MAIN CHARACTERS Sherlock Holmes: The detective Dr. Watson: Holmes’s friend as well as his agent Sir Henry Baskerville: The son of Sir Charles’s younger brother Dr. James Mortimer: Sir Charles’s Friend as well as his doctor Mr. & Mrs. Barrymore: Sir Charles’s servants Jack Stapleton: Sir Charles’s neighbour and a naturalist Beryl Stapleton: Jack’s wife but pretended to be his sister Mr. Frankland: Sir Charles’s neighbour … Read more
The Hound of the Baskervilles Watch Full Movie BACKGROUND Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for the Sherlock Holmes stories. This book, published in 1902, is about a ghostly mad-dog that has haunted a … Read more
Questions for ComprehensionChapter 1 : Mr. Sherlock Holmes Q1. Who is the narrator? Ans. Dr. Watson, Holmes’ assistant, is the narrator. Q2. From what object did Watson and Holmes learn about James Mortimer? What clues did it provide? Ans. They looked at the walking stick. It had a silver band which said, “To James Mortimer … Read more
Character-Sketch Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a private detective with a keen eye, acute intelligence and a logical mind. Mortimer calls him the second best crime solver in Europe. He is observant, strong minded and a master of deductive thought. He is unimaginative and does not have any faith in supernatural elements. He looks at each and … Read more
Chapter 1: Mr. Sherlock Holmes Summary: On a morning in 1879, John Watson, M.D., awakes to find the private detective Sherlock Holmes, with whom he shares lodgings at 221-B Baker Street, unexpectedly seated at the breakfast table. Holmes invites Watson to examine a walking stick left behind by an unmet visitor the previous night. What, Holmes … Read more
This post “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” has a brief life history of the poet, introduction, theme, word meanings, summary in English and Hindi, main points, important extracts, questions, and answers with all NCERT solutions to facilitate the understanding of the Poem. Academicseasy is presenting a fully revised and updated study material of the poem in accordance … Read more
The Canterville Ghost By Oscar Wilde Summary On the surface the story presents an old manor house, Canterville Chase which is haunted by the ghost of Sir Simon Canterville who had died some three hundred years ago. The ghost considered himself to be horrendous until an American family arrives into the house. After the arrival … Read more
Determiners Determiners are fixing words. They precede “nouns” and help to identify or limit them. For example : This boy. Boy is a noun and “this” precedes it. “This” is the determiner. Its use has limited the noun “boy”.This boy means — this boy only, nobody else. Kinds of Determiner 1. Articles … Read more
Informal Invitations & Replies Extending invitations to their friends and relatives on occasions like marriage, birthday, engagement, public function, etc. is a part of social etiquettes. It can be in the form of an invitation card which is a formal way of inviting people or it can be in the form of a note or … Read more
Advanced Writing Skills Posters Posters are generally made to spread a social message or to create awareness among the general public about some event of common interest. They are part notices and part advertisements. Like notices they have no fixed style or format and are artistic and eye catching like advertisements. They do not follow strict grammatical … Read more
We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.
We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!
We need fund to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.
Please add academicseasy.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.