Hounds of the Baskerville
1st Draft
The famous Novel “the hounds of the Baskerville” was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he was very popular in late 19th century all the way up to now. His books were published in the weekly magazine the “Strand” and proved to be loved by most Victorians since he’s main character, Sherlock Holmes, a private detective proved to be far more competent than the police force. Especially since it was a time were notorious murderers such as “jack the ripper”, it was a time were you put your own life at risk just by going out to the pub after a long days of work , therefore a justice force that could actually solve crimes made the population feel reassured and secure.
To engage the reader, Arthur Conan Doyle uses many different technique and methods. The first method are his characters, especially his 2 main characters- Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Holmes is famous for his , and is renowned for his skillful use of "", to solve difficult and in some way his arrogance for example on the bottom of page 6 and top of page 7“Recognizing, as I do , that you are the second highest expert in Europe” “ Indeed ,sir ! May I inquire who has the honors to be the first?” asked Holmes, with some asperity.” . But Dr Watson isn’t as clever but more down to earth, less unpredictable, sympathetic and buffoon like. We could say that they balance each other out. Also Watson has another important role; Arthur Conan Doyle uses him to narrate the book. Most other characters in the hound of the Baskerville are nowhere near as detailed in human terms as Holmes and Watson .Some such as Mr. Frankland, Laura Lyons and inspector Lestrade, are quite shadowy figures. The remaining characters are shown in rather more detail such as Dr Mortimer who is described by Holmes as “strange, peering, absent minded” and at the beginning they are some speculation of him being involved in the murders of Charles Baskerville and that lead on to another method used by Arthur Conan Doyle .It is called Red herring , it is when one particular character is described or emphasized in a way that seems to throw suspicion upon that character as the person who committed the crime: later, it develops that someone else is the guilty party. And that is used a lot for example Barrymore, the Baskerville hall housekeeper is one of the first suspect of the book since