The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Clive Merrison (Narrator), Michael Williams (Narrator)

Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams as Watson in these adventures, part of the unique fully dramatised BBC canon of Conan Doyle's short stories and novels featuring the world-famous sleuth.

Genres: Mystery, 19th Century

3 pages, MP3 Book

Published January 27, 2006

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Tracy Smyth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love listening to/reading Sherlock Holmes stories. They are even great after so years since they were first released. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tells a great story.

[Jack · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Ke · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a work completed more than a century ago, it is amazing that I still feel the charm of the story. The work provides great insights into the human nature. I really liked then Holmes made all the little details fit in.

It was almost disappointing to feel the end of the work coming. I only wished that it could have been longer, or if the stories stretched out.

[Ned · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had a 3 vol set of these as a kid, the complete sherlock holmes I thought. Anyway I like the BBC's image for this audio release. Holmes, the brooder.