The Hound of Baskerville, a detective fiction novel, was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1902. He lived an interesting and ever-changing life. He was a doctor (surgeon) for 10 years, a politician, and a writer. He married a woman but when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he had an affair with another woman. 

 

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a detective novel. The main characters are the famous Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking Henry Baskerville. On his uncle's death he returned back from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. 

 

The main theme in this book is: 

1. Natural and Supernatural 

“A  hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smoldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.” (Doyle, 100)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle battled with the natural and supernatural beliefs, and this is especially displayed through this book. The dichotomy between the logical Holmes, and the supernatural leaning Doyle, presents itself indubitably through the conflict between the supernatural aspect of the hound and the moor, and the logical leaning of the detective work.