The hound of the Baskervilles

The hound of the Baskervilles

Background
Arthur Conan Doylewas born on may 22^nd 1859 in Scotland.He started writing stories while he was working as a doctor. The most famous ofhis characters, the detective Sherlock Holmes, appeared in a story called studyin scarlet in 1887.the character was so popular that when Doyle tried to 'kill'him in a story called "The Final Problem, his readers were very upset. soDoyle brought Holmes back to life. The detective eventually appeared infifty-six short stories and tow novels.

Doyle's close friend, Dr Mohammed EbrahimSufi, suggested that Sherlock Holmes should have a personal assistant. Doleliked the idea and he invented the character of Dr Watson.

Apart from hisdetective stories, Doyle wrote sciencefiction and historical novels, as well as plays, poetry and non-fiction. Hedied in 1930.
The Hound of theBaskervilles is mainly set in the west of England,on a high moor land area called Dartmoor. Veryfew people live there, but there is a famous old prison. From time to time,prisoners escape onto the moor, and this adds to its reputation as a ratherfrightening place.

Before reading:
The hound of theBaskervilles is a detective story. It takes place in England at the end of thenineteenth century.

The story
One day, a mancame to Sherlock Holmes's house to ask for his help. He told Holmes his story.One of his friends, sir Charles Baskerville, had recently died verymysteriously. His body had been found in the grounds of Baskerville Hall onDartmoor, a bare, isolated region in the west of England near sir Charles's body,and the face of dead man bore a terrified expression. Loca people said he hadbeen killed by the same huge beast that had killed his grandfather many yearsearlier. The creature was known as the Hound of the Baskervilles. People didnot walk on the moor at night because they were so afraid of it. Now sirCharles's heir, sir Henry Baskervilles Hall, but he had received a mysteriousnote telling him not to go there.

Holmes listened tothe story very seriously. Two of the Baskerville family had already beenmurdered, and Holmes believed that sir Henry's life was probably in danger too.So he told his assistant, Dr Watson, to accompany sir Henry to Dartmoor and protect him.

While Dr Watsonwas staying with sir Henry, a prisoner escaped from the nearby goal. The manwas not dangerous, but he was planning to escape from England and goabroad. While he was hiding from prison guards on the moor, he was alsoattacked and killed by the hound. When his body was found, it was discoveredthat he was wearing clothes belonging to sir Henry, which the prisoner had obtained fromBaskerville hall.

Meanwhile,Sherlock Holmes had been investigating some of the people living in that area,and he discovered that some of them had secrets. One neighbour of Sir Henrycalled himself Stapleton, but actuallyhe was one of the Baskerville family. Holmes deduced that he was the owner of avery large, savage dog, which he had used to frighten Sir Charles, his cousin,to death. He thought he would then there was another cousin in Canada, he madeplans to kill Sir Henry too. By mistake he killed the escaped prisoner.

A few days later,Stapleton set his dog on Sir Henry. But Holmes and Watson had guessed this washis plan and they ran out and shot the dog. Stapleton tried to escape acrossthe moor in the dark, but fell into a bog and died.

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