About the Author
Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a young man he seemed destined for a career in medicine. In […]
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Setting
The late Victorian setting of The Hound of the Baskervilles is an orderly one. In it, each person has a role to fill, and when […]
Themes and Characters
Sherlock Holmes is a private investigator who operates out of his rooms at 221B Baker Street in London, England. Well-to-do, he takes only the cases […]
Literary Qualities
The techniques in The Hound of the Baskervilles are common to most Holmes mysteries. First, a client visits Holmes, and Holmes makes some clever deductions […]
Social Sensitivity
The Hound of the Baskervilles depicts the kinds of individual disorientation that are created by social disorder. For instance, love is perverted by evil in […]
Topics for Discussion
1. What is your initial reaction after reading the manuscript that explains the myth of the “Hound of the Baskervilles”? 2. Stapleton says, “This is […]
Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Compare The Hound of the Baskervilles to several of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories. Discuss the similarities. 2. Does the nature of the […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
Although The Hound of the Baskervilles is the most popular of the Holmes adventures, the series consists of four novels and a multiplicity of short […]