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Summary: 19th Century Encyclopedia Brown VS. You !?
Review: When I was a kid I used to read about a detective named Encyclopedia Brown. In these stories you were entertained with an action filled plot and given critical bits of info about each case, and the fun part was figuring out who the villian was. Very fun and very challenging books. Well when I happened upon Mr. Sherlock and his demonic hound case I found a glorified version of young enclyopedia set in 19th Century London...and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story offers suspense and mystery, and challenges you to beat Sherlock to the solution. It challenged me enough that I went out and bought the complete set of Holmes' Stories...and I am gonna figure at least one of them out.I deducted a star simply because I read it in between books like 'Grapes of Wrath', 'Catcher in the Rye', and '1984' which must, necessarily, be rated higher. But none-the-less, I think you will be thoroughly entertained and challenged by what you read!
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Summary: The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Review: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is my third favorite of the Holmes stories. It was very imaginative and certainly a lot better than the stuff being written today. I would highly recommend it.
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Summary: The first, but not the last, word in detective fiction.
Review: My first foray into the work of the most famous detective novelist in English literature was both better and worse than I expected it would be. Doyle writes in fascinating detail, but ultimately his means of plotting "The Hound of the Baskervilles" will slightly disappoint today's readers. The best thing about this novel is the world that the author creates in and around it, a world replete with mystery and unidentifiable threat and foreboding. Characters are drawn early and drawn well, usually via a pseudo-scientific narrative that presents visible traits or facts and then draws conclusions from there. In so doing, Doyle fits himself snugly into the realist tradition going back at least as far as Balzac's earliest novels, but Holmes' pre-occupation with scientific method pushes this even further until he becomes a sort of storyteller within a story; each clue leads to a supposition that is just as often speculative fiction as it is right on the money. The effect of this is one of the necessary components of great detective fiction: that is, we readers are presented with solutions that are not correct and that necessarily keep us reading until we get the correct one. Doyle does this well. However, it's another necessary component of today's detective fiction that is missing in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and that this reader missed dearly: the right solution, carefully and mischievously tucked into the narrative along the way. Part of why we read detective stories is to see whether we are as good at solving them as the detective in the story is, and Doyle refuses to allow us to do that. I don't want to give the ending away, but I will say by way of complaint that it comes from left field, and in such a way that the reader never could have guessed it. The writer of such a tale would today be accused of lazy emplotment. The best counter-example to this is the masterful job done by someone like Scott Turow; the power of "Presumed Innocent" is largely that, when the mystery is revealed, we realize that we should have seen it all along, just like the protagonist did (although 99% of us DON'T see it all along, because Turow is that subtle). We have been teased and held in the dark not just by Turow, but by the narrator we have come to trust. When the plot is done right, the ending should feel like an ending to the story we've just been told, and not the introduction of something completely new. Despite that fact--the fact that Doyle won't let me play detective--"The Hound of the Baskervilles" is an enjoyable read and offers insight into the earliest avatars of today's most popular type of fiction.
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Summary: Great mystery Novel
Review: The is the first book i read by Doyle and it is truely amazing. The book has the elements of suprise, intellect, and a great plot. Everything fit into place and worked out so nicely. Holmes is a great character with intelligence and wits.
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Summary: NOTHING BETTER THEN SHERLOCK IN THE MORNING.
Review: WOW! There is nothing better then sherlock. Sir conan doyle is a genius and this book shows it. Some parts are boring but those parts are only two sentences. I urge you to get the book.
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Summary: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Review: I liked this book because it it was very suspenseful and kept me really into the whole plot and story, as soon as the book got boring a new character would be introduced or some exciting new fact would appear. The plot of the story is very interesting and exciting.
The best part of the story is when Holmes and Watson spot the hound for the first time and chase it down before it can claim itself another victim. The saddest part is when Watson is searching the Stapletons and house and he finds his wife beaten and locked in the study and when Watosn questions Laura Lyons on on her knowledge about the death of Sir charles Baskerville.
Sir Arthur Connan Doyle did a great job on foreshadowing all the clues in the mystery till the very end. He also did an awesome job on the climax of the story, it really hooked me.
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Summary: The Hound of the Baskervilles MP's story!!!
Review: I liked the book because I like murder mysteries and if you like that kinda stuff this is a book for you! But it gets boring because you have like 14 pages a chapter basically about noghting. Also I like this book because it's got non-other than Shelock Holmes the greatest detective in book history. In the beginning it does get intresting. But like I said before 14 or more pages in a chapter. Trying to find out the mystery is the best part. I'll pick characters because the characters are weird. The cool ones are Sherlcok Holmes and Dr. Watson. But then you get weird ones that Sherlock Holmes thinks are the suspects. But he also follows them and decides if he thinks they murdered the person or not? Setting is next the setting is in London. They make it sound really scary where they are at Baskerville Hall where the heir of Sir Charles Basketville who died left to his nephew.
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Summary: Like Classics, Read this Book
Review: Follow Sherlock Holmes and his trusty colleague, Watson, in one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's best murder mystery ever, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Watch while Sherlock Holmes uncovers the mysteries of the Baskerville Hall of London.
You and Sherlock Holmes get to discover all the clues of Charles Baskerville's mysterious death and protect Henry Baskerville from being murdered. You listen to stories of the notorious hound. Finally, before its too late, decide who is behind the murder of Charles Baskerville. Was it the baronet, Mr. And Mrs. Stapleton, or was it possibly Laura Lynes? Find out in the end.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle keeps you in suspense throughout the book. He keeps bringing in more leads to the story. The author also provides an interesting and intriguing topic with a tall tale creature tied in.
This book is wonderful and would be best appreciated by all readers 10 and up.
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Summary: This Hound Does Bark
Review: As a mystery writer with my debut novel in its initial release, I always appreciate the classics of the mystery genre. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works are among the best of the genre, and THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is Doyle's best novel. Those readers expecting to find in this book the famous Holmes line about the dog that didn't bark will be disappointed. That nonbarking dog isn't here. It's in one of the Holmes short stories. What we have here is a moody work set among the moors with a strong and obvious Gothic influence upon Doyle by the mystery genre's founder, Edgar Allan Poe. Holmes and his supporting cast are all in fine form. The plot works, as does the setting and the tone. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES has endured. It will continue to endure in the future. It is a classic that people actually read.
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Summary: The Sleuth of Secrecy and Sensationalism
Review: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" ranks as the most famous and also the best of the four Sherlock Holmes novels. It is the first Holmes novel I read as a child, and the combination of ancient curse, foreboding moor, and modern danger kept me turning the pages. "The Hound" is unique among the Holmes novels because for a large part of the mystery, Holmes' character is offstage, appearing only at the last moment to bring events to a hair-raising denouement. Holmes is a brilliant but eccentric detective. Sometimes his personality quirks lead him into danger. Holmes is both tenacious and audacious, and the interplay of those two qualities almost bring him to grief. He loves to hold his cards close to his vest, and sometimes excludes others from information vital to their safety. He also loves to engineer dramatic climaxes to highlight his deductive powers. Holmes' joint penchants for secrecy and sensation almost gets his client killed, but all's well that ends well. The Dover Thrift Edition offers quality entertainment at a rock bottom price. Inexpensive, but definitely not cheap.
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