SHERLOCK HOLMES STUDY QUESTIONS
1. Why did Doyle choose Watson to narrate Hound instead of having Holmes tell
the story himself? What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing it this way?
2. At the same time that Hound was written, Gothic fiction, which used
supernatural themes, was extremely popular. Doyle himself was a spiritualist.
How does the novel handle the possibility of supernatural occurrences?
3. How do Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle handle class differences?
