The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Detective Fiction · Ratiocination Detection · Crime and Punishment

Abstract

Sherlock Holmes and Watson investigate the death of Sir Charles Baskerville, apparently from fright, amid an old family legend of a diabolical hound haunting the moor. As the new heir Sir Henry arrives at Baskerville Hall, Holmes uncovers a very human plot hiding behind the supernatural terror.

Capitoli / Chapters

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15

Readability (prose)-29.6 Flesch ease35.1 FK grade37.2 Fog22% complex71.3 words/sent

Connections

Forms & Genres: Detective Fiction, Novel, Gothic Novel Themes & Concepts: Ratiocination Detection, Crime and Punishment, Justice Right and Wrong, Fear, Family and Lineage, Guilt Motifs: Supernatural, Fog and Smoke, Uncanny, Secrets, Night, Animals Historical References: Victorian England Settings: London, Rural England Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson Archetypes: Detective, Villain

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