Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Hound of Baskervilles (dies at 30) -fifth child of reverend and wife -educated mostly at home in area where WH is set—York…. -with siblings Charlotte, Branwell, and Anne, writes plays & stories -a loner, introvert, homebody…. -teaches at a girls’ school for a bit -1846: publishes poetry under name Ellis Bell -1847: sis Charlotte publishes Jane Eyre -1847: WH published under name Ellis Bell (sis Charlotte sends in for pub) -WH given mostly bad reviews (“only consolation…is it will never be read.”) -dies of TB (dies at 71) -only son of Irish Catholic family in Edinburgh, Scotland -dad alcoholic / mom raconteur -wealthy uncles send him far away to Jesuit boarding school -continues education in Austria and then in medical school -sets up medical practice and writes stories -1886: publishes first novel, Study in Scarlet -character Sherlock Holmes beloved by readers (if not by ACD himself) and ACD becomes one of best-paid authors of his day

Wuthering Heights Hound of the Baskerville -Pub in Events take place in early 1800s -(monarch was Queen Victoria— ) -York -Moors -Pub in Events take place in (Queen Victoria— with Edward VII taking throne in 1901) -London and then Devonshire -Moors

“The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one’s soul, its vastness, and also its grim charm” (Conan Doyle 94).

Vital, integral, very British setting—moors—that affect plot, mood, tone, and theme Both narrated by secondary characters Time period: Victorian era—time of British confidence, relative peace, prosperity (at expense of colonies, the poor, etc); few rights for women and poor; patriarchal, conservative, repressed Spousal manipulation, control, and abuse—both reveal powerless status of women Clear delineation of social classes—concentration on PROPERTY ownership The supernatural (real and imagined) Themes of greed, abuse, love of place, secrets, FEAR

Wuthering HeightsHound of Baskervilles -Female writer assuming male voice and then voice of servant -Romantic (capital R)—filled with intense emotions, rich images, internal battles, etc -filled with ambiguities; ending leaves some tensions unresolved -Male writer creating male narrator like himself (doctor of medicine) -at its core a Romantic text, but with emphasis on the rational, explainable—the scientific -although a mystery, there’s a clear resolution—everything tied up into a neat bow