Resumo de The Hound Of Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1901), written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, remains one of the most popular adventure of the legendary Sherlock Holmes, that tall, pipe smoking detective, with alert eyes and aquiline features . It marks the comeback of the superslueth after a heist of eight years. The case begins as any other, at 221B, Baker Street- that haloed destination- with the advent of a client. Dr. James Mortimer, the personal physician of one Sir Charles Baskervilles approaches Holmes with a very peculiar problem. His patient the aforsaid Mr. Charles has recently died of a weak heart condition. However, when discovered, the face of the dead man was contorted into a grisly mask, which bore testimony of an untold horror the poor man witnessed before his death. To add volume to his claim, Mr. James produces a paper which mentions a sinister legend assossiated with the Baskerville clan. In the 18th century, there lived one Hugo Baskerville, a blackgaurd. Once, infatuated with a woman, he pursues her down the moorland near the Baskerville Hall & in the process is killed by a gigantic creature with blazing eyes. The onlookers later claimed that the apparition seemed like a huge hound. The curse has haunted the family since then, & has now claimed its latest victim.Watson embarks on the case since the great detective is otherwise engaged. He accompanies Henry Baskerville, Charles' nephew & the new successor to the Baskerville estate. They are pursued from London itself, an unseen agent makes it very clear that the young baronet may proceed to Devonshire at his own peril. On their arrival, Baskerville Hall emerges a desolate sight, & the ragged moorland in the horizon seemed particularly sinister even in the daylight. Mr. & Mrs. Barrymore are the caretakers of the Hall, they have looked after the family for generations. The neighbours are few & far between. There are the Stapletons of Merripit Home - Mr. Stapleton is a naturalist & he lives with his sister. Then there is Mr. Frankland of the Lafter Hall - the man with the telescope - he has had a fallout with his only daughter & now lives alone. Many peculiar happenings disturb Watson -why does mrs. Barrymore sob uncontrollably at the dead of the night? What does the escaped convict have to do with the happenings on the moor? Who is the tall man who stalks the moor? What does the initials L.L., which appeared on a letter addressed to Charles on the morning of his death, signify? And most importantly, what does the blood curdling howl of the menacing hellhound, emerging from the dark bowels of the surreal moorland portend regarding the fate of the sole heir to the Baskerville name? Will Sherlock Holmes come to the rescue & counter the malevolent forces to save Henry from certain death, or will Grimpen Mire -the labyrinthine bog hole - claim yet another hapless victim? The reader may don on the detective boots & join the chase, Holmes & Watson will make it worth your while.

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