《巴斯克维尔猎犬》背景知识、课堂练习

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1、STAGETheHoundofthe4BaskervillesSirArthurConanDoyleIntroductionThisungradedsummaryisfortheteacher’suseonlyandshouldnotbegiventostudents.ThestoryDrMortimervisitsSherlockHolmesandDoctorWatsonandtellsthemaboutSirHugoBaskerville,whowaskilledbyanenormousblackhoundonenightonthemoorsinDevonin

2、1640.HisdescendantCharlesBaskervillediedrecently,apparentlybecauseofhisweakheart,butDrMortimerfoundtheprintsofBackgroundtothestoryahugehoundnearby.SirArthurConanDoyle(1859–1930)wasbornNextmorningDrMortimerreturnswithSirHenryinEdinburghandstudiedmedicineatEdinburghBaskerville,whoisnowh

3、eadofthefamily.SirUniversity.In1897,whilepractisingasadoctorinHenryhasreceivedanotewarninghimnottogotothesouthofEngland,heproducedhisfirstbook,ABaskervilleHall,soWatsonarrangestoaccompanyStudyinScarlet.Thisintroducedtotheworldhisgreathimthere.creation,thesuper-observant,eccentricandgif

4、tedInthenearbyvillageofGrimpen,WatsonmeetsdetectiveSherlockHolmes,alongwithhisfriendandStapleton,anaturalistwhoknowsthedangerouscompanion,thegood-naturedifnaïveDoctorWatson,GrimpenMarshwell.Stapleton’sbeautifulsisterandhisarchenemy,theschemingvillainProfessormistakesWatsonforSirHenrya

5、ndsecretlywarnsMoriarty.Thebookwasagreatsuccess,andHolmeshimtoleave.Later,SirHenryfallsinlovewithher.Onebecamehugelypopular.Heremainssotothisday;anightSirHenryandWatsonseethebutlersignallinghundredyearsafterhiscreation,touristsstillcomeinwithalighttosomeoneonthemoor–itishiswife’sthous

6、andsto221BBakerStreetinLondon,Holmes’sbrother,anescapedconvict.WatsonandSirHenrywell-knownaddress.huntfortheconvict,butheescapes,andtheyhearaThebooksdidmuchtopopularizedetectivestories,frighteninghowl.andTheHoundoftheBaskervilleshasremainedWatsonlearnsthatwhenSirCharlesdiedhewasoneoft

7、hemostcelebratedoftheHolmesstories.waitingtomeetaladycalledLauraLyons.HolmesWithitseeriesetting,theghastlybeastofthetitle,arrivesandrevealsthatLauraLyonshopestomarrythecomplicatedplotandtherichseamofromanticStapleton,unawarethathis‘sister’isactuallyhiswife.entanglementanddeception,ith

8、assom