bookreport_巴斯克维尔的猎犬.doc

外国语言文学系The report of The Hound of the Baskervilles Introduction about Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, famous for his series stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a successful writer whose works include science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. Conan Doyle is famous because of his stories about Sherlock Holmes. The famous Japanese comic Detective Conan uses the name of his. Many stories of Holmes’ had been recomposed into movies and TV series, just like BBC’s Sherlock. As you can see, Holmes is famous, that make Conan Doyle very famous too. A summary of The Hound of the Baskervilles Dr. Mortimer tells Sherlock Holmes and Watson the legend about the Hound of the Baskervilles. A hundred years ago, a very large hound was seen on lonely Dart moor. It was standing over the dead bodies of the evil Hugo Baskerville, and a young girl. Now, Sir Charles Baskerville, who had a weak heart, has died. Dr. Mortimer tells Holmes that he saw the footprints of a large dog near the body. Holmes think Sir Charles was frightened by something on the moor, and that he died running away from it. Sir Henry Baskerville, Sir Charles’s heir, tells Holmes that he has been sent a mysterious letter saying “if you value your life, keep away from the moor.” He also has an old boot stolen. Watson travels to Baskerville Hall with Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer. A soldier tells them a murderer has escaped from prison, and is probably hiding on the moor. Watson meets Stapleton. He has a beautiful sister who, thinking Watson is Sir Henry; warm him to leave at once. When Sir Henry meets Miss Stapleton, he likes her very much. Her brother is strangely displeased about this. Barrymore and his wife, servants at Baskerville Hall, admit to Sir Henry that they are feeding the escaped prisoner,