymous note delivered to his London hotel room, warning him to avoid the Devon moors. Holmes says that the note had been composed largely of letters cut from The Times, probably in a hotel, judging by other clues. The fact that the letters were cut with nail scissors suggested an authoress, as did a remnant whiff of perfume. Holmes keeps this last detail to himself. When Holmes and Watson later join Sir Henry at his hotel, they learn one of the baronet's new boots has gone missing. No good explanation can be found for the loss.
The ghostly black dog of British folklore.
Holmes asks if there were any other living relatives besides Sir Henry. Mortimer tells him that Charles had two brothers. Sir Henry is the sole child of a namesake Henry, who settled in Canada and raised his son there. Another brother, Roger, was known to be the black sheep of the family. A wastrel and inveterate gambler, he fled to South America to avoid creditors. He is believed to have died there alone.
Despite the note's warning, Sir Henry insists on visiting Baskerville Hall. As Sir Henry leaves Holmes' Baker Street apartment, Holmes and Doctor Watson follow him. They realise that a man with a fake-looking black beard in a cab also following him. Holmes and Watson pursue this man, but he escapes; however, Holmes memorizes the cab number. Holmes stops in at a messenger office and employs a young boy, Cartwright, to go visit London's hotels and look through wastepaper in search of cut-up copies of The Times.
By the time they return to the hotel, Sir Henry has had an older boot stolen. When the first missing boot is discovered before the meeting is over, Holmes begins to realise they must be dealing with a real hound (hence the emphasis on the scent of the used boot). When conversation turns to the man in the cab, Mortimer says that Barrymore, the servant at Baskerville Hall, has a beard, and a telegram is sent to check on his whereabouts. The Baskerville inheritance is also discussed C while it is a sizable amount, the next in line is James Desmond, an elderly clergyman with little interest in wealth.
[edit] At Baskerville Hall
It is decided that, with Holmes being tied up in London with other cases, Watson will accompany Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall and report back by telegram in detail. Later that evening, telegrams from Cartwright (who was unable to find the newspaper) and Baskerville Hall (where Barrymore apparently is) bring an end to those leads. A visit from John Clayton, who was driving the cab with the black-bearded man, is of little help. He says that the man had identified himself as Holmes, much to the surprise and amusement of the actual Holmes.
The Great Bittern
Mortimer, Watson, and Sir Henry set off for Baskerville Hall the following Saturday. The baronet is excited to see it and his connection with the land is clear, but finds the moor dampened. Soldiers are about the area, on the lookout for an escaped murderer named Selden. Barrymore and his wife wish to depart Baskerville Hall as soon as is convenient, and the Hall is, in general, a somber place. Watson has trouble sleeping that night, and hears a woman sobbing. The next morning Barrymore denies that it was his wife, who is one of only two women in the house. Watson sees Mrs. Barrymore later in the morning, however, and observes clear evidence that she has indeed been weeping.
Watson checks with the postmaster in Grimpen village and learns that the telegram was not actually delivered into the hands of Barrymore, so it is no longer certain that he was at the Hall, and not in London. On his way back, Watson meets Jack Stapleton, a naturalist familiar with the moor even though he has only been in the area for two years. They hear a moan that the peasants attribute to the hound, but Stapleton attributes it to the cry of a bittern, or possibly the bog settling. He then runs off after a specimen of the butterfly Cyclopedes, which was still found on Dartmoor until the 1860s. Watson is not alone for long before Beryl Stapleton, Jack's sister, approaches him. Mistaking him for Sir Henry, she urgently warns him to leave the area, but drops the subject when her brother returns. The three walk to Merripit House (the Stapletons home), and during the discussion, Watson learns that Stapleton used to run a school. Though he is offered lunch and a look at Stapletons collections, Watson departs for the Hall. Before he gets far along the path, Miss Stapleton overtakes him and retracts her warning. Watson notices that the brother and sister don't look very much alike.
Sir Henry soon meets Miss Stapleton and becomes romantically interested, despite her brothers intrusions. Watson meets another neighbour, Mr. Frankland, a harmless eccentric whose primary pastime is initiating lawsuits. Barrymore draws increasing suspicion, as Watson sees him late at night walk with a candle into an empty room, hold it up to the window, and then leave. Realising that the room has a view out on the moor, Watson and Sir Henry determine to figure out what is going on.
Meanwhile, during the day, Sir Henry continues to pursue Beryl Stapleton until her brother runs up on them and yells angrily. He later explains to the disappointed baronet that it was not personal, he was just afraid of losing his only companion so quickly. To show there are no hard feelings, he invites Sir Henry to dine with him and his sister on Friday.
Photograph of prisoners at Dartmoor Prison tied together carrying a cart out the gates, circa 1900.
[edit] The convict
Sir Henry then becomes the person doing the surprising, when he and Watson walk in on Barrymore, catching him at night in the room with a candle. Barrymore refuses to answer their questions, since it is not his secret to tell, but Mrs. Barrymores. She tells them that the runaway convict Selden is her brother and the candle is a signal to him that food has been left for him. When the couple return to their room, Sir Henry and Watson go off to find the convict, despite the poor weather and frightening sound of the hound. They see Selden by another candle, but are unable to catch him. Watson notices the outlined figure of another man standing on top of a tor with the moon behind him, but he likewise gets away.
Barrymore is upset when he finds out that they tried to capture Selden, but when an agreement is reached to allow Selden to flee the country, he is willing to repay the favor. He tells them of finding a mostly burnt letter asking Sir Charles to be at the gate at the time of his death. It was signed with the initials L.L. Mortimer tells Watson the next day those initials could stand for Laura Lyons, Franklands daughter. She lives in Coombe Tracey. When Watson goes to talk to her, she admits to writing the letter in hopes that Sir Charles would be willing to help finance her divorce, but says she never kept the appointment.
[edit] The appearance of Holmes
Frankland has just won two law cases and invites Watson in to help him celebrate. Barrymore had previously told Watson that another man lived out on the moor besides Selden, and Frankland unwittingly confirms this, when he shows Watson through his telescope the figure of a boy carrying food. Watson departs the house and goes in that direction. He finds the prehistoric stone dwelling where the unknown man has been staying, goes in, and sees a message reporting on his own activities. He waits, revolver at the ready, for the unknown man to return.
The unknown man proves to be Holmes. He has kept his location a secret so that Watson would not be tempted to come out and so he would be able to appear on the scene of action at the critical moment. Watsons reports have been of much help to him, and he then tells his friend some of the information he has uncovered C Stapleton is actually married to the woman passing as Miss Stapleton, and was also promising marriage to Laura Lyons to get her cooperation. As they bring their conversation to an end, they hear a ghastly scream.
One of Grimspound's hut circles where Holmes might have sought shelter
They run towards the sound and finding a body, mistake it for Sir Henry. They realise it is actually the escaped convict Selden, the brother of Mrs Barrymore, dressed in the baronets old clothes (which had been given to Barrymore by way of further apology for distrusting him). Then Stapleton appears, and while he makes excuses for his presence, Holmes announces that he will return to London the next day, his investigations having produced no result.
[edit] Climax
Holmes and Watson return to Baskerville Hall where, over dinner, the detective stares at Hugo Baskerville's portrait. Calling Watson over after dinner he covers the hair to show the face, revealing its striking likeness to Stapleton. This provides the motive in the crime C with Sir Henry gone, Stapleton could lay claim to the Baskerville fortune, being clearly a Baskerville himself. When they return to Mrs. Lyonss apartment, Holmes' questioning forces her to admit Stapletons role in the letter that lured Sir Charles to his death. They go to the railway station to meet Det. Inspector Lestrade, whom Holmes has called in by telegram.
Under the threat of advancing fog, Watson, Holmes, and Lestrade lie in wait outside Merripit House, where Sir Henry has been dining. When the baronet leaves and sets off across the moor, Stapleton looses the hound. Holmes and Watson manage to shoot it before it can hurt Sir Henry seriously, and discover that its hellish appearance was acquired by means of phosphorus. They find Mrs. Stapleton bound and gagged in an upstairs room of Merripit House. When she is freed, she tells them of Stapletons hideout; an island deep in the Great Grimpen Mire. They look for him next day, unsuccessfully, as he is dead, having lost his footing and being sucked down into the foul and bottomless depths of the mire. Holmes and Watson are only able to find and recover Sir Henry's boot used by Stapleton to give the hound Sir Henry's scent and find the remains of Dr Mortimer's dog in the mine.
[edit] Epilogue
Some weeks later, Watson questions Holmes about the Baskerville case. Holmes reveals that although believed to have died unmarried, Sir Charles' younger brother Rodger Baskerville had married and with the same name as his father. The son John Rodger Baskerville, after embezzling public money in Costa Rica, took the name Vandeleur and fled to England where he used the money to fund a Yorkshire school. Unfortunately for him, the tutor he had hired died of consumption, and after an epidemic of the disease killed three students the school itself failed. Now using the name Stapleton, Baskerville/Vandeleur fled with his wife to Dartmoor. He apparently supported himself by burglary, engaging in four large robberies and pistolling a page who surprised him.
Having learned the story of the hound, he resolved to kill off the remaining Baskervilles so that he could come into the inheritance as the last of the line. He had no interest in the estate and simply wanted the inheritance money. He purchased the hound and hid it in the mire at the site of an abandoned tin mine.
On the night of his death, Sir Charles had been waiting for Laura Lyons. The cigar ash at the scene ("the ash had twice dropped from his cigar") showed he had waited for some time. Instead he met the hound that had been trained by Stapleton and covered with phosphorus to give it an unearthly appearance. Sir Charles ran for his life, but then had the fatal heart attack which killed him. Since dogs do not eat or bite dead bodies, it left him there untouched.
Stapleton followed Sir Henry in London, and also stole his new boot but later returned it, since it had not been worn and thus lacked Sir Henry's scent. Holmes speculated that the hotel bootblack had been bribed to steal an old boot of Henry's instead. The hound pursued Selden to his death in a fall because he was wearing Sir Henry's old clothes.
On the night the hound attacked Sir Henry, Stapleton's wife had refused to have any further part in Stapleton's plot, but her abusive husband beat and tied her to a pole to prevent her from warning him.
In Holmes' words: "..he (Stapleton) has for years been a desperate and dangerous man.." It was his consuming interest in entomology that allowed Holmes to identify him as the same man as Vandeleur, the former schoolmaster.
[edit] Adaptations
The Hound of the Baskervilles is adapted in various media with varying degrees of variation.
In the classic 1939 film version, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, Beryl Stapleton is really Stapleton's sister, and he does not force her to pass as his wife or voice any objections to the romance between her and Sir Henry. The couple presumably marries at the end, though this is never shown.
In Bert Coules' radio series, Lestrade is never mentioned in the story. Holmes and Watson ambush the Hound themselves. Also, Holmes attempts to hunt down Stapleton after the Hound is slain, finding him in the Grimpin Mire. Despite Watson's urges to do otherwise, Holmes actually watches Stapleton lose his footing and drown in the quicksand. In the epilogue, Holmes reveals his findings about Stapleton's former school which Stapleton claimed to have been shut down after a deadly epidemic. He hints that the consequences were far more sinister than a plague. Judging by Watson's horror to Holmes' comment, it's likely to concern pedophilia or such an offense which are not openly disclosed in Victorian era. Holmes also mentions that the hint that led him to Stapleton's true identity through Stapleton's school rather than his entomologic discovery of a butterfly species.
In a 2002 TV adaptation starring Richard Roxburgh as Holmes and Ian Hart as Dr. Watson, Holmes is caught in the quicksand himself while on pursuit of Stapleton and the villain attempts to shoot him down only to be shot to death by an injured Watson. In this version, Stapleton's motivation is not the Baskerville fortune but a personal vendetta to the family for leaving his father Rodger die as "a penniless, syphilitic drunk." Portrayed by Richard E. Grant (who played Mycroft Holmes in the TV movie Case of Evil), this incarnation of Jack Stapleton is much more vicious than his other portrayals, killing his wife in a fit of rage and deriding Holmes' "disembodied mind" as no match for his self-righteous thirst for vengeance.
The Hound of the Baskervilles was featured in the season 1 episode of the PBS series Wishbone entitled "The Slobbery Hound". The episode plot involves the title character being blamed for a series of dog related vandals in his neighborhood, and the supporting characters trying to find the real culprit to prove his innocence. Intermingled with the plot, Wishbone portrays Sherlock Holmes in a slightly modified version of the events that take place in the original novel.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is set to be the second story in the second series of the acclaimed BBC mini series Sherlock. This adaptation is set in the modern day and has been written by Mark Gatiss. Tt was originally planned to air in late Autumn 2011, but is now scheduled to air in early 2012 due to delays in filming.
[edit] Timing Issue
According to Holmes' analysis of Dr. Mortimer's stick the story is set in 1889 (five years after Mortimer's reception of the stick in 1884). At that time Dr. Watson was married and not living in the Baker Street apartment.[citation needed]
[edit] Film adaptations
As of 2006, there are at least 24 film versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Some remain very close to the text of the original book, while others are notable for differences in plot or execution. Among these are some pastiches and one parody.
Year
Title
Country
Director
Holmes
Watson
1914
Der Hund von Baskerville, 1. Teil
Germany
Rudolf Meinert
Alwin Neu?
None
1914
Der Hund von Baskerville, 2. Teil  Das einsame Haus
1914
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil  Das unheimliche Zimmer
Richard Oswald
1915
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil
1920
Das dunkle Schlo?
Germany
Willy Zeyn
Eugen Burg
Nil
1920
Das Haus ohne Fenster
Erich Kaiser-Titz
1920
Dr. MacDonalds Sanatorium
1921
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
Maurice Elvey
Eille Norwood
Hubert Willis
1929
Der Hund von Baskerville
Germany
Richard Oswald
Carlyle Blackwell
George Seroff
1932
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
Gareth Gundrey
Robert Rendel
Frederick Lloyd
1937
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Germany
Carl Lamac
Bruno Gttner
Fritz Odemar
1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United States
Sidney Lanfield
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
1955
Der Hund von Baskerville
West Germany
Fritz Umgelter
Wolf Ackva
Arnulf Schr?der
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
Terence Fisher
Peter Cushing
Andr Morell
1962
Bees Saal Baad (After 20 years)
India
Biren Nag
C
C
1968
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Part 1 + 2 (from the Sherlock Holmes 1965 TV Series)
United Kingdom
Graham Evans
Peter Cushing
Nigel Stock
1971
The Hound of the Baskervilles (ҧѧܧ ѧܧ֧ӧڧݧ֧)
Soviet Union
A. F. Zinovieva
Nikolay Volkov
Lev Krugliy
1972
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United States
Barry Crane
Stewart Granger
Bernard Fox
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
Paul Morrissey
Peter Cook
Dudley Moore
1981
The Hound of the Baskervilles (ҧѧܧ ѧܧ֧ӧڧݧ֧)
Soviet Union
Igor Maslennikov
Vasilij Livanov
Vitali Solomin
1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
Peter Duguid
Tom Baker
Terence Rigby
1983
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
Douglas Hickox
Ian Richardson
Donald Churchill
1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Australia
Ian McKenzie & Alex Nicholas
Peter O'Toole (voice)
Earle Cross (voice)
1988
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
Brian Mills
Jeremy Brett
Edward Hardwicke
1998
The Hound of the Baskervilles (BBC Radio Broadcasting)
United Kingdom
Enyd Williams
Clive Merrison
Michael Williams
2000
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Canada
Rodney Gibbons
Matt Frewer
Kenneth Welsh
2002
The Hound of the Baskervilles
United Kingdom
David Attwood
Richard Roxburgh
Ian Hart
2012
The Hounds of Baskerville
United Kingdom
Paul McGuigan
Benedict Cumberbatch
Martin Freeman
[edit] Related works
Pierre Bayard's 2008 book Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong re-opens the case and, by careful re-examination of all the clues, clears the hound of all wrongdoing and argues that the actual murderer got away with the crime completely unsuspected by Holmes, countless readers of the book over the past centuryand even, in a sense, the author himself.
In 1997, Spike Milligan satirised the novel in his book, The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan, combining elements of the original novel with the Basil Rathbone serials.
Composer Jon Deak adapted the novel for solo double bass in 1984, complete with narration and sound effects to mimic radio plays of the 1920s.[6]
In the 1990s, Don Rosa parodied this story in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, in which the Whiskervilles used a dog called "the hound of the Whiskervilles" to scare members of the clan McDuck from McDuck Castle.
A 1965 issue of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (comic book) featured "The Hound of Basketville", starring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Gladstone Gander, and Pluto, as Sherlock Mouse, Doctor Goofy, Sir Gladstone Basketville, and the hound.
Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman composed and recorded in 2002 a progressive rock opera The Hound of the Baskervilles.
MAD magazine published the parody "Shermlock Shomes in The Hound of the Basketballs!" in 1954.
Humour magazine Cracked did a spoof of the story.
PBS series Wishbone did a short child's version of the story-"The Slobbery Hound".
Gary Larson parodied The Hound of the Baskervilles in a Far Side cartoon where a parakeet imagined himself as The Parakeet of the Baskervilles.
The main character in Hellsing has a hellhound named Baskerville.
The plot of episodes 7 and 8 of the anime series Kuroshitsuji closely resemble the plot of this novel.
The protagonist of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco C a character with many similarities to Sherlock Holmes C is named William of Baskerville.
The Nancy Drew PC game, The Curse of Blackmoor Manor was inspired by The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Campfire Press and Random House, Inc. released a graphic novel adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles written by J. R. Parks with art by Vinod Kumar.
In the manga and anime series Detective Conan (Case Closed in English media), one case involves the culprit dressing up his dog and killing members of his family in order to increase his share of an inheritance in an attire similar to the ghostly black dog in the novel. Some fan translations even refer to this and call the case "The Hound of Beikaville"
[edit] In other media
In the 1988 comedy film Short Circuit 2, Johnny 5 reads the book revealing that "the chauffeur did it."
In Inkheart, a hound of Bakersville made an appearance with one of animals in the dungeon which came out of the books after Darius used to read and said these words: "The hound has red eyes and black fur like the description inside the book."
In Eoin Colfer's mystery novel, Half-Moon Investigations, Red Sharkey tries to reignite Fletcher Moon's deductive tenacity by giving him a false case. Red begins to spin a tale exactly like the Hound of the Baskervilles; however, Fletcher spies the ruse and calls him out on it.
[edit] See also
Novels portal
Dartmoor
Baskerville effect
Princetown
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
[edit] References
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