Keith’s Comments (group member since Apr 10, 2020)

Keith’s comments from the Irmo Branch Library - Multimedia Book Club group.

yes, that was great. It also can be seen as a comparison between how the British Empire and the still relatively new American nation were growing. The British empire was growing under Queen Victoria outwardly. (Various countries and continents), and America inwardly. (the expansion of the west through what was later called "Manifest Destiny.'

The Houd of the Baskervilles on the other hand, I feel deals with the dying traditions of the British Aristocracy. Specifically, the tradition of Progeniture. (nearest male heirs may only inheriting their own right) Queen Victoria inadvertently changed this when she inherited the town as the result of a succession crisis. Although the hound does turn out to be made up at the end of the story, I feel it could represent the monster of changing traditions within the aristocracy, and the fact that those that did not change ti would become a thing of the past.