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The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 stories. Among them are The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, a tale of a reclusive old bachelor who suddenly vanishes, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a delightful puzzle involving a mysterious message that contains a series of stick figures, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist in which a lovely young governess is being stalked by a man on a bicycle, and many others. The last story, The Adventure of the Second Stain has Watson revealing that Holmes is now completely retired and would not like Watson to write any more stories about him! The Return of Sherlock Holmes is indeed a delightful continuation of the Holmes saga and a great addition to your repertoire!

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    March 23, 2017

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781518944413
      • File size: 299034 KB
      • Duration: 10:22:59

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      David Timson's reading of the Sherlock Holmes stories must surely be the definitive audio performance featuring this timeless character. Previously released in three installments by Naxos, this 10-disc set includes his narration of all 13 cases published in THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES in 1905. Resurrected after his apparent death three years earlier, the older and wiser Holmes of these stories shows a willingness to let his conscience prevail over the letter of the law. Timson's range is remarkable--he gives perfectly tuned accents to characters not only from all of Britain but also from South Africa, Australia, and the United States. By the end, you'll forever associate Holmes and Watson with Timson's voices. As well as being a marvelous narrator of these stories, his own liner notes reveal him as something of a Sherlockian. D.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 1, 2003
      Those for whom the Oxford University Press edition (1993) was not the final word on the canon won't want to miss the latest volume in the Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and edited by Leslie S. Klinger. As David Stuart Davies notes in his introduction, Klinger provides annotations at once "scholarly, instructive and enlightening," as well as chronologies for the individual stories and a bibliography of secondary works.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In this fully realized radio performance of "The Empty House," "The Norwood Builder," "The Dancing Men" and "The Solitary Cyclist," each character is performed by a different actor. Sound effects, such as gunshots, are interspersed. Background music of the period is moody and effective, particularly the rendition of Holmes's violin. Actor Clive Merrison sounds overly petulant and shrill to be the perfect Holmes, accustomed as we are to Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett. However, Michael William's Watson is closer to that of the written stories than Nigel Bruce's screen portrayal. Some of the scenes are presented as episodic flashbacks, especially in "The Solitary Cyclist." First class. D.W. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      These stories, published in 1905, recount 13 of the great detective's cases after his supposed death while grappling with Professor Moriarity at the Reichenbach Falls. It's amazing that the Holmes tales, which I've read three or four times, always seem fresh and new at each encounter. Here one's enjoyment is substantially increased by the vigorous, exciting reading of Derek Jacobi, one of Britain's finest actors. He disappoints only in his interpretation of the title sleuth. Jacobi's Holmes has a high-pitched effete-sounding voice, an interpretation this reviewer finds at odds with the decisive and masterful portrayals of the well-known Holmes actors such as the BBC's Jeremy Brett. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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