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The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
 

DESCRIPTION: “...A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen.  Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flames.  Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog.” (The Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle)

NOTES: The real Hound of the Baskervilles was only a dog covered in phosperous paint but the creature of legend is still fascinating.

HISTORY: Inspired by legends of Hellhounds, the Hound of the Baskerville is the best of all false monster stories. Most tales in this school are usually no more sophisticatd than your average Scooby Doo cartoon. Doyle's novel is a highwater mark. Filmed many times, there are versions featuring Stewart Granger, Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Christopher Lee and others.

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