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Sir Hugo Baskerville was a notorious squire and member of the Baskerville family who was the owner of Baskerville Hall during the English Civil War of the mid-17th century. His wicked, debauched, and cruel conduct made him infamous throughout the region.
A debaucherous and shadowy Baskerville ancestor, Sir Hugo is the picture of aristocratic excess, drinking and pursuing pleasures of the flesh until it killed him. Mortimer Family friend and doctor to the Baskervilles.
In London, 1889, Dr. James Mortimer asks for the aid of Sherlock Holmes, beginning by reading him a legend that has run in the Baskerville family since the time of the English Civil War, when Sir Hugo Baskerville kidnapped a farmer's daughter. When the girl escaped, Hugo pursued her, swearing a curse upon himself in his mad rage.
At that time, Baskerville Hall was inhabited by Sir Hugo Baskerville, a wild, profane and godless man. Sir Hugo had become infatuated with the daughter of a yeomen who held lands near to the Baskerville estate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (HOUN) is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in august 1901 - april 1902 (60 illustrations by Sidney Paget). This is the 28th Sherlock Holmes story.
What is the curse of the Baskerville family? How does Sir Charles Baskerville die? Why does Sherlock Holmes pretend to stay in London? What is the significance of the portrait of Sir Hugo Baskerville? Why does the culprit return Sir Henry Baskerville’s new boot?
8 wrz 2024 · It tells the story of Holmes (Blackwell) investigating the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, believed to be caused by a supernatural hound haunting the Baskerville family. This was the last Sherlock Holmes adaptation of the silent film era.
