El perro de los Baskerville

Paperback, 248 pages

Spanish language

Published Sept. 28, 2005 by Edimat Libros.

ISBN:
978-84-9764-546-1
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In this classic mystery set in 19th-century England, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are faced with discovering the truth behind the curse on the wealthy Baskerville family.

We owe The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog.

Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be …

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Subjects

  • Spanish: Adult Fiction
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Spanish: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
  • Classics
  • Fiction / Classics
  • Mystery & Detective - General
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Animals - Dogs