English week 17.

This book takes place on the mysterious Dartmoor in Devonshire, England. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead on the grounds of his estate, with an expression of horror on his face and the footprints of a gigantic beast nearby. Dr. Watson is sent to investigate the mystery and protect Sir Charles’s home, Sir Henry Baskerville. Holmes, though initially absent from the scene, offers his sharp intellect from afar. As Watson delves deeper into the moors, he encounters the legend of a spectral hound said to haunt the Baskerville family. He finds a series of suspicious characters and bizarre events that happened in the eerie landscape. Holmes later arrives in disguise and helps unravel the mystery, revealing that the hound is not supernatural, but a vicious dog used to scare Sir Charles to death. The novel contrasts Holmes’s rational, scientific approach to solving mysteries with the superstitious beliefs surrounding the Baskerville curse. Holmes finds out that Jack Stapleton is the mastermind behind the death, using a fearsome hound to scare Sir Charles and Sir Henry in hopes of claiming the Baskerville inheritance.