книга "Собака Баскервилей" — Артур Конан ДойльСобака Баскервилей. Собака Баскервилей, один из самых знаменитых романов Артура Конан Дойла(1859-1930), принадлежит к числу тех произведений английской литературы, которые известны нам с детства. Тем не менее, взяв в руки оригинальный текст, вы не сможете оторваться от полного драматизма повествования, в центре которого легендарные Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон. Увлекательная история, рассказанная выразительным и одновременно доступным английским языком, прекрасно подходит для совершенствования знания английского языка. Для облегчения понимания текста дается лингвострановедческий и лексико-грамматический комментарий. Книга адресована широкому кругу читателей, изучающих английский язык.
Sir Charles Baskerville, Bart, is found dead on the grounds of his country 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 English 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. Sir Charles Baskerville had become fearful of the legendary curse and its hellhound. Mortimer decided that Sir Charles had been waiting for someone when he died. His face was contorted in a ghastly expression, while his footprints suggested that he was running away from something. The elderly man's heart wasn't strong, and he had planned to go to London the very next day. Mortimer says he had seen the footprints of a "gigantic hound" near Sir Charles's body, though nothing was revealed at the inquest. | 
