Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Born May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland Prosperous family, despite his father being an alcoholic Educated at a Jesuit boarding school in England, paid for by his relatives Doyle returned home and had his father committed to a mental institution Biography

Doyle attended the University of Edinburgh in order to study medicine. He met many other famous writers there, including James Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson. Biography

The man who most impressed him, however, was Dr. Joseph Bell. The doctor was a master at observation, logic, deduction, and diagnosis. All these qualities were later found in the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Biography

Doyle wrote other material, including a historical novel, but nothing had the popularity of Sherlock Holmes. During World War I, Doyle worked as a war correspondent. Biography

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on July 7, Biography

Sherlock Holmes The quintessential detective Uses deductive reasoning to solve his cases

Sherlock Holmes Facts Sherlock Holmes appears in 56 short stories and four novels More than 200 movies have been based on Sherlock Holmes There are more than 300 Sherlock Holmes clubs worldwide People still visit 221B Baker Street in London, an actual address and home of the fictional detective

Sherlock Holmes Facts Doyle became convinced that Sherlock Holmes was a distraction to more serious writing, so he killed off the Holmes character in 1893 in the story The Final Problem. When he needed money, Doyle bowed to public outcry and revived Sherlock Holmes in the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles In 1901.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Considered the best detective story of the Victorian Era

Publication First published in The Strand in 1901 –Published in segments First published in book form in 1902.

A spectral hound terrorizes the Baskerville family. Who will be the next victim?

Chapters 1-5 take place in London

Chapters 6-10 take place on the English moors: bleak, desolate, beautiful

One site is Grimspound, a Bronze Age settlement, where a nine-foot-thick stone wall encloses a four acre site containing the stone remains of 24 circular huts.

Characters Sherlock Holmes- The eminent detective Dr. Watson-Sherlock Holmes’s helper Hugo Baskerville- Lived many generations ago Sir Charles Baskerville-Recently died Sir Henry Baskerville-Newest tenant of Baskerville Hall Dr. Mortimer-Friend of Sir Charles

Point of View 1 st Person Watson is telling the story (Why would the author have a secondary character tell the story?)