Der Hund der Baskervilles: Sherlock Holmes in German

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 22, 2010 - Foreign Language Study - 210 pages
Der Roman spielt im England des späten 19. Jahrhunderts in der Region Dartmoor. Auf der Familie Baskerville lastet ein dämonischer Fluch, seit Sir Hugo in der Zeit des Englischen Bürgerkriegs betrunken ein Mädchen zu Tode hetzte, das ihm nicht zu Willen sein wollte und danach von einem geheimnisvollen Hund angefallen und getötet wurde, wie aus einem Familiendokument aus dem Jahre 1742 hervorgeht. Seitdem treibt sich der Sage nach ein monströser, heulender Hund in den Mooren herum, die den Sitz der Familie umgeben. Das wirkliche DartmoorAls der alte Sir Charles Baskerville in der Allee vor seinem Landsitz tot aufgefunden wird und Sir Henry, der aus Kanada eingetroffene letzte auffindbare Überlebende des Clans und Erbe des Familienbesitzes, um seine Sicherheit fürchtet, schaltet Dr. Mortimer, der Testamentsvollstrecker von Charles Baskerville, den Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes ein.

About the author (2010)

The most famous fictional detective in the world is Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was, at best, ambivalent about his immensely successful literary creation and, at worst, resentful that his more "serious" fiction was relatively ignored. Born in Edinburgh, Doyle studied medicine from 1876 to 1881 and received his M.D. in 1885. He worked as a military physician in South Africa during the Boer War and was knighted in 1902 for his exceptional service. Doyle was drawn to writing at an early age. Although he attempted to enter private practice in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1882, he soon turned to writing in his spare time; it eventually became his profession. As a Liberal Unionist, Doyle ran, unsuccessfully, for Parliament in 1903. During his later years, Doyle became an avowed spiritualist. Doyle sold his first story, "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley," to Chambers' Journal in 1879. When Doyle published the novel, A Study in Scarlet in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was introduced to an avid public. Doyle is reputed to have used one of his medical professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, as a model for Holmes's character. Eventually, Doyle wrote three additional Holmes novels and five collections of Holmes short stories. A brilliant, though somewhat eccentric, detective, Holmes employs scientific methods of observation and deduction to solve the mysteries that he investigates. Although an "amateur" private detective, he is frequently called upon by Scotland Yard for assistance. Holmes's assistant, the faithful Dr. Watson, provides a striking contrast to Holmes's brilliant intellect and, in Doyle's day at least, serves as a character with whom the reader can readily identify. Having tired of Holmes's popularity, Doyle even tried to kill the great detective in "The Final Problem" but was forced by an outraged public to resurrect him in 1903. Although Holmes remained Doyle's most popular literary creation, Doyle wrote prolifically in other genres, including historical adventure, science fiction, and supernatural fiction. Despite Doyle's sometimes careless writing, he was a superb storyteller. His great skill as a popular author lay in his technique of involving readers in his highly entertaining adventures. Um 1900 erkrankte Conan Doyle an Typhus und machte eine Reise nach Norfolk. Dort traf er auf Fletcher Robinson, der aus Devonshire kam, und auf Dartmoor aufgewachsen war. Er erzählte seinem neuen Freund Doyle alte Legenden über seine Heimat, darunter die Gruselgeschichte um einen Geisterhund. Es handelt sich hierbei um die Legende von Richard Capel von Brooke Manor. Capel war ein reicher Landbesitzer in Devon, der berüchtigt dafür war, die Töchter seiner Pächter zu entführen und zu vergewaltigen. Der Überlieferung nach wurde Capel 1677 im Buckfastleigh-Moor von einem Rudel dämonischer Hunde zu Tode gehetzt.

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