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    What’s the story? Sir Henry Baskerville‚ a young man recently arrived from North America to take possession of the estate of his uncle‚ who’s died suddenly‚ seeks the counsel and protection of Sherlock Holmes. The wealthy Sir Charles apparently died fleeing in terror from an unknown enemy; meanwhile‚ Sir Henry himself is receiving mysterious threats‚ perhaps related to a Baskerville family curse involving an innocent maiden‚ a reprobate ancestor‚ and a vengeful hound. Holmes‚ busy with other affairs

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    The Truth About Sherlock Holmes Many people have heard of Sherlock Holmes but do they really know who he is? Everybody sees him as a famous worldwide detective but in fact he is more than that. In the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes who is the protagonist‚ serves as a determined character always unfolding any kind of mystery and is a very complicated but yet fascinating man. During the whole book Sherlock shows us that he is bold‚ arrogant

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    Compare and Contrast The Hound of the Baskervilles Movie and Book The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the movie The Hound of the Baskervilles directed by Jeremy Bret are two works of art that are mainly telling the same story. There are‚ however‚ many differences about the book and the movie. Those differences don’t affect the outcome of the story‚ but they give less impact to the story. Along with the differences there are many similarities‚ and those similarities

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    In the novel‚ The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ mysterious events happen. Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to Dartmoor‚ England‚ for an adventure full of secrecy. Through Doyle’s confound novel‚ the theme of not being ruled by fear is developed through secret Baskerville stories‚ upset characters‚ and revealing crimes Accordingly‚ the new secluded Baskerville story‚ has lead to a tragic death in the family. At the beginning of the novel‚ there is a terrifying

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    The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery about who was trying to kill Sir Henry. Holmes used disguises and clues to figure out who was trying to kill Sir Henry. When Holmes is told of the curse of the Baskervilles‚ a big crazy dog that could kill someone he got suspicious. I really liked this movie and thought it was really interesting. In the movie multiple character are suspicious. Dr. James Mortimer was not very found of the idea that Sir Henry was going to visit his ancestors estate‚ because

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    search of clues‚ whereas in the book‚ Watson questions Mrs. In conclusion‚ the film version of Hound of the Baskervilles was very similar to the book‚ but there were some differences. Finally‚ Stapleton was announced dead in the Grimpen myer ‚ as he was in both versions of the story. One major difference in the movie that was not in the book was the starting scene of the movie was set in the moor with Sir Charles being attacked by the Hound. In the book the starting scene was when Watson and Holmes

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    The Hound of Baskerville The Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a very unique story‚ but just how unique is it? The series Doctor Who originally created by Sydney Newman‚ C.E. Webber and Donald Wilson contains many of the same elements our famous detective’s story has. The series Doctor Who is the story of an advanced alien time traveler known as The Doctor. Throughout the series The Doctor goes through time and space accompanied with his

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    Jeong 1 Ji Won Jeong Ms.Santos English 9 Honors 21 October 2015 Sir Henry Baskerville The Hound of the Baskervilles is a fictional‚ mysterious book written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story takes place in the eighteen hundreds London‚ and in Devonshire‚ Baskerville Hall as the story progresses. The mystery begins when Sherlock Holmes finds a cane left in his office by an unknown visitor along with his assistant‚ Dr.Watson. The cane’s owner later appears to be James Mortimer‚ as he entered the office

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    Heather Scott Professor Sevart English Composition 101 11-21-12 Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle‚ author of Hound of the Baskervilles‚ was born on May 22‚ 1859‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. The Doyle’s were a prosperous Irish-Catholic family‚ who had a prominent position in the world of Art. Charles Altamont Doyle‚ Arthur’s father‚ a chronic alcoholic‚ was the only member of his family‚ who apart from fathering a brilliant son‚ never accomplished anything of note. There was little money in the family

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    The Hound of the Baskervilles was written by Arthur Conan Doyle in the august 1901‚and was published in The Strand Magazine in April 1902.This book is not the only one: it is the third book in the Sherlock Holmes series. The genre of this book is detective: all other books from the Sherlock Holmes Series is written in the same genre. The Hound of the Baskervilles was listed in the BBC in 2003 as the “best-loved novel”. The action starts in the family house of the BaskervillesBaskervilles Hall.

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