巴斯克维尔的猎犬

巴斯克维尔的猎犬TheHoundoftheBaskervillesTheHoundoftheBaskervillesTheHoundoftheBaskervillesisoneofthefourcrimenovelsbySirArthurConanDoylefeaturingthedetectiveSherlockHolmes.ItissetlargelyonDartmoorinDevoninEngland'sWestCountryandtellsthestoryofanattemptedmurderinspiredbythelegendofafearsome,diabolicalhound.EpilogueSomeweekslater,WatsonquestionsHolmesabouttheBaskervillecase.HolmesrevealsthatStapletonwasthesonofRodgerBaskerville,SirCharles'youngerbrother,andwiththesamenameashisfather.Althoughbelievedtohavediedunmarried,RodgerBaskervillehadmarriedandhadason.EpilogueThesonJohnRodgerBaskerville,nowusingthenameStapleton,havinglearnedthestoryofthehound,heresolvedtokillofftheremainingBaskervillessothathecouldcomeintotheinheritanceasthelastoftheline.Hehadnointerestintheestateandsimplywantedtheinheritancemoney.Hepurchasedthehoundandhiditinthemireatthesiteofanabandonedtinmine.EpilogueAftersirCharles'death,StapletonfollowedSirHenryinLondon,andalsostolehisnewbootbutlaterreturnedit,sinceithadnotbeenworn.ThehoundpursuedSeldentohisdeathinafallbecausehewaswearingSirHenry'soldclothes.EpilogueOnthenightthehoundattackedSirHenry,Stapleton'swifehadrefusedtohaveanyfurtherpartinStapleton'splot,butherabusivehusbandbeatandtiedhertoapoletopreventherfromwarninghim.InHolmes'words:..he(Stapleton)hasforyearsbeenadesperateanddangerousman..AuthorSirArthurConanDoyleAuthorHewasaScottishphysicianandwriter,mostnotedforhisstoriesaboutthedetectiveSherlockHolmes,whicharegenerallyconsideredamajorinnovationinthefieldofcrimefiction,andfortheadventuresofProfessorChallenger.Hewasaprolificwriterwhoseotherworksincludesciencefictionstories,historicalnovels,playsandromances,poetry.MainWorksAStudyinScarlet(1887)TheSignofFour(1890)TheAdventuresofSherlockHolmes(1892)TheMemoirsofSherlockHolmes(1894)TheHoundoftheBaskervilles(1902)TheReturnofSherlockHolmes(1905)TheValleyofFear(1915)HisLastBow(1917)TheCase-BookofSherlockHolmes(1927)Thefieldbazaar(short-story)(1896)HowWatsonLearnedtheTrick(short-story)(1924)Theadventureofthetallman(unfinishedshort-story)(perhaps1900)SherlockHolmesSherlockHolmesSherlockHolmes–isafictionaldetectivecreatedbyScottishauthorandphysicianSirArthurConanDoyle.AbrilliantLondon-basedconsultingdetective,Holmesisfamousforhisastutelogicalreasoning,hisabilitytotakealmostanydisguise,andhisforensicscienceskillstosolvedifficultcases..SherlockHolmesSherlockHolmesisafictionaldetectivecreatedbyScottishauthorandphysicianSirArthurConanDoyle.AbrilliantLondon-basedconsultingdetective,Holmesisfamousforhisastutelogicalreasoning,hisabilitytotakealmostanydisguise,andhisforensicscienceskillstosolvedifficultcases.SherlockHolmesHolmes,whofirstappearedinpublicationin1887,wasfeaturedinfournovelsand56shortstories.Thefirststory,AStudyinScarlet,appearedin1887andthesecond,TheSignoftheFour,in1890.SherlockHolmesThecharactergrewtremendouslyinpopularitywiththebeginningofthefirstseriesofshortstoriesin1891;furtherseriesofshortstoriesandtwonovelspublishedinserialformappearedbetweenthenand1927.Thestoriescoveraperiodfromaround1880upto1907.DoylesaidthatthecharacterofHolmeswasinspiredbyDr.JosephBell,forwhomDoylehadworkedasaclerkattheEdinburghRoyalInfirmary.SherlockHolmesInDecember1893,inordertodedicatemoreofthewriter’stimetomoreimportantworks—hishistoricalnovels—ConanDoylehadHolmesandProfessorMoriartyapparentlyplungetotheirdeathstogetherdowntheReichenbachFallsinthestoryTheFinalProblem.SherlockHolmesPublicoutcry,however,ledhimtobringthecharacterbackin1901,inTheHoundoftheBaskervilles.InTheAdventureoftheEmptyHouse,itwasexplainedthatonlyMoriartyhadfallen;butsinceHolmeshadotherdangerousenemies—especiallyColonelSebastianMoran—hehadarrangedtoalsobetemporarilydead.CharacterDr.JohnWatson–Thenovel'snarrator,Dr.WatsonisHolmes'stalwartassistantatBakerStreet.