The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library) [Paperback]

Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Leslie S. Klinger (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 2002

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a new, thoroughly annotated edition of the original suspense classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Leslie S. Klinger. The annotations are a guide to the Victorian era and the hundreds of scholarly works that study the lives and times of Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson, M.D.

This handsome, illustrated volume is bursting with scholarly references and features a sturdy, smythe-sewn soft cover binding.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Gasogene Books (January 12, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0938501348
• ISBN-13: 978-0938501343
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,597,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Leslie S. Klinger is considered to be one of the world's foremost authorities on those twin icons of the Victorian era, Sherlock Holmes and Dracula. He is the editor of the three-volume collection of the short stories and novels, THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES, published by W. W. Norton in 2004 and 2005, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work and nominated for every other major award in the mystery genre. THE NEW ANNOTATED DRACULA, published by W. W. Norton in 2008, offers a similar in-depth examination of Bram Stoker's haunting classic and its historical context. It received a starred review in Publishers' Weekly.

Since the 1960s, the study of the rich fantastic literature of the Victorian writers has been Klinger's consuming passion. He has written dozens of articles on Sherlockiana, published 13 books on Sherlock Holmes in addition to the Norton work, and regularly teaches UCLA Extension courses on "Sherlock Holmes and His World" and "Dracula and His World." Klinger's Sherlock Holmes Reference Library has been called by the Baker Street Journal "the standard text of reference for all serious Sherlockians." He contributed essays to Playboy Magazine and the Times of London on vampires and served as the technical adviser for Warner Bros. on the "Sherlock Holmes" films starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. He is currently editing several anthologies of stories relating to Holmes, vampires, and Victorian fiction, the first of which is titled "In the Shadow of Dracula," for IDW Books, as well as the four-volume "The Annotated Sandman" in collaboration with Neil Gaiman for DC Comics.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Klinger received an AB in English from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a JD from Boalt Hall (School of Law, U.C. Berkeley). Since then, he has lived in Los Angeles, pursuing a legal career in tax, estate, and business planning. Klinger is a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, the Horror Writers Association, and the Mystery Writers of America. He served for three years as the chapter president of the SoCal Chapter of MWA and on its National Board of Directors, and he is the Treasurer-elect of the Horror Writers Association.