He was the dead uncle of Sir Henry Baskerville. Sir Henry had been living in Canada, and he had been summoned to London as he was to inherit the Baskerville estate valued at 740 thousand pounds (well over 10 million pounds today).
Sir Henry Baskerville was the nephew of Sir Charles Baskerville.
Sir Henry Baskerville's father is not named, but he is the brother of Sir Charles and the Rodger who fled to Central America and died there in 1876 of yellow fever.
Sir Henry Baskerville is Sir Charles Baskerville's nephew.
"On the death of Sir Charles we inquired for this young gentleman [Sir Henry Baskerville], and found that he had been farming in Canada." -- Dr. Mortimer, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Charles Baskerville and Selden, an escaped convict who is killed by mistake because the murderer thinks he is Sir Henry Baskerville. If you believe the curse, Hugo Baskerville (circa 1650) and the maiden he kidnapped are also victims.
Sir Charles had a fatal heart attack while being chased by what appeared to be a large "hell hound." This hound allegedly killed his distant relative Hugo Baskerville as well. In all fairness it was Jack Stapleton's hound with phosphorus around the mouth to give it an unearthly appearance that really did him in. Thus the hound of the baskerville's.
The climax of the story would probably be when the hound lurks from the shadows to chase Sir Henry Baskerville.
The brutal murder of Sir Charles Baskerville.
Three main clues in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" are the mysterious deaths linked to the curse of the Baskervilles, the sightings of a phantom hound on the moors, and the discovery of Sir Charles Baskerville's footprints leading away from the house.
Sir Henry Baskerville is Sir Charles Baskerville's nephew.
"On the death of Sir Charles we inquired for this young gentleman [Sir Henry Baskerville], and found that he had been farming in Canada." -- Dr. Mortimer, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles
Charles Baskerville's next of kin was Sir Henry Baskerville, his nephew and the heir to the Baskerville estate.
Sir Charles Baskerville and Selden, an escaped convict who is killed by mistake because the murderer thinks he is Sir Henry Baskerville. If you believe the curse, Hugo Baskerville (circa 1650) and the maiden he kidnapped are also victims.
Sir Charles had a fatal heart attack while being chased by what appeared to be a large "hell hound." This hound allegedly killed his distant relative Hugo Baskerville as well. In all fairness it was Jack Stapleton's hound with phosphorus around the mouth to give it an unearthly appearance that really did him in. Thus the hound of the baskerville's.
The climax of the story would probably be when the hound lurks from the shadows to chase Sir Henry Baskerville.
The Hound of Baskervilles is a story written by Arthur Conan Doyle surrounding the alleged supernatural presence of a ghostly hound. The hound is later proved to not be supernatural at all. The criminal in the book was the nephew of Sir Charles Baskerville.
Sir Charles had a fatal heart attack while being chased by what appeared to be a large "hell hound." This hound allegedly killed his distant relative Hugo Baskerville as well. In all fairness it was Jack Stapleton's hound with phosphorus around the mouth to give it an unearthly appearance that really did him in. Thus the hound of the baskerville's.
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