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Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Dramatic Readings Audiobooks in 8 MP3 CDs
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859 - 1930)
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Running Time:09:45:00 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Dr. Watson chronicles here some of the more interesting detective cases
that he and his good friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, have encountered
during their association. We see the cases unfold as he does, scratch
our heads as does he while the evidence is collected, and then marvel at
the impeccable observations, remarkable insight, and doggedness which
Holmes displays as he teases apart the tangled clues.
Packaged as
twelve distinct cases, by the end of this book your own senses of
observation and deductive reasoning should be improved. It's easy to see
why this book became a model for detective yarns!
01 - Story 1: A Scandal in Bohemia
02 - Story 2: The Red-Headed League
03 - Story 3: A Case of Identity
04 - Story 4: The Boscombe Valley Mystery
05 - Story 5: The Five Orange Pips
06 - Story 6: The Man with the Twisted Lip
07 - Story 7: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
08 - Story 8: The Adventure of the Speckled Band
09 - Story 9: The adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
10 - Story 10: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
11 - Story 11: The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
12 - Story 12: The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Cast List:
Sherlock Holmes: Peter Yearsley
Dr. John Watson: Johnny English, and Tomas Peter
Various other roles read by:
Larry Wilson, Beth Thomas, Amelia Chesley, Adrian Stephens, Algy Pug, Lola Janie, Leanne Yau, Max Körlinge, chuckconvr, Bernd Ungerer, Nemo, Rafe Ball, Foon, KHand, Rob Marland, TJ Burns, Zames Curran, and Thestorygirl.
Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Running Time:01:39:10 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Although the Sherlock Holmes canon traditionally consists of four novels and 56 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, there are many Sherlock Holmes stories outside the canon. Most of these noncanonical stories were written by authors other than Doyle, but there are four short stories about Holmes written by Doyle that are nonetheless excluded from the canon, for various reasons. This LibriVox album consists of these four noncanonical stories. The first story, "The Field Bazaar", was first published in 1896 in a special issue of a University of Edinburgh student newspaper called The Student. Doyle wrote this very brief story to support a fundraising event at the university, his alma mater, but most scholars consider the story to be a parody and therefore not part of the canon. The second and third stories, "The Lost Special" and "The Man with the Watches", were both published in The Strand Magazine in 1898 and both feature mysteries involving trains. These two stories are not part of the canon because neither story mentions Holmes by name, although literary scholars have proposed that the unnamed "amateur reasoner" in "The Lost Special" and the unnamed "well-known criminal investigator" in "The Man with the Watches" are intended to be Holmes, and this theory is accepted for the purposes of this LibriVox album. Doyle wrote the fourth story, "How Watson Learned the Trick", for a miniature book that was placed in Queen Mary's Dolls' House, a dollhouse built for Queen Mary in the 1920s that housed a tiny library featuring works by several famous authors of the day, the contents of which were published in 1924 for public consumption. Considered a companion piece to "The Field Bazaar" due to both stories consisting entirely of conversations between Holmes and Watson over breakfast, "How Watson Learned the Trick" is similarly excluded from the canon on the grounds of being a parody.
Cast List:
Sherlock Holmes: Peter Yearsley
Dr. Watson: David Purdy
Herbert de Lernac: Algy Pug
James: NoelVox
James Bland: Lewis West
Inspector Collins: Alan Mapstone
John Palmer: Brant Burgiss
Potter Hood; Dude: Zames Curran
James McPherson; John: chuckconvr
Edward; Kenyon Junction Station Master: Tomas Peter
Sparrow MacCoy; Earlstown Station Master: Adrian Stephens
Coroner; Newton Station Master: Lauren-Emma Blake
Barton Moss Station Master: Marvin
Manchester Station Master: Larry Wilson
Collins Green Station Master: Twinkle
St. Helens Station Master: Rob Marland
Narrator: Michele Eaton
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
Running Time:06:49:04 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "The Dying Detective" sees the great Holmes brought low by a fatal illness and refusing even Dr Watson's medical care. "The Bruce-Partington Plans" is a case of national importance, not least for the introduction of Mycroft Holmes. It also contains the quintessential Holmes line "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
"The Devil's Foot" is what happens when the great sleuth and his doctor attempt to go on a restful holiday. "His Last Bow" is the last ever Sherlock Holmes story, about his war service and undercover spy experiences. These and other classic Holmes and Watson stories are here brought to life by a dramatic cast of voices, so sit back and let the mysteries unfold!
Dr. John Watson (Narrator), read by Cori Samuel
Sherlock Holmes, read by Beth Thomas
Inspector Lestrade, read by Natalie Paula
Additional Narration: Shakira Searle
Other featured voices: azureblue, James Callaghan, ablestonebridge, Norman Elfer, Brian Mansi, Teresa Bauman, Frances Brown, K. Cotter, MaryAnn, Arnaldo Machado, Levi Throckmorton, Etel Buss, Eden Rea-Hedrick, ToddHW, Rapunzelina, Jeanie, David Olson, Adam, TriciaG, Julia Niedermaier, P. J. Morgan
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Running Time:5:41:28 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.
Cast:
Dr. Watson: Cori Samuel
Sherlock Holmes: Arielle Lipshaw
Dr. Mortimer: Robert Hoffman
Sir Henry Baskerville: Elizabeth Klett
Barrymore: AllenJohns
Cartwright: ToddHW
Stapleton: mb
Beryl Stapleton: TriciaG
Laura Lyons: Amanda Friday
Inspector Lestrade: David Lawrence
Wilson: Om123
Clerk: April Gonzales
Waiter: Elli
Cabman: Laurie Anne Walden
Perkins: Grace
Postmaster: Charlotte Duckett
James: Tiffany Halla Colonna
Mrs. Barrymore: Availle
Frankland: Martin Geeson
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Running Time:10:16:58 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is set three years after the detective fell to his death in the Reichenbach Falls in his final struggle with Moriarty. Or did he? In the first story of the series Holmes explains to Watson what really happened that day, followed by twelve more adventures of the dynamic duo including two of Doyle's own favorite stories: The Dancing Men and The Second Stain. Other notable characters in this book include Black Peter and Charles Augustus Milverton.
Cast list:
Watson: Cori Samuel
Holmes: Beth Thomas
Various: Jason Mills
Lestrade: Savannah
Lestrade: Alex Bogues
Various: Amanda Friday
Various: Eden Rea-Hedrick
Various: Frances Brown
Various: Tom Crawford
Various: Kimberley Krause
Various: KHand
Various: Levi Throckmorton
Various: MarcyT
Various: WoollyBee
Various: phillberty
Various: Julia Niedermaier
Various: Etel Buss
The Sign of the Four
Running Time:4:05:07 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
The Sign of the Four, the second of four novels featuring Sherlock Holmes, has a complex plot involving India, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts and two corrupt prison guards. Some of Holmes's less savory habits are revealed, and Dr. Watson finds romance. In this dramatic reading, LibriVox volunteers bring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic characters to life.
Cast:
Dr. John Watson: Cori Samuel
Sherlock Holmes: Arielle Lipshaw
Mrs. Hudson: Elizabeth Klett
Mary Morstan: Charlotte Duckett
Thaddeus Sholto: mb
Coachman/Athelney Jones: Beth Thomas
Lal Rao/Wiggins: Rapunzelina
McMurdo: D.T. McGregor
Mrs. Bernstone: Ruth Golding
Inspector: David Lawrence
Mr. Sherman: Robin King
Mrs. Smith: Amanda Friday
Jack Smith: Grace
Mrs. Forrester: Libby Gohn
Jonathan Small: Laurie Anne Walden
A Study in Scarlet
Running Time:04:48:35 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel A Study in Scarlet marked the first appearance of fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. Doyle wrote this novel in less than three weeks when he was 27 years old. Originally called A Tangled Skein, the novel was rejected by several publishers before it was accepted for publication as A Study in Scarlet in the November 1887 issue of Beeton’s Christmas Annual, an obscure British magazine remembered for little other than its inauguration of Sherlock Holmes. The novel was first published as a book the following year, but it was not until Doyle’s publication of the Sherlock Holmes short story “A Scandal in Bohemia” in The Strand Magazine in 1891 that the character of Sherlock Holmes received widespread acclaim. Since then, A Study in Scarlet has been published in many editions both in English and in translation, and allusions to the novel have frequently appeared in the works of other authors. A Study in Scarlet has occasionally generated controversy relating to the negative depiction of early Mormons in the chapters that take place in Utah. When visiting Utah for the first time in 1923, Doyle was asked to apologize for this depiction, but he defended the relevant content in the novel as historical. Like other installments in the Sherlock Holmes franchise, A Study in Scarlet has been adapted many times for a variety of media, including comics, radio, television, film, and the stage. The first two film adaptations, one British and one American, were released in 1914 and both are now considered lost films; in 2010, the British Film Institute named the British film one of the 75 most wanted films for their National Archive. The novel’s enduring legacy is also discernible in the widespread use of magnifying glasses in detective fiction, a trope initiated by A Study in Scarlet.
Cast List:
Sherlock Holmes: Peter Yearsley
Dr. Watson: David Purdy
Lestrade: Rafe Ball
Tobias Gregson: Cavaet
Jefferson Hope: Mike Manolakes
John Ferrier: Greg Giordano
Lucy Ferrier: Annie Mars
Enoch Drebber: Tad Davis
Joseph Stangerson: Andrew Kennedy
Brigham Young: Mark Stockbridge
Wiggins: James R. Hedrick
Stamford: KevinS
John Rance: jbcampo
Sawyer: WendyKatzHiller
Madame Charpentier: Lynette Caulkins
Arthur Charpentier: Adrian Stephens
Alice Charpentier: Michelle Purdy
Cowper: Tomas Peter
Elder Stangerson: chuckconvr
Police inspector: Algy Pug
Commissionaire: Alan Dove
Journalist: Lily Kuntz
Driver/Boots: Pelham Flowerdew
Mormon 1: Donald Gilmore
Mormon 2: Jake Malizia
Mormon 3: Wayne Cooke
Narrator: Michele Eaton
The Valley of Fear
Running Time:06:28:18 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
The Valley of Fear is the fourth novel Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about private detective Sherlock Holmes. First published serially in The Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915, this novel was published as a book three months before its serialization was complete. Doyle went on to write more Sherlock Holmes stories, but The Valley of Fear was his last novel about the character. This novel is the only one of the four in which criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty appears, and one of only two stories by Doyle in which Moriarty plays a direct role; despite the prominence that later Sherlock Holmes adaptations have given to Moriarty, this antagonist plays a minor role in Doyle’s original oeuvre.
In writing The Valley of Fear, Doyle used a similar structure to that of his first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet; both novels are divided into two seven-chapter parts, the first part focusing on Sherlock Holmes’s investigation of a murder and the second part exploring the murder’s backstory. Inspiration for The Valley of Fear came from the life of real-world private detective James McParland and his investigation of the Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society. Further inspiration came from Groombridge Place, a moated manor house in England on which the novel’s Birlstone Manor is closely based. This novel has sometimes attracted controversy due to its negative depiction of trade unions. For example, the 1930s radio series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes dramatized all of Doyle’s canonical Sherlock Holmes short stories and novels except The Valley of Fear, which was excluded because its depiction of trade unions was considered too political. Consequently, a radio adaptation of this novel did not appear until 1960. Other media adaptations have included films, television episodes, and a stage play. - Summary by David Purdy
Cast List:
Sherlock Holmes: Peter Yearsley
Dr. Watson: David Purdy
John Douglas: Algy Pug
Jack McGinty: Greg Giordano
Cecil Barker: larryhayes7
Alec MacDonald: Adrian Stephens
White Mason: Craig Franklin
Mike Scanlan: ToddHW
Ivy Douglas: Jenn Broda
Ettie Shafter: TJ Burns
Ted Baldwin: Yoganandh T
Carter: bwg1214
Ames: James R. Hedrick
Brother Morris: Chuck Williamson
Tiger Cormac: rssmith121999
Harraway: Farzan
Sergeant Wilson: John warren hart
Teddy Marvin: Joe Bergin
Arthur Willaby: Chuckconvr
Gower: Beeswaxcandle
Manders: lorda
Fred Porlock: Larry Wilson
Dr. Wood: Michael Broomhill
Policeman Evans: Jaime Kurzweg
Policeman Hunt: Ted Perkins
Jenkins: KevinS
Jacob Shafter: arbycoors
James Stanger: Tad Davis
J.W. Windle: Tomas Peter
Reilly: Scott Caulkins
Mansel: Alan Dove
Young Wilson: John Payton
James Murdoch: Peter Dann
Mrs. Larbey: Carol Sutton
Josiah H. Dunn: Rich Brown
Lawler: Keith Salis
Operator: Michelle Purdy
Telegrapher: Redrun
Professor Moriarty: Cavaet
Narrator: Michele Eaton
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