Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character, he never lived. However the Sherlock Holmes stories are set in late Victorian London, around the 1890's. The stories themselves are a good source for a picture of London at this time.

"The Valley of Fear" is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was adapted later by Adrian Flynn as a stage production for the Oxford Playscripts series. In the play, Holmes warns Douglas to flee England but after he was acquitted he was blown overboard from a ship.

Sherlock Holmes The creator of the great fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had trained as a Physician in Edinburgh and had worked as a General Medical Practitioner (a doctor) before he began writing the Sherlock Holmes stories. One of Doyle's tutors at Edinburgh was Dr Joseph Bell whose great powers of observation of munute details and deductions from these observations, were the basis of Holmes' similar abilities.
Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's medical school professors. Bell instructed his students in the ways of observation and rational deduction, qualities that Doyle found excellent for a detective to possess.

"It is a swamp adder!" cried Holmes - "the deadliest snake in India."

Watson recorded this sentence many years after the actual events for we learn of the secrecy kept until the untimely death of Holmes' client. First of all, there is no such thing as a swamp adder, and India has no adders. Second, have you ever seen a snake slither up a rope or down one for that matter? Another fact of note, snakes are deaf, so the whistle would have been useless, and there is also the problem of getting through the ventilator cover. There has been much speculation about what this "swamp adder" may have been, but one possibility is a hybrid reptile combining a lizard and a snake. What Holmes may have actually said was: "It is a samp-aderm, the deadliest skink in India." This theory was first put forward by Laurence M. Klauber in a 1948 issue of 'The Baker Street Journal' in an article titled 'The Truth about the Speckled Band.'

1. A Study in Scarlet
2. The Sign of Four
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles
4. The Valley of Fear
5. A Scandal in Bohemia
6. The Red-Headed League
7. A Case of Identity
8. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
9. The Five Orange Pips
10. The Man with the Twisted Lip
11. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
12. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
13. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
14. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
15. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
16. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
17. Silver Blaze
18. The Yellow Face
19. The Stock-Broker's Clerk
20. The "Gloria Scott"
21. The Musgrave Ritual
22. The Reigate Puzzle
23. The Crooked Man
24. The Resident Patient
25. The Greek Interpreter
26. The Naval Treaty
27. The Final Problem
28. The Adventure of the Empty House
29. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
30. The Adventure of the Dancing Men
31. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
32. The adventure of the Priory School
33. The Adventure of Black Peter
34. The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
35. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
36. The adventure of Three Students
37. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
38. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
39. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
40. The Adventure of the Second Stain
41. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
42. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
43. The Adventure of the Red Circle
44. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
45. The Adventure of the Dying Detective
46. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
47. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
48. His Last Bow
49. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
50. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
51. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
52. The Adventure of the Three Gables
53. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
54. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
55. The Problem of Thor Bridge
56. The Adventure of the Creeping Man
57. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
58. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
59. The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
60. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

John Douglas and Porlock are actually the same person. Douglas returns to his post as Porlock, and he is instrumental in the eventual downfall of Moriarty's organization.

The convict's name is Selden. He is the brother of Eliza Barrymore who is a servant of the Baskervilles.

Yes, twice, just like Watson, the first died of a severe sickness

Mrs. Hudson

Julia Stoner had mentioned that she could smell Dr Roylott's cigars from her room, which foretold a communication between Julia's bedroom and Dr Roylott's.

Julia mentioned a speckled band as her dying words.

The gipsies who were always present on the plantation.

The gradual decline of the family fortune over many generations, and the will that allowed each of the step-daughters a large portion of the stipend should they marry.

The sounds of the whistle and the metallic clang.

Seemingly unnecessary repairs were started on Helen Stoner's bedroom after she announced her wedding engagement forcing her to sleep in the room where her twin sister had died of fright two years earlier.

The room was truly sealed for Holmes could not open the shuttered windows from the outside, and the door had been locked on the inside.

The bed was clamped to the floor while the bell-pull was truly just a rope that was fastened at the ceiling and ended on the pillow.

The chair in Dr Roylott's room had several traces of foot-marks on the seat.

The saucer of milk and the whip cord with a small loop on one end.

They both live in 221 B. They both solve mysteries. They both live with their best friend. They both only have one friend. Their best friend's last name starts with a "W." Both of their best friends are doctors. They both are considered eccentric.

Sherlock Holmes is a detective.he is very strong, brave etc.he is very patient because he dose not jump to conclusion so quickly and dose not spills every thing out.He weights all the evidences rationally like he waits for the evidence and when the evidences get proofed he spills them out.He dose not share any information.He was a trusted men.He was not prone to friendship, but he was tolerant.

He was going to be a beekeeper. He liked and admired their industry.

i think there are 24, but im not too sure because i found what looks to be an online version of the book, however im not sure if it is complete. try the link below as this is the site i found, hopefully it helps!!

Volume one consists of four letters that serve as an introduction, and eight chapters.

Volume two consists of nine chapters and volume three consists of seven.

So the book is made up of an introduction and twenty-four chapters.

Stapleton killed Sir Charles Baskerville, by setting his hound on him. The dog was made up to look like a hellhound and it is heavily implied- if not blatently stated? that the dog was starved and possibly beaten. It didn't kill him, though- he saw it and he died of fright, which I think is what Stapleton intended.

The Adventure of the Speckled Band was published in February 1892, and it was written shortly before that.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band was created in 1892.

Henry Baskerville is initially skeptical and dismissive of the legend of the hound when he hears it. However, as the story unfolds and he learns more about the mysterious circumstances surrounding his uncle's death, he becomes increasingly troubled and anxious. The chilling nature of the tale begins to weigh on him, making him question the reality of the supernatural threat. Ultimately, he is caught between rational skepticism and growing fear as he confronts the family legend.

There is little mentioned about Sherlock's family. Only a few times you meet his brother Mycroft while Holmes' grandmother was sister to Vernet the French artist and a distant relative Verner who bought Watson's pactice, but there is not mention of family other than that.

"My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is natural to their class" -- Sherlock Holmes, 'The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter'

Scowrers were the criminal organization in Valley of Fear and their boss was Councillor McGinty.

The second half of 'The Valley of Fear' is VERY loosely based on the very real historical account of a group known as the Molly Maguires and a Pinkerton detective named James McParland.

Sherlock Holmes sometimes with Watson either being sent a letter or just a sudden visit then Sherlock asks the client to explain the situation Sherlock makes some deductions about his client they are usually surprised then he goes to investigate gets clues and captures the criminal.

chronologically told out by the author.

Watson describes him as rather over six feet tall, dark hair, very piercing and expressive eyes, pale skin, hands stained with chemicals with long, thin fingers. Always clean, possessing a "cat-like sense of personal cleanliness." Always keen and introspective.

There are actually two Hugo Baskervilles in the story. Hugo (I) Baskerville is the one who supposedly started the curse who lived in the 1600's (his portrait is dated 1647). The 'curse' manuscript is dated 1742, and it is written by Hugo (II) Baskerville to his sons Rodger and John, with instructions that they say nothing thereof to their sister Elizabeth.' Sir Charles Baskerville is both Hugos direct descendant who died in June of the year of the story (circa 1889).

The identity of the killer of the female is speculation. She could have been killed by Hugo (I), died of fright, died from injuries in a fall, or she may have been killed by the hound.

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He was Sir Charles' ancestor and he kidnapped a girl form the local village then she tried to run away. Hugo chased after her, killed her, and then the dog killed him and this how the curse of the Baskervilles began.

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Sir Charles Baskerville is a descendant that has information about what happen on the night that the Yeoman's daughter and Hugo Baskerville are found dead.

Hugo Baskerville is a wicked man who kidnapped a yeoman's daughter. He and his friends dragged her to Baskerville Hall where they locked her in the tower. While he was having dinner with his guests, the girl escaped. Once it was discovered that she was missing, Hugo Baskerville sent dogs to retrieve her. The guests ran to stop him, once they found out what he was intending. Yet, when they got to the woods they found that he had already killed her. However, he was also dead. A giant black hound was found tearing his throat. That is how the Curse of the Baskervilles began.

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WARNING - CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

They fall over the Reichenbach Falls and (supposedly) die, although, Sherlock comes back three years later -- and says that he never fell in the first place -- in order to clear his name after the version written by Moriarty's brother (also named James) was published, and he is able to carry on his work.

told ya... spoilers.

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Well we're not sure exactly. We know A.C. Doyle carved the character after himself. In some parts of the books we get hints including: -He has a bullet from a rifle in his right leg from a war. -He has a short mustache but no beard. -He is rather portly. -He has brown eyes.