The Hound of the Baskervilles
The most famous and most adapted of all Holmes stories — the moor-bound gothic novel that returned Holmes from the dead and reset the entire detective genre.
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Influence
7.0/10
Popularity
9.5/10
“Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!”
Why It Matters
The most famous and most adapted of all Holmes stories — the moor-bound gothic novel that returned Holmes from the dead and reset the entire detective genre. The book that made Conan Doyle wealthy and made the Sherlock Holmes franchise a permanent fixture of world literature.
The 
Take
Personal reviewShorty easy and fun. Nothing mindblowing. The Holmes man on the moor reveal was great
Notable Quotes
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”