![]() At the time he wrote this, 1900, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was 75 years old, Dracula had been around for several years, Edgar Allen Poe's works were in circulation, "penny dreadful's" had been prolific and readers were pretty comfortable with "atmosphere".ĭoyle did a great job of writing the line between atmospheric horror and Sherlockian logic. Until he heard the tale of the Hound.ĭoyle lays out a plot thick with the gothic novel's romantic overtures of horror and mystery. Sherlock has dealt with the Master Criminal of his time, murderers, thieves and a very clever woman. Have you noticed that most paranormal experiences happen when it's cold? The feeling of the moor, the old house and the suspicious and unexplained death of Sir Charles lay the foundation for a spooky atmosphere. ![]() ![]() "Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke out of the wall of fog." Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74). ![]()
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