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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Paper book: €21.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1902
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
433
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Horror
Moods
Solve a mystery, Get the chills
Translated from
English

Book summary

An old legend says that a monstrous hound haunts the Baskerville family on the Devon moor. One evening, Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his face frozen in terror. Near him are the footprints of a gigantic hound. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called in to protect his heir.

It is Sherlock Holmes's most famous case, amid fog, bogs and fear of the supernatural.

Full of suspense, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Sir Charles Baskerville, um inglês rico, é encontrado morto perto de sua mansão, à beira de uma charneca selvagem. Seu médico, o doutor Mortimer, conta ao detetive Sherlock Holmes o que viu não muito longe do corpo.

The world of the book

Uma charneca selvagem na Inglaterra. A investigação se passa em Dartmoor, uma imensa charneca no sudoeste da Inglaterra, feita de colinas nuas e rochas de granito. No meio se estende um grande pântano onde é possível…

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