# Selden — The Hound of the Baskervilles character guide

> Selden in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0007-vi-baskerville-hall

## Snapshot

The escaped murderer from Princetown whose shadow on the moor terrifies the district and complicates every search for the hound.

## Who they are

A notorious killer who has broken out of Dartmoor Prison, he haunts the tors and hollows while soldiers and villagers hunt him. His presence gives the moor a second, human menace, and Watson's glimpses of a figure on the heights keep the reader uncertain what is beast and what is man. His sister's connection to the Hall quietly ties the criminal thread to the Baskerville household itself.

## Relationships

### [Barrymore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hound_of_the_baskervilles/characters/barrymore)

_family_

Barrymore is the brother-in-law of Selden, the escaped convict, and secretly helps him by leaving food on the moor.

## In the story

### [IX: Second Report of Dr. Watson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hound_of_the_baskervilles/chapters/ix-second-report-of-dr-watson)

Revealed as the convict on the moor and Mrs. Barrymore's brother.

### [X: Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hound_of_the_baskervilles/chapters/x-extract-from-the-diary-of-dr-watson)

Mentioned as the convict who informed Barrymore about the second man on the moor.

### [Death on the Moor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hound_of_the_baskervilles/chapters/xii-death-on-the-moor)

The escaped convict who is killed by the hound, mistaken for Sir Henry.

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