The Hound of the Baskervilles - Brossura

Penguin Classics

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ISBN 10: 0141199172 ISBN 13: 9780141199177

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2025

Riassunto

Edizione della Penguin English Library di The Hound of the Baskervilles di Arthur Conan Doyle "Signor Holmes, erano le impronte di un gigantesco segugio!" Il terribile spettacolo della bestia, la nebbia della brughiera, la scoperta di un cadavere: questa classica storia dell'orrore contrappone detective e cane, razionalismo e soprannaturale, bene e male. Quando Sir Charles Baskerville viene trovato morto nella selvaggia brughiera del Devon con le impronte di un gigantesco segugio nelle vicinanze, la colpa viene attribuita a una maledizione di famiglia. Spetta a Sherlock Holmes e al dottor Watson risolvere il mistero della leggenda del segugio fantasma prima che l'erede di Sir Charles giunga a una fine altrettanto raccapricciante. The Hound of the Baskervilles ha conquistato i lettori quando è stato pubblicato per la prima volta a puntate e ha continuato a mantenere il suo posto nell'immaginario popolare. The Penguin English Library - 100 edizioni della migliore narrativa in inglese, dal XVIII secolo e dai primi romanzi all'inizio della prima guerra mondiale.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh and studied medicine at the university there, after an education in Jesuit schools in Lancashire and Austria. He had an active career as a doctor and opthalmologist, including volunteering in Bloemfontein during the Boer War, but also in the public sphere as Deputy-Lieutenant of Surrey, writer of the widely read historical works and political pamphlets, vociferous opponent of miscarriages of justice and twice parliamentary candidate (although he was never elected). Yet it was for his brilliant creation of the first scientific detective, Sherlock Holmes, that he achieved great fame - so great that after he killed Sherlock off to concentrate more on his historical work, he was forced to bring the character back to life in The Hound of the Baskervilles. In later years, the Jesuit-educated Conan Doyle converted to Spiritualism, writing works such as The Coming of the Fairies, and was a friend of the magician Houdini. He died of a heart attack in 1930, at the age of seventy-one.

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Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"

The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body: this classic horror story pits detective against dog, rationalism against the supernatural, good against evil. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end. The Hound of the Baskervilles gripped readers when it was first serialised and has continued to hold its place in the popular imagination.

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Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0141199172
• ISBN 13: 9780141199177
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile