| The Hound of the Baskervilles Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798729576074 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled |
| Lexile Measure: 430 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.8 lbs) 150 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: upon the farm and carried off the maiden, her father and brothers being from home, as he well knew. When they had brought her to the Hall the maiden was placed in an upper chamber, while Hugo and his friends sat down to a long carouse, as was their nightly custom. Now, the poor lass upstairs was like to have her wits turned at the singing and shouting and terrible oaths which came up to her from below, for they say that the words used by Hugo Baskerville, when he was in wine, were such as might blast the man who said them. At last in the stress of her fear she did that which might have daunted the bravest or most active man, for by the aid of the growth of ivy which covered (and still covers) the south wall she came down from under the eaves, and so homeward across the moor, there being three leagues betwixt the Hall and her father's farm."It chanced that some little time later Hugo left his guests to carry food and drink--with other worse things, perchance--to his captive, and so found the cage emptyRead More |