Talk:The Hound of the Baskervilles

Largely abandoned?

Uncited text: The novel uses many traditional novelistic techniques which had been largely abandoned by the time of writing, such as letters, diary extracts, interpolated manuscripts, and the like as seen in the works of Henry Fielding and, later, Wilkie Collins. Wilkie Collins was still writing up to his death in 1889. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) is also an epistolary novel. I think saying this technique was largely abandoned seems to be an overstatement.--Jack Upland (talk) 00:56, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Royalties

Meparkins92, can you fix up the reference to royalties? It seems ungrammatical.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:29, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

I meant ...to whom a 1⁄3 royalty which amounted to over 500 pounds by the end of 1901.--Jack Upland (talk) 20:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Year story is set

My edit asserting that the story is set in 1889 was reverted, with the explanation "It is not clear which year it is set in; there are several theories about this". In the first chapter Holmes considers a stick on which the year 1884 is engraved, and says "he left five years ago—the date is on the stick". Please say more about the dispute on this, @Sbishop? Thanks! ciphergoth (talk) 01:10, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

I had forgotten that. Please reinsert your earlier edit if you wish Sbishop (talk) 15:42, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Date of story

The date of 1889 seems improbable, since Watson and Baskerville saw the man on the tor against a setting full moon, and on Oct. 14, 1889 the moon was first-quarter and set at 12:16 PM. A more probable date for the story is 1894, since the moon was full that night and set at 6:10 AM. (Holmes says later he had allowed the moon to rise behind him, but that would be several hours before Watson and Baskerville set out.) 32.215.234.97 (talk) 16:12, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

That probably reflects only the fact that Doyle was not great at fact-checking and making sure everything lined up. There's no reason why the article can't have a section on date theories provided you can find some reliable sources rather than your own OR. Sbishop (talk) 16:18, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Another reason 1889 is improbable is that Watson met his bride in July, 1888 (The Sign of Four) and probably married soon after. She died after only a few (5?) years, which would explain why Watson is living back at Baker Street, and not merely calling on Holmes too early to expect him up and receiving callers. 32.215.234.97 (talk) 00:59, 1 July 2023 (UTC)