The Moor as Setting and Symbol

From The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Arthur Conan
Dartmoor — with its tors, stone huts, fogs, and prehistoric remains — functions as a character in itself, embodying primal, pre-rational forces.
Chapter 6

First sight of the moor: the long, gloomy curve, gnarled oaks, and Baskerville Hall's twin towers rising 'black and clear against the evening sky.'

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Chapter 7

Stapleton on the moor's prehistoric inhabitants — past and present overlapping in the landscape.

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