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The Hound of the Baskervilles Reading Assignments
Students reading any book more than 100 years old often ask themselves, "Why should we read this book today?" While I would love to think that Sherlock Holmes is a character that will fascinate any reader, clearly it is more challenging to read a story written for adults in the late 1800's than it is to read young adult fiction of today.
Here are some questions to keep in mind as you read this novel:
Essential Questions:
Letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes at 221b Baker Street still arrive every day, over 100 years after the character was created. In the classroom, check out some fascinating examples! Why do you think this is? Holmes has been described as "real in a way that only the greatest fictional characters achieve." What other characters, from books, film, television, legend, or elsewhere, are real in this way? What do they think these characters and Sherlock Holmes have in common that has given them such longevity?
If Holmes is "the perfect hero for his age," who, in real life or fiction, would you say is the perfect hero for our age? Why?
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapters 10-12
Chapters 13-15
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