Novel

• Means “new”
• First novel written
by Daniel Dafoe
• Robinson Crusoe
in 1719
 Elements of a Novel
• Setting: The time, place and environment in
which a story takes place
• Plot: The series of events in a story that
reveal the conflict, crisis and resolution
• Characters: The people (or things) that
take part in the story
 Elements of a Novel-cont
• Point of View: The perspective from which
the story is told
• Theme: What the author is trying to tell us
about the subject of the story
• Motifs: Recurring idea or theme
• Red Herring: Obvious solution in a
mystery that attempts to throw us off the
trail.
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Vocabulary Words

• Erroneous, presume, circumspect, agape,

catastrophe, calamity, corroborated,
luminous, spectral, executor, apparition
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

PRESENTATION BY
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 Time Line of
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
• Occupation—Eye specialist (Optometrist)
• Knighted for his service as British Officer
in The Great Boer War
• First story: A Study in Scarlet
• Sherlock Holmes modeled after Dr. J. Bell
• Wrote 60 Holmes stories
• Tried to kill off Holmes, but was forced by
popular demand to “resurrect” him
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

• Influenced by Edgar Allan Poe

(Murder in the Rue Morgue)
• Wife and son died—resulting
in Doyle becoming a
Spiritualist
• Doyle became friends with
Harry Houdini, the great
escape artist
 Throughout the book, the Setting
setting is in numerous
places, but the main “The driver pointed with
location of action is in his whip. ‘Baskerville
Devonshire, where Hall,’ said he… A few
Baskerville Hall is placed. minutes later we had
This town is described as reached the lodge-gates, a
gloomy and dark at night, maze of fantastic tracery in
but during the day, the area wrought iron, with
seems to brighten a little weather-bitten pillars on
bit. either side, blotched with
lichens, and surmounted
by the boars’ heads of the
Baskervilles”(p. 53-54).

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 Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a very
interesting character. He is
witty and clever. The most
important trait of the detective
is that he figures out the most
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to bother about using his
powers of deduction.
“Sherlock Holmes had, in a
very remarkable degree, the
power of detaching his mind at
will”(p. 39).
 Sherlock Holmes

Robert Downey Jr.

 As the narrator, Dr. Watson
Dr. Watson accompanies Sherlock Holmes
throughout the course of the
book. He is a bright man and
tries to find the murderer who
killed Sir Charles Baskerville.
Sometimes Dr. Watson is afraid
to speak his mind. Sherlock
Holmes sometimes treats Watson
like a fool.
“I’m afraid, my dear Watson that
most of your conclusions are
erroneous….to be frank, that in
noting your fallacies I was
occasionally guided towards the
truth.” (pg.11)
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 1-Mr. Sherlock Holmes
• 221b Baker Street, London
• Watson examines a forgotten cane
• Elderly Doc from a hunting club
• Holmes sarcastically praises Watson and
then deduces that:
o Charing Cross Hospital
o Young Country Doctor
o Amiable man
o Owns medium size dog
o Unambitious and Forgetful
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 1-Mr. Sherlock Holmes

• Dr Mortimer arrives with

Spaniel
• Holmes is correct in his
analysis
• Mortimer is a phrenologist
(examines skulls)
• Hopes to consult the 2nd
highest expert in London-
ouch!
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 2-Curse of the Baskervilles

• Dr Mortimer presents manuscript

(1742)
• Infamous Hugo Baskerville
kidnapped a maiden, she escaped
from the tower by climbing down
the ivy covered wall
• Hugo makes a deal w/the Devil
• Hell hound kills Hugo, one witness
dies and two others go insane
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 2-Curse of the Baskervilles

• Sir Charles was a philanthropist

• Apparently died of natural
causes (heart attack)
• Dr. Mortimer noticed cigar ashes
and the footprints of a gigantic
hound
• Wants advice on what to do with
Sir Henry Baskerville
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 3-The Problem

• NOK: Roger Baskerville-

Presumed dead in
S. America, Black
sheep of family
• Holmes smokes pipe and
consults a map of Devonshire
• Discusses Supernatural-vs-
natural
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 4-Sir Henry Baskerville

• Anonymous note—warning
or threat?
• Times newspaper clippings
(moor)
• Used short blade scissors
• In a hurry (words carelessly
glued)
• Hotel pen (sputtering ink)
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 4-Sir Henry Baskerville

• Henry’s new brown

boot is missing
• Holmes spots bearded
man following Henry
• Cartwright inspects 23
Hotel garbage cans for
newspaper clippings
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 5-Three Broken Threads

• Holmes checks hotel register

• Henry loses another boot
(black)
• Barrymore has a black beard
• Holmes sends telegram to
Barrymore
• Henry inherits 740,000 lbs
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 5-Three Broken Threads

• NOK: James Desmond, a

distant cousin, clergyman
• Holmes sends Watson with
Henry to B-ville Hall
• Cabbie states that Sherlock
Holmes was his mysterious
passenger
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 6-Baskerville Hall

• Watson has a list of suspects

• Warning to Baronet: “Do not go
into the moors at night when the
powers of evil are exalted.”
• Selden, the Notting Hill murderer
has escaped
• Moor and Manor are Melancholy
• Barrymores wish to resign
• Watson hears a woman crying at
night
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter7-Stapletons of Merripit House

• Barrymore lies about crying wife

• Telegram was delivered to MRS
Barrymore
• Watson meets Stapleton
(Naturalist / Entomologist)
• Stapleton suggests that Sir
Charles could have been
frightened to death by an ordinary
hound
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 7-Stapletons of Merripit House-cont

• Stapleton warns Watson of the

Grimpen Mire
• Claims that he is the only one that
can navigate past the quicksand
• They hear a low moan arising
from the moor
• Beryl Stapleton warns Watson to
“Go back to London…!”
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 8-First report of Dr. Watson

• Letter format
• Selden not seen for a “fortnight”
• Mr. Frankland of Lafter Hall: a
litigator and amateur astronomer
• Henry questions Barrymore about
telegram, gives him his wardrobe
• Watson sees Barrymore creeping
down the hall with a candle
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 9-2nd report of Dr. Watson

• Miss Stapleton averts her head at

Henry’s attempt to kiss her
• Mr. Stapleton reacts like a madman
• Barrymore signaling into the moor
• Eliza Barrymore admits Selden is
her brother
• Waston sees the Man on the Tor
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 10—Extract from Diary

• Aiding and Abetting a felon

• Barrymore confesses Sir Charles was
waiting for a woman, initials L.L
• Dr. Mortimer, minus spaniel, says
L.L. might be Laura Lyons—
Frankland the Crank’s estranged
daughter
• Sir Charles has helped her set up a
typing business
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 11—The Man on the Tor

• L.L. is beautiful and freckled

• P.S.—As you are a gentleman, burn
this letter
• Needed money from Sir Charles to get
a divorce from husband she abhorred
• Frankland has spotted Cartwright (the
boy) with his telescope
• Watson hides in stone hut
• Holmes recognizes Watson’s cigarette
 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 12—Death on the Moor

• Watson upset that Holmes used him

and had not trusted him
• Miss Stapleton is really Jack’s wife,
not sister
• Stapleton used L.L. to draw out Sir
Charles
• “Sir Henry” is killed by the Hound—
Selden is wearing Henry’s tweed suit
 Greed
In The Hound of the
Baskervilles by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, the murderer
of the book is portrayed
through his greed and
selfishness. His intentions,
or goals, are to obtain the
fortune of the late Sir
Charles Baskerville.
Achieving his goals and
obtaining the fortune was
due to the murderer’s desire
for money and wealth.
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