The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chaps. 8-15: A Curly-Haired Spaniel

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Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chaps. 8-15: A Curly-Haired Spaniel
Author: gardnerhill          
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: You may get feels on this ride.
Summary: There was one casualty on the good guys’ side.

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Holmes told Dr. Mortimer of his find.

Mortimer blinked hard, sniffed, coughed, exhaled. “Huh! It’s ridiculous. So much murder and horror, Sir Henry and Beryl assaulted – we’re deuced lucky our only loss was a, a dog.”

I put my hand on his shoulder. “They give us their whole hearts, and break ours when they die.”

And finally Dr. Mortimer wept.

Canon Discussion: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chaps. 8-15

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This week we’re having a look at the second half of The Hound of the Baskervilles. I’ve typed up a few thoughts and questions to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!


( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chaps. 8-15

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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.

This week my featured form is the lanturne.

Shadow Poetry gives this definition:

The Lanturne is a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.


Here is my example poem:

A
light in
the window.
Curtains are on
fire.



As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, alexandrine, blackout poetry, call and response, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, elegiac couplet, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, riddle, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Hound of the Baskervilles in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chap. 8-15: Holmes and the Typewriter

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Canon Story: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chaps. 8-15
Title: Holmes and the Typewriter
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G



The Mystery of the Missing ‘d’


Observation

“No, it hasn’t ‘disappeared again’, Holmes. It’s there! By the ‘s’! Oh, for… There, you wretched man!”


Deduction

“You’re never going to get the hang of typewriting, are you?”


Solution

“It’s gone back to the shop. If you need any more typewriting doing, Miss Henderson of Sandelow Street will be delighted to oblige.”

The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 2: Events at the Nonpareil Club

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Canon Story: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: Events at the Nonpareil Club (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Members of the Nonpareil Club were shocked recently when they learnt of the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood.   One prominent member commented, “One would scarcely countenance such behaviour in one of the working classes, let alone an officer and a gentleman.”  The total sums involved may never be known; many members being unwilling to reveal the extent of their losses.