1. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

2. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE BORN MAY 22, 1859 IN EDINBURGH SCOTLAND
STUDIED AT EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
BECAME A DOCTOR
BECAME AN EYE SPECIALIST
DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN SPIRITUALISM
WROTE 60 STORIES/NOVELS ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES

3. SHERLOCK HOLMES
“BORN” IN 1887 WHEN CONAN DOYLE WROTE HIS FIRST FULL-LENGTH DETECTIVE STORY A STUDY IN SCARLET TO SUPPLEMENT HIS INCOME
KNOWN FOR HIS ACUTE POWERS OF OBSERVATION
BELIEVED IN REASON ABOVE ALL
SCIENTIFIC RATIONALISM WAS THE ORDER OF THE DAY

4. “…DOYLE BRILLIANTLY POPULARIZED THE CENTURY’S CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIFORM OPERATION OF SCIENTIFIC LAWS THAT ALLOWED THE TRAINED OBSERVER TO DEDUCE CAUSES FROM EFFECTS…”
HOLMES WAS INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR TO THE ORDINARY MAN…ECCENTRIC BUT ELEGANT, BRILLIANT BUT FREQUENTLY BORED
HE OFTEN INJECTED HIMSELF WITH DRUGS (THEN LEGAL) BECAUSE HE HATED TO HAVE A DULL EXISTENCE
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS A REAL PERSON

5. DR. WATSON DR. WATSON CREATED AS A FOIL TO HOLMES
--ORDINARY PERSON HOLMES MUST EXPLAIN HIS REASONING TO
WATSON HAD STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO CONAN DOYLE

6. GOOD-BYE HOLMES
CONAN DOYLE ATTEMPTED TO KILL HOLMES SO HE COULD WRITE “SERIOUS” FICTION
WROTE THE FINAL PROBLEM IN WHICH HOLMES’ NEMESIS SENDS HIM TO HIS DEATH
PUBLIC OUTCRY INCLUDED NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES AND PEOPLE WEARING MOURNING GARB IN THE STREETS
HOLMES WAS RESURRECTED IN THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES…NOVEL SET RETROSPECTIVELY

7. HOUND WAS WRITTEN IN 1920
BEST KNOWN HOLMES TALE
INSPIRED TO WRITE THE STORY AFTER HEARING OF A LEGEND WHICH MAKES THIS NOVEL MORE GOTHIC IN NATURE
CONAN DOYLE DIED IN 1930
SHERLOCK HOMES STILL RECEIVES MAIL EVERY DAY AT 221B BAKER STREET

8. JOURNAL # 1
Why are people so fascinated with mystery and detective stories? Why are we so fascinated with crime and murder? List as many reasons as you can. Who/what are some of your favorite detectives and or shows? Write specifically about what you like about the main character and the show itself.