The Hound of the Baskervilles: With the Adventure of the Speckled Band

302 Pages·2006·7.9 MB·English

by  Arthur Conan Doyle

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Victorian and early twentieth-century ideas of ancestry and atavism, the possible nd es
biological determination of criminals, the stability of the British landed classes, ”
and the place of the supernatural.
Historical documents included with this fully-annotated Broadview edition help
contextualize the novel’s debates and reveal its cultural and literary significance as
a supreme instance of early detective fiction. Also included is the Conan Doyle
short story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.”
Francis O’Gorman is Reader in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds. His
books include Late Ruskin: New Contexts(2001), The
ISBN 10: 1-55111-722-3 Victorians and the Eighteenth Century: Reassessing
ISBN 13: 978-1-55111-722-5 the Tradition(2004; co-edited with Katherine Turner),
and AConcise Companion to Victorian Fiction(2005).
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numerous literary and cultural debates: about aristocracy, primitivism, biology
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and criminology, the supernatural, Empire, and spiritualism. His textual r
m Arthur Conan Doyle
annotations offer the most thorough aid to understanding available. The a
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edition’s supplementary materials are varied and offer numerous interpretative )
possibilities. The remarkable achievement of the edition, however, is the sheer
enjoyment of the text it conveys, remembering always that the novel has the edited by
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status of cultural myth because so many readers have found pleasure in it.” ith T Francis O’Gorman
Juliet John, University of Liverpool “ h
T e
“Two of the finest Sherlock Holmes chronicles, given in excellent text versions: he H
this alone would invite ‘first choices’labeling for this book. These two stories are A o
no ‘mere’thrillers, but fictions in which thrills are convincing because they draw d u
v n
close the natural and the (seeming) supernatural. O'Gorman's ample, sensible e
n d
introduction should convince readers that the way from Poe to late-Victorian t
u o
science, atavism, and the decline of the English landed gentry is no far distance. re f
This edition is a credit to Broadview, and that credit will doubtless have
o t
testimony through a long shelf life for the book.” f h
t e
Benjamin Franklin Fisher, University of Mississippi h
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-02) is Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated pe s
Sherlock Holmes adventure. At the end of the yew tree path of his ancestral home, c k
k e
Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead. Close by are the footprints of a gigantic le r
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nahrorautniodn. Cofa ltlheed dtoet eincvtievset’isg aetfef,o Hrtso ltmo esso lsveee mthse tcor ifmacee, Ca osunpaner Dnaotyulrea lm foeed.i tIant etsh eo nte lnastee Ba ill
Victorian and early twentieth-century ideas of ancestry and atavism, the possible nd es
biological determination of criminals, the stability of the British landed classes, ”
and the place of the supernatural.
Historical documents included with this fully-annotated Broadview edition help
contextualize the novel’s debates and reveal its cultural and literary significance as
a supreme instance of early detective fiction. Also included is the Conan Doyle
short story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.”
Francis O’Gorman is Reader in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds. His
books include Late Ruskin: New Contexts(2001), The
ISBN 10: 1-55111-722-3 Victorians and the Eighteenth Century: Reassessing
ISBN 13: 978-1-55111-722-5 the Tradition(2004; co-edited with Katherine Turner),
and AConcise Companion to Victorian Fiction(2005).
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THE HOUND OF THE
BASKERVILLES
with
“THE ADVENTURE OF THE
SPECKLED BAND”
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series editor: L.W. Conolly
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Frontispiece:Sidney Paget’s black-and-white illustration of “The Death of
the Hound”from The Strand Magazine’sserialized edition of The Hound of
the Baskervilles,reproduced in George Newnes’s book edition (1902).The
melancholy of the creature is different from the fierceness with which he is
usually imagined and a reminder that,when Watson first experiences the
calling of the Hound,it is a “long,low moan,indescribably sad”(p.117)
that he hears.
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THE HOUND OF THE
BASKERVILLES
Another Adventure of
Sherlock Holmes
with
“THE ADVENTURE OF THE
SPECKLED BAND”
Arthur Conan Doyle
translated by Thomas K.Abbott
with revisions by Lara Denis
edited by Francis O’Gorman
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Doyle,Arthur Conan,1859–1930.
The hound of the Baskervilles :another adventure of Sherlock Holmes ;with,
The adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle ;edited by Francis O’Gorman.
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6 INTRODUCTION
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Contents
Acknowledgements • 9
Abbreviations • 11
Introduction • 13
Arthur Conan Doyle:A Brief Chronology • 43
A Note on the Text • 46
The Hound of the Baskervilles:Another Adventure
of Sherlock Holmes • 47
“Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.VIII.The Adventure of the
Speckled Band” • 211
Appendix A:“Curiosities,”The Strand Magazine (April
1901) • 239
Appendix B:From Francis Galton,“Composite Portraits”
(1879) • 245
Appendix C:From Francis Galton,Hereditary Genius
(1892 ed.) • 251
Appendix D:From Jack London,The People of the Abyss
(1903) • 255
Appendix E:Crime reporting from The Times (14 April
1901) • 267
Appendix F:From Edgar Allan Poe,“The Murders in the Rue
Morgue”(April 1841) • 271
Appendix G:From Adam Badeau,“The Land,”Aristocracy in
England (1886 ed.) • 277
Appendix H:From Edward B.Tylor,“The Development of
Culture,”Primitive Culture (1873 ed.) • 283
Appendix I:From Arthur Conan Doyle,The New Revelation
(1918) • 289
Selected Further Reading and Filmography • 297
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8 CONTENTS