Edition: 100th Anniversary ed.
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classic, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451528018ISBN:0451528018
Edition: 100th Anniversary ed.
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Classic, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780451528018ISBN:0451528018
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"After reading some Mary Russell novels, I wanted to check out the original Sherlock again.
She definitely humanizes him.
On his own, he's quite the know-it-all.
This is about a villain who calls himself Stapleton, who's in reality a covert heir to Baskerville hall, who's trying to do in the 2 heirs ahead of him in line by reviving a Baskerville legend of a diabolical hound. He has an actual monstrous dog that he has trained to kill his competitors.
Mostly the dog -- unbeknownst to the neighbors -- stays hidden in a kennel at the center of a mire on the moor, to which only the Stapletons know the path.
Before Stapleton lets the dog out for a night attack, he paints it w. phosphorus, so that in the darkness it appears to fiendishly glow.
Holmes uses Watson and an Inspector LeStrade to help rescue the "bait," the young nephew who's inherited Baskerville estate. They have him walk alone across the moor, to draw out the hound, which the 3 then shoot and kills.
Watson nails it near story end, when he says it's upsetting that Sherlock will hardly ever divulge his full plan or full reasonings to the "agents" he employs, including Watson."
"What part does the setting of the moor play in the novel? Give examples from the novel to support what you think.
The moor is dark and dangerous. it's the perfect place for criminals to hide and the moor is full of dangerous places grimpen mire for example. so the moor playes that spooky role that is needed for all mysteries.
One of the themes in the novel involves the importance of reasoning. Why is reasoning important? How does Sherlock Holmes use reasoning to solve mysteries? Give examples of how he does this.
He can tell what someone has been doing lately and what they are having some trouble with and were they work. He can also tell you what suspects are. He can tell if they are being truthfull about what they are saying and if they are withholding informathion.
What is the relationship between Holmes and Watson? How do they feel about each other? Give examples to support what you say.
Holmes and Watson are great friends you can tell by the way Holmes will tell Watson all the information he has and viseversa.
What are legends? What lesson does the novel teach about believing legends?
Legends are stories that people have claimed to see the thing from them. Like bigfoot. you know they dont exsist untill you think you hear or see them then all you think is ahh it's after me!!!!!"
"3.5 stars, but the half-star is more sentimental than anything else.
I think the thing about this story that still appeals to me is the impression, at least, that Holmes was initially stumped by the case. The reader clearly saw the intrigue and fascination that Holmes had for the stories, and was privy to a rarity: Sherlock Holmes was confounded.
That allowed Watson to shine, in his own peculiar and charming way. This was the first novel that really showcased Watson's fortitude, tenacity and loyalty (and I apologize for making him sound like a hound there!) We were able to follow Watson's logic, to see how his brain worked out the clues that were presented, and to see where those clues led him. I think that's what made the story for me.
The story itself - the legend of the hound, the history of the Baskervilles, even the story of Hugo himself - really didn't do enough to keep me engaged this time around. Maybe I've hit a Holmes wall, or maybe I've read the story too often, but had it not been for the different viewpoint of Watson, I probably wouldn't have powered through this one again.
After saying all that, though, I have to end with my opinion that Holmes, though overly confident, often abrasive, and sometimes - as Watson has declared - entirely too "tiring", is a brilliant character whose fits of imagination and logic typically makes for some good reads."
"One of Doyle's better known Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles, is one that begins in benign city drudgery and ends in the sensational, sensual moors of the countryside. A family history, plagued by the evil tale of a spiritual being, imposes itself on the pragmatic and scientific modernity of Holmes and Watson's practice, throwing them for a ghostly loop.
When I was in third grade, I "read" the Hound of the Baskervilles. I had been given a collection of Doyle's Holmes stories by some well-intentioned relative and being the avid little reader that I was, dug in. I remember very few of the the other stories but because I was, even (or especially) at 9, an avid animal advocate, I remember the The Hound.
At least I thought I did. When I am distressed about the things my son (currently 19 months) is reading in seven and a half years, I'll have to remind myself that The Hound stuck with me in little part regarding the plot. The tawdry implied love affairs and inherent violence had no effect on me at that age. I think I read it simply because of the dog.
Of course, as a 26 year old, Watson's recount of the countryside drama, packed with supernatural intrigue, holds much more weight. There are great writers still working today and they'll certainly do in a pinch but there is nothing quite like the witty one liners and beautiful mysterious prose of Dolye's stories. Through and through its tiny entirety, the Hound of the Baskerville is fantastic craftsmanship and an inevitable crowd favorite."
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