<P> The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes . Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902 , it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England 's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome , diabolical hound of supernatural origin . Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case . This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in `` The Final Problem '' , and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character 's eventual revival . </P>
where does the hound of baskervilles take place
set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England 's West Country