RedHeaded League, The, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
RedHeaded League, The, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Red-Headed League, The

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Stephen Thorne

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/27/2018

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

The Red-Headed League is the second of the twelve stories inThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in 1892. In it, Jabez Wilson, a flame-haired Londonpawnbroker, comes to consult Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Some weeks before, Wilson responded to a newspaper want-ad offering highly-paid work to only red-headed male applicants. Wilson is hired on the basis of the precise hue of his hair color and performs menial work at a decent wage. When this occupation is suddenly suspended, he enlists Holmes and Watson to find an explanation. One of his more lighthearted shorts, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ranked it as his second-favorite Sherlock Holmes story. The Red-Headed League is the second of the twelve stories inThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in 1892. In it, Jabez Wilson, a flame-haired Londonpawnbroker, comes to consult Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Some weeks before, Wilson responded to a newspaper want-ad offering highly-paid work to only red-headed male

About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer whose works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction, is best known as the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was the embodiment of scientific thinking, Doyle himself did not exhibit the same rationality, believing in fairies and occultism. His Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages and have been made into plays, films, radio and television series, cartoons, and comic books. By 1920, Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world. Other works by Doyle include The Lost World, the first book in the Professor Challenger series; The White Company, one of his many historical novels; and The Great Boer War.

Doyle was born at Picardy Place, near Edinburgh, in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools and studied at Edinburgh University. In 1884, he married Louise Hawkins. Doyle qualified as a doctor in 1885 and practiced medicine as an eye specialist in Hampshire until 1891, when he became a full-time writer. Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and introduced the detective's faithful associate, Dr. Watson.

During the Boer war in South Africa (1899-1902), Doyle served several months as the senior physician at a field hospital. There he wrote The War in South Africa, in which he expressed the imperial view. He twice ran unsuccessfully for Parliament but nevertheless was knighted in 1902. In 1907, fourteen months after his wife died, Doyle married Jean Leckie. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, Doyle dedicated himself to spiritualistic studies at his home in Windlesham, Sussex. He died himself in 1930.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on January 18, 2025

“As a rule,” said Holmes, “the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.” I suspect it is the quirkiness of The Red-Headed League which makes it one o......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on December 18, 2019

Update: “The Red-headed League” is #2 on Arthur Conan Doyle’s list of his favorite Sherlock Holmes stories. I wasn’t all that impressed with it the first time I read it, but I decided to reread it with an open mind, and you know? I liked it quite a bit more the second time around. The concept is qui......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on December 24, 2020

Relato interesante que enfrenta a un notable criminal con el detective más famoso de la historia de la literatura. An interesting story that confronts a notorious criminal against the most famous detective in the history of literature.......more

Goodreads review by SoRoLi (Sonja) ♡ on September 30, 2024

Eine sehr skurrile und schräge Geschichte, bei der man sich über die Naivität des Pfandleihers nur wundern kann. Pfandleiher Wilson hat rote Haare und bekommt dadurch einen sehr gut bezahlten Job angeboten. Für die Liga der rothaarigen Männer soll er die Encyclopaedia Britannica abschreiben. Als ein......more