![]() ![]() ![]() The young heir, Sir Henry-who had just arrived from Canada-calls upon Sherlock Holmes-“the specialist in crime”-and his able friend Dr. The 1902 novel relates the legend of a bloodthirsty supernatural dog, and the Baskerville family it haunts. Martin Ramin/The Wall Street JournalĪS YOU LEARN in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” howls carry a long way on the moor. BACK FROM THE DEAD When ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ was first serialized in the Strand Magazine, from 1901 to 1902, Sherlock Holmes had already been killed off in the 1893 short story ‘The Final Problem.’ ‘The publication of the Hound brought pressure to bear on Conan Doyle to restore Holmes to life for a fresh series of adventures,’ said Daniel Stashower, author of ‘Teller of Tales,’ an Arthur Conan Doyle biography. ![]()
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