The Hound of the Baskervilles

A Sherlock Holmes Novel

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

The country doctor had come to 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of Sherlock Holmes, with an eerie tale---the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the devil-beast that haunted the lonely moors around the Baskervilles' ancestral home. The tale warned the descendants of that ancient family never to venture out on the moor "in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted." But one of the most recent Baskervilles, Sir Charles, was now dead, and the footprints of a giant hound had been found near his body. Would the new heir of the Baskervilles meet the same dreadful fate? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Dr. Watson are faced with their most terrifying case in this wonderful classic of masterful detection and bone-chilling suspense. This audiobook includes the bonus Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."

Public Domain (P)2009 Tantor

Deserves to be the classic that it is.

This was such a fun book to listen to. It is a very accessible story, easy to follow, and all the characters are fun to get to know. It's a great history lesson--so many of our current "mystery" shows and stories are based on this story. That makes it even more fun--you can recognize the formula and the pattern of the story in everything from Law & Order episodes to "mystery" movies and books. These Doyle stories are SUCH a treasure.

The basis of many movies

Here we have Sherlock Holmes sending Watson to solve or at least attempt to solve a case. Largely we see Watson solving the case with Holmes coming in at the end to get the credit and solve the case. This story line has been used by writers across the board. Not going to spoil it however it also has a lot of great lessons like about who to trust and not trust. All people appearing to be evil aren't and all angles aren't as well.

Classic

October is a great month for a little classic horror from a master. Holmes and Watson are off to the moors for a little sleuthing around. In Holmes style he waits until the end to unfold all of the facts to catch the killer. My son informed me that the narrator Simon Prebble also was the voice of "Courage the Cowardly Dog", on Nickelodeon.

Good Story But Truly Great Narration

This is the first Sherlock Holmes audio book that I have ever listened to. While I was very familiar with the story (saw the movie which starrted Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce), I believe that what made this recording superb was Simon Prebble's narration. He did a phenomonal (and probably the best) job that I have ever heard changing his voice to match the characters in the book (best exemplified by his voice characterizations of Holmes vs. Dr. Watson (with different English Accents and tones) as well as inserting an American/Canadian dialectic tone for Sir. Henry Baskerville). I recommend this as a great listen and I am actually thinking of purchasing the entire Holmes collection that is available on Audible (and is also narrated by Prebble)

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Great story if u like a murder mystery I loved it so very very much

great Sherlock

love the Sherlock Holmes stories they're intriguing and riveting. I've heard these before in other forms and enjoyed this one just as much.

Beautifully written classic

I love the atmospheric and poetic descriptions of the moor. I enjoyed the narration except for the reader’s obvious ignorance about the very obvious difference between a Castilian Spanish accent and a Latin American accent— as well as about the fact that even Spaniards do not speak with a lisp; they simply pronounce their “Z” as in Greek, with a “th” sound (while most Latin Americans do not), but they know the difference between an “S” and a “th” sound in English. I realize we were all more ignorant at the time the book was written, so Arthur Conan Doyle is forgiven. However, a modern reader of the book would do much better to ignore that description rather than to read out so many lines with a ridiculous- sounding lisp.

I love Sherlock

Great narrators make you forget you're listening to a book read by one person and Prebble did a fantastic job. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a thrilling adventure during your morning commute. It's dark and mysterious, but not enough to be frightening. You'll spend a couple of days looking at people and things as if you're Sherlock Holmes, but it will wear off. Can't go wrong with a classic.

Fun

If you could sum up The Hound of the Baskervilles in three words, what would they be?

Classic Sherlock Holmes

Any additional comments?

I wanted to re-read the Hound of the Baskervilles after reading Laura King's, Moors which is also a mystery with Baskervilles as a main character. I enjoyed Watson's first person account. He was more of a main character than Holmes. Great narration. Good mystery. I do have to say Laura King gave a much more in depth description of the Moors.

Fun but not great

This was my first Sherlock Holmes book, and although I enjoyed it was not all that I had read about it. I kind of wished there was more of Sherlock (ie not just Watson). I also found the details and background on the “villain” a little bit lacking. I would have given it 3.5 stars