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Archive LinePublished 1902

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Pages

227

Difficulty

Demanding

Tone

Curated

Chapters

15

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  1. Chapter 1.
  2. Chapter 2.
  3. Chapter 3.
  4. Chapter 4.
  5. Chapter 5.
  6. Chapter 6.
  7. Chapter 7.
  8. Chapter 8.
  9. Chapter 9.
  10. Chapter 10.
  11. Chapter 11.
  12. Chapter 12.
  13. Chapter 13.
  14. Chapter 14.
  15. Chapter 15.
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assert len(IS_NEW_CATALOG) == 50

# Extra alternates if cover/text validation fails
IS_BACKUPS: list[tuple[str, str, str, int, str, int]] = [
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