THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES

Editorial: Penguin ReadersLevel 5. 2300 headwords. Upper- Intermediate.Author: Sr Arthur Conan DoyleWritten in: 1901

Author Biography

Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Ireland. He had 9 brothersand sisters but he hadn’t too much contact with them because it was sent to aCatholic church in northern England.

He studied medicine and in 1885 and married his first wife, who died in1906. A year after his wife’s death, he married Jean Leckie. Conan Doyle hadfive children, two with his first wife and three with his second.

In 1981 he moved to London where he was a medical eye doctor untilthat moment and at this time he decided to spend all his time as a writer andbegan to develop the successful adventures of Holmes Shelock. Finally he died in 1930 at the age of 71.

This novel marks the return of Sherlock after being defeated by his mainenemy, Moriarty Conan wanted rid of this character for years, but in the end theaudience was eager to return him, and Conan Doyle revived him for this novelwith great succesful.

I’ve decided to summarize the last chapter of the book because itsummarizes the whole book.

Summary of chapter 15

This chapter narrates the history of Sherlock Holmes investigating a newcrime.

The action takes place in Dartmoor, an English town, where the familyBaskerville has lived in their Hall for many generations.One day is found in it a death member of that family , called Sr CharlesBaskerville, and Sherlock Holmes, begins to investigate it, while the nephew ofhim , called Sr Henry Baskerville, is installed in that Hall. Over the family Baskerville weighs a cruel curse of deaths generationafter generation and is a legend that deals with the Hound of the family,an animal that has haunted this family from the outset and that has causedthese terrible deaths.

At the end of the story, Sherlock researchs discovers that a neighbor ofthis family called Stapleton, is the owner of a gigantic hound used to attack theBaskervilles’s family members.With Sr Charles’s death is lucky and manages to kill him without beingdiscovered the hound, but with the murder of Henry Baskerville ends up beingdiscovered by Sherlock Holmes.

Finally Holmes discovers that Stapleton wanted to own the home andheritage of the Baskervilles because this neighbor at the end turns out to be theson of Mr Charles's younger brother, called Rodger. All the family membersthought that Rodger Baskerville was not married and had no children.Stapleton was really a Baskerville.

Blurbs

A really exciting novel, keeps you until the end of the story in suspenseand the plot makes you live like you're next to Sherlock and Watson inDartmoor. Conan Doyle always surprises me.

Chapter by chapter you know what will happen. Sherlock is an oldfashioneddetective who needs a change by Conan Doyle. The adventureshave lost the spark they had in the beginning.

Magnificient Conan Doyle. He has returned to life at the best way heknew to Mr Sherlock, with one of the most interesting arguments everwritten. The fans missed him a lot and we needed it after all these years. Thankyou for return us this wonderful detective.

Cristina Moraga Arocas

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THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES

Publisher: Penguin ReadersLevel 5,230 headwords. Upper- Intermediate.Author: Sr Arthur Conan DoyleWritten in: 1901

Author´s Biography

Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Ireland. He had 9 brothersand sisters but he didn’t have too much contact with them because he was sent to a Catholic convent school in northern England.

He studied medicine and in 1885 and married his first wife, who died in1906. A year after his wife’s death, he married Jean Leckie. Conan Doyle hadfive children, two with his first wife and three with his second.

In 1981 he moved to London where he was a medical eye doctor untilthat moment and at this time he decided to spend all his time as a writer andbegan to develop the successful adventures of Holmes Shelock. Finally he died in 1930 at the age of 71.

This novel marks the return of Sherlock after being defeated by his mainenemy, Moriarty. Conan had wanted to get rid of this character for years, but in the end the readership was so eager to see him back that Conan Doyle revived him for this novel, and with great success.

I’ve decided to summarize the last chapter of the book because itsummarizes the whole book.

Summary of chapter 15

This chapter narrates the story of Sherlock Holmes investigating a newcrime.

The action takes place in Dartmoor, an English town, where theBaskerville family has lived for many generations. One day they found a dead member of that family , called Sr Charles Baskerville, in the Hall, and Sherlock Holmes, begins to investigate it, while the former’s nephew , called Sr Henry Baskerville, is staying in that Hall.

The Baskerville family is the victim of a cruel curse of deaths, generationafter generation: a legend that deals with the Hound of the family,an animal that has haunted this family from the outset and that has causedthese terrible deaths.

At the end of the story, Sherlock research discovers that a neighbor ofthis family called Stapleton, is the owner of a gigantic hound used to attack theBaskerville family members. With Sr Charles’s death the murderer is lucky and manages to kill him without the hound being discovered, but with the murder of Henry Baskerville he ends up being spotted by Sherlock Holmes.

Finally Holmes finds out that Stapleton wanted to own the home andheritage of the Baskervilles because , as we read at the end, this neighbour turns out to be the son of Mr Charles's younger brother, called Rodger. All the family members thought that Rodger Baskerville was not married and had no children, but Stapleton was really a Baskerville.

Blurbs

A really exciting novel, which keeps you in suspense until the end of the story and the plot makes you live like you're next to Sherlock and Watson inDartmoor. Conan Doyle always surprises me.

Chapter by chapter you know what will happen. Sherlock is an old-fashioneddetective who needs a change by Conan Doyle. The adventureshave lost the spark they had in the beginning.

Magnificent Conan Doyle. He has returned to life the best way heknew to Mr Sherlock, with one of the most interesting plots everwritten. The fans missed him a lot and we needed it after all these years. Thankyou for returning to us this wonderful detective.

Cristina Moraga Arocas

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