{"product_id":"the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-paperback-2","title":"The Hound of the Baskervilles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDarryl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to Dartmoor in the most famous of all of Arthur Conan Doyle's books. Is Sir Charles the latest victim of the ancestral Curse of the Baskervilles, which summons a demonic hound to stalk the moor and exact vengeance for a past misdeed, or is there a more modern, more prosaic explanation for the sudden death? In \u003cem\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/em\u003e, the modern, rational world, and the ancient, supernatural world collide in the novel which brought Sherlock Holmes back from the dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition of Conan Doyle's classic mystery is part of a series of new editions of the Sherlock Holmes stories published in Oxford World's Classics. Darryl Jones's Introduction explores the competing worlds of the supernatural and the scientific in the novel and in Arthur Conan Doyle's life, the novel's colonial background and origins, and the role of landscape, folklore, and folk horror in the novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarryl Jones \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarryl Jones is Professor of Modern British Literature and Culture at Trinity College Dublin. He is the author or editor of thirteen books, including the Oxford World's Classics editions of M. R. James's \u003cem\u003eCollected Ghost Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) and Arthur Conan Doyle's \u003cem\u003eGothic Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). His most recent book is \u003cem\u003eHorror: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2021). He is currently working on M. R. James, on Arthur Conan Doyle, and on the Anglo-Irish time traveller, J. W. Dunne.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336969806189,"sku":"9780198835226","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/NW5pODNNOTd3NTdLb2FlWkVFVXRDUT09.webp?v=1778922793","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-paperback-2","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}