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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Chapter 3 - The Problem

Before Reading

“It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones.”

- COPP

That dog was a mastiff. In movie adaptations of HOUN, it’s common for a Great Dane to play the starring role.

After Reading

“I have hitherto confined my investigations to this world,” said [Holmes]. “In a modest way I have combated evil, but to take on the Father of Evil himself would, perhaps, be too ambitious a task.”

Does Sherlock Holmes believe in ghosts? No, if the hound is a ghost, you would have to get a priest (or the Ghostbusters) to solve the problem. But Sir Arthur Conan Doyle definitely did believe in ghosts (and mediums and fairies).

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

Holmes didn’t notice the “poisonous atmosphere” due to inattentional blindness.

Dates: Same day

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Charles Augustus Milverton

Before Reading

We’re going to meet one of the worst villains.

“It is a mercy that you are on the side of the force, and not against it, Mr. Holmes.” Lestrade, GREE

After Reading

“I have always had the idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal.” Holmes, CHAS

Holmes and Watson chose not to stop her, and instead let her murder Milverton. The Law would have punished her. The two of them often take justice into their own hands. See IDEN, SOLI, PRIO...

To discuss: What made Milverton the worst villain to Holmes? How is he worse than Moriarty? I think that Milverton had something to blackmail Holmes with.

Dates: “It is years since the incidents of which I speak took place… The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence.” Winter, 6:00 pm - Holmes and Watson return one of their evening rambles. 13 days later, Holmes is engaged to Agatha and that night, Holmes and Watson break in.

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#SHCanon2020 Reading List

Did you make a resolution to read more this year? Are you still bitter about S4 of Sherlock? Did you love Good Omens? Are you into Dark Academia? Read with me as I annotate the Sherlock Holmes canon.

What is #SHCanon2020?

Included are the dates, titles, and approximate word counts.

Total: 16 weeks (116 days) and 900k+ words

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The Three Students

Before Reading

Oscar Wilde’s trial is often cited as the reason Holmes and Watson had to leave Baker Street temporarily.

After Reading

Dates: Another from 1895. The case lasted two days, but Holmes and Watson have been in the college town for some time.

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The Blue Carbuncle

Before Reading

Happy Christmas!

Context: Phrenology rose to popularity around the 1820s to 1840s. It was before Doyle’s time, he was born in 1859, but it had a lasting impression on the culture. In Victorian literature, beauty often corresponds to morality. If you want to focus only on this, read The Picture of Dorian Gray.

After Reading

Dates: The year is 1890 because of the previous crime-free cases mentioned. 12/22 - Ryder stole and hid the Blue Carbuncle, Baker lost his (the very same) goose and his hat. The reward for the gem was immediately in the papers and Peterson brought The Goose to Baker Street. No goose was cooked until 12/27, the day the wild [town] goose chase began and ended.

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The Five Orange Pips

Before Reading

Warnings: Mentions of racism, the KKK, and suicide.

After Reading

Holmes’ client died following his advice, so of course he feels responsible for it. He didn’t protect him and he didn’t avenge him. It’s the fifth time Holmes has been beaten.

Holmes’ speech beginning with “The ideal reasoner..” and ending with “... defined my limits in a very precise fashion.” was all to say that he doesn’t know the answer. Then later seems to know the answer. Was this due to a “conductor of light”?

Context: St. Augustine, Florida was Union controlled for most of the Civil War. Plantations in Florida grew sugar cane, indigo, and fruits.

Dates: The American Civil War ended in 1865. On the other side of the Atlantic, John Openshaw was born in 1865. In 1869, the KKK suddenly collapsed and Elias moved to Horsham. In 1881, John was representative of his uncle’s estate. On March 10, 1883, (exactly 21 years after Confederate forces withdrew from St. Augustine) Elias received the orange pips. On May 2, 1883, Elias was murdered. On January 5, 1885, Joseph received the orange pips. On January 10, 1885, Joseph was murdered. Near the 20th of September, 1887, John received the orange pips, then two days later consults Holmes and then was murdered on his way home.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Chapter 15 - A Retrospection

Before Reading

Warnings: Abuse mention

After Reading

“The third, Rodger, was the black sheep of the family. He came of the old masterful Baskerville strain and was the very image, they tell me, of the family picture of old Hugo. He made England too hot to hold him, fled to Central America, and died there in 1876 of yellow fever. Henry is the last of the Baskervilles.”

- Chapter 3

Dates: It’s now a foggy late November night when Watson finally gets the chance to learn all of the final details of the case.

The End? The next story published was “The Adventure of the Empty House” in 1903. It resurrected Holmes for good.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Chapter 14 - The Hound of the Baskervilles

Before Reading

Warnings: Abuse, dogs will die.

It's the title chapter.

After Reading

In 2014, Finland painted reindeer antlers with fluorescent paint to help keep them from getting hit by cars. (The San Diego Union Tribune)

Dates: The night of October 19th, 1889.

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#SHCanon2020 Reading List

Did you make a resolution to read more this year? Are you still bitter about S4 of Sherlock? Did you love Good Omens? Are you into Dark Academia? Read with me as I annotate the Sherlock Holmes canon.

What is #SHCanon2020?

Included are the dates, titles, and approximate word counts.

Total: 16 weeks (116 days) and 900k+ words

#shcanon2020

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