The Hound Of The Baskervilles
(Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of Baskervilles is a breathtaking suspense beautifully knotted around the family history of Baskervilles. Baskervilles are a royal class family and the character from this family in the story is Henry Baskerville, a respected gentleman who is skeptical about the existence of a hound that has been troubling the family of Baskervilles for years. As the myth goes, the family of Baskervilles is cursed as the successors in the family are being killed by the hound, incidentally the terrifying character of the story. As the author describes this character, it is a black big hound with terrific features like shining eyes and a shining black body. To add to the mystifying element of the story, it is perfected by the presence of a big moor area near the house of Baskervilles in which the hound of Baskervilles is said to reside and make attempts on the successors of Baskervilles.Its the time of Henry Baskerville, a respected gentleman and a friend of Dr.Watson and as such a friend of Sherlock Holmes. Enter this intelligent detective who is now bound with the task of saving Mr. Henry Baskerville and also solve the mystery of Baskervilles as to why the successors of the family are the main preys of the hound. The story takes a steep turn at a point when the great detective finds it difficult to find a solution to this mystery. And now there are beautiful twists in the story only to add to the horror in the story, the deadline for the lifetime of Henry Baskerville has been met. Its high time for Sherlock Holmes to have a conflict with fate, strange things do happen but the introduction of various other important characters like the Stapleton and other important aspects pertaining to their family background helps Mr. Holmes to bring out the last minute highly thrilling climax beautifully described by Arthur Conan Doyle really brings out a clear picture of the incidents as if they are truly being visualized by us. This work of Conan Doyle is really a highly appreciative work with all the characters of the story having their role to play to add to the mystery of the story. Nevertheless, The Hound of Baskervilles is a breathtaking work by Arthur Conan Doyle and would really thrill those who like stories knitted with mystery and suspense.
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