
Length6h 26m
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Sir Charles Baskerville, Bart, is found dead on the grounds of his cointry house, Baskerville Hall. The cause is ascribed to a heart attack. Fearing for the safety of Sir Charles's nephew and the only known heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, coming from Toronto, Canada to claim his inheritance, Dr James Mortimer travels to London and asks Sherlock Holmes for help. Mortimer explains that the Baskerville family is afflicted by a curse. According to an old account, said to have been written in 1742 and describing events which had occurred a century earlier still, during the eng Civil War, Hugo Baskerville was infatuated with a farmer's daughter. He kidnapped her and imprisoned her in his bedroom. She escaped and the furious Baskerville offered his soul to the devil if he could recapture her. Aided by friends, he pursued the girl onto the desolate moor. Baskerville and his victim were found dead. She had died from fright, but a giant spectral hound stood guard over Baskerville's body. The hound tore out Baskerville's throat, then vanished into the night… (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length6 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
3Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
4Chapter 3. The Problem
5Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
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6Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
7Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
8Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
9Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
10Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson]
11Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
12Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
13Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
14Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
15Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
16Chapter 15. A Retrospection