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down by a descendant of one Hugo Baskerville, who had
lived two centuries earlier. According to this old account,
Hugo Baskerville became infatuated with a yeoman's
watching, the hound plucked out Hugo's throat and
vanished into the night.
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Apparently, prior to his death, Sir Charles had become fearful of the legendary curse and its retributive hellhound. Furthermore, Mortimer has deduced that Sir Charles had been waiting for someone at the time of his death. Sir Charles' face was contorted into a ghastly expression, while his footprints suggested that he was desperately running from something. It was known that elderly Sir Charles' heart was not strong, and that he planned to go to London the next day. Mortimer also reveals that he observed the footprints "of a gigantic hound" near Sir Charles' body, a fact that he did not reveal at the inquest.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels 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.
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Introduction of the book
Sir Charles Baskerville, a baronet, is found lying dead among yew trees in the grounds of his seat, Baskerville Hall. The cause of death is ascribed to a heart attack. Fearing
Sometime later, Hugo and the girl were found dead. She
had died from fear and fatigue, while a giant spectral
hound stood over Hugo's body. With his friends
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The Writer
The Two Main Characters
Introduction of The Book
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The
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 ) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, historical novels and humors .
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give his soul to the Powers of Evil if he could only
overtake her. Hugo, aided by his friends and hunting
hounds, rode after her on to the desolate moor.
for the safety of Sir Charles’ nephew and
only known heir, Sir Henry Baskerville— who was coming to London from Canada to collect his inheritance—Dr. James Mortimer travels from Devon to London, and appeals for help to Sherlock Holmes.
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Dr. John Watson –The novel's narrator, Dr. Watson is Holmes' stalwart assistant at Baker Street and the chronicler of his many triumphs as a private investigator. He steps for a while into Holmes' boots, expressing his eagerness to impress his colleague by cracking this most baffling of cases before Holmes returns to the fray.
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Mortimer explains to Holmes and Doctor Watson that the
Baskerville family is said to be afflicted by a curse. He
reads a description of the origin of the curse, as written
daughter, kidnapped her, and imprisoned her in his
bedchamber. She escaped while he was talking with his
friends. A drunken and furious Hugo cried that he would
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The two main characters
Sherlock Holmes – Holmes is the famed 221B Baker Street detective with a keen eye, acute intelligence and a logical mind. His observation and intuition personified, and although he takes a back seat to Watson for much of this particular adventure, we always feel his presence. In the end, it takes all of his legendary crime-solving powers to identify the ingenious killer, save the life of the next intended victim, and solve the Baskerville mystery.