The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of The Baskervilles begins at 221B Baker Street‚ London‚ England. This story is told by Watson‚ as he and Sherlock Holmes are asked to investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville. This legend leads one to believe that the Baskerville estate and family is cursed by a great black hound‚ but Watson and Mr. Holmes are determined to prove this curse to be no more than an old tall tale. With only one heir left in the Baskerville family remaining
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band “Remember the unkindness‚ dishonesty‚ and deception you display towards others‚ don’t be shocked when it comes back to bite you” (Moores). Dr. Grimesby Roylott‚ a heinous and sadistic character‚ from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ comes face to face with his criminal serpent and dies from being injected with its venom. He had planned to execute Helen by sending his snake compatriot to instill its venom into her body‚ but his
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<b>1. Author?</b><br>Sir Arthur Conan Doil.<br><br><b>2. Setting?</b><br>Baker Street‚ Threadneedle street‚ and Streathham in London England.<br><br><b>3. Identify the theme of your book?</b><br>The theme is to never misjudge people until proven guilty.<br><br><b>4. Story?</b><br>One morning‚ a well-known gentleman went into a bank in London‚ and was received immediately by Mr. Alexander Holder‚ head of the bank. He asked for a loan of fifty thousand Pounds. Mr. Holder asked him to present collateral
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novella‚ A Study in Scarlet‚ introduces to us the story of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson first joining forces and beginning their friendship and business of solving crimes together. Yet‚ in A Study in Scarlet‚ we learn about Holmes playing the violin for the first time. We also learn that he occasionally talks about topics that have to do with violins‚ such as different kinds of violins‚ going to violin performances‚ and what others have said about music in general
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the crime fiction genre‚ each has different qualities making the genre seem very broad. The genre has been through an evolution since its beginnings in which the conventions of the genre have changed to reflect the social values at the time. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s writing is a reflection of the social attitudes and vales of time he lived. It is a product of an English environment in the Industrial Revolution and his work often had a capacity to focus on Science and technology. The case of the Lady
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are both unique and intriguing characters. They have captured the imagination of all who have read any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories. The adventures and crime solving are secondary to the characters and personality traits of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The first thing to know about Sherlock Holmes is that he was an incredible detective. He could be very ambitious at times fully concentrating on solving a puzzling crime or he could be equally
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The case of the Mary Celeste: The Source and Cause of its Popularity History 1100 Professor Engelman April 8‚ 2012 p. 1 The Mary Celeste is a name that will never be forgotten in America. The story behind this popular derelict is so famous that almost everyone knows it. What makes the case of the Mary Celeste so interesting however is that
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n the article “Anxieties of Empire in Doyle’s Tales of Sherlock Homes” the author‚ Lauren Raheja evaluates the theme in Doyle’s stories. She mainly focuses on the topics related to nature‚ society and thought when comparing “The Speckled band” and “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot”. She uses these stories to support her claims of what statement the author is trying to portray through his writing. An example of how she demonstrated this is by picking two main corporates in each story. In the Speckled
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A commonly quoted aphorism states that actions speak louder than words. Who is to say that actions and words do not have equal value? In many detective stories‚ spanning from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes‚ to Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone‚ the detective weighs each witness’s actions and words equally and compare these two sets of information to see if the witness’s actions align with their account of events. Of course‚ the detective must possess keen observational skills in order
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Another Gothic environmental aspect continues whenever Doyle tells his outsiders to go through the gates and to continue past of run down lodge which is just creepy like most gothic based books are (Snodgrass). They are in the woods and they hear a rustling of the leaves and when they see who or what had made the commotion..they never expected to see what they had seen (Doyle 91). Adding a bit of mystery into the mix‚ Doyle mentions key points that help the reader understand that the setting
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