{"id":748,"date":"2017-09-28T08:54:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T12:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/?p=748"},"modified":"2017-11-30T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:45:38","slug":"gothic-hounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/secretlives\/2017\/09\/28\/gothic-hounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Gothic Hounds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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which\u200b \u200bhe\u200b \u200bwas\u200b \u200bable\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bgive\u200b \u200bof\u200b \u200bhis\u200b \u200bancestors\u200b \u200bwere\u200b \u200bnot\u200b \u200bencouraging.\u200b \u200bThe\u200b \u200bidea\u200b \u200bof\u200b \u200bsome\u200b \u200bghastly\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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presence\u200b \u200bconstantly\u200b \u200bhaunted\u200b \u200bhim\u201d\u200b \u200b(19)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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dread.\u200b \u200bSir\u200b \u200bCharles\u200b \u200bBaskerville\u200b \u200bis,\u200b \u200bin\u200b \u200bhis\u200b \u200bfinal\u200b \u200bmonths,\u200b \u200bdepicted\u200b \u200bin\u200b \u200bgreat\u200b \u200bstress\u200b \u200bdue\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bthe\u200b \u200bbelief\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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literature;\u200b \u200bhe\u200b \u200bwas\u200b \u200b\u201cconstantly\u200b \u200bhaunted\u201d\u200b \u200band\u200b \u200bclearly\u200b \u200btortured\u200b \u200bby\u200b \u200bthese\u200b \u200bfears\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bsuch\u200b \u200ba\u200b \u200bdegree\u200b \u200bthat\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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his\u200b \u200banxiety\u200b \u200b\u201cwas\u200b \u200bhaving\u200b \u200ba\u200b \u200bserious\u200b \u200beffect\u200b \u200bupon\u200b \u200bhis\u200b \u200bhealth,\u201d\u200b \u200band\u200b \u200bultimately\u200b \u200blead\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200ba\u200b \u200bheart\u200b \u200battack\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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(20).\u200b \u200bHis\u200b \u200bdread\u200b \u200bof\u200b \u200bthe\u200b \u200bsupernatural\u200b \u200bprovides\u200b \u200ba\u200b \u200bconnection\u200b \u200bbetween\u200b \u200bthe\u200b \u200bnovel\u200b \u200band\u200b \u200bthe\u200b \u200bgothic\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Charles\u200b \u200bis\u200b \u200bconvinced\u200b \u200bthat\u200b \u200bhe\u200b \u200bis\u200b \u200bpredetermined\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bdie\u200b \u200bin\u200b \u200ba\u200b \u200bgruesome\u200b \u200bway,\u200b \u200bdue\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bhis\u200b \u200bfamily\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Arthur\u200b \u200bConan\u200b \u200bDoyle\u200b \u200bwill\u200b \u200buse\u200b \u200ba\u200b \u200bsimilar\u200b \u200bplot\u200b \u200bapproach\u200b \u200bin\u200b \u200b\u200bThe Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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