Sherlock Holmes The Final Problem  ..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes The Final Problem  ..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem & The Empty House
The Final Problem & The Empty House

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Nicholas Briggs

Narrator: Nicholas Briggs, Richard Earl

Unabridged: 3 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2011


Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes is a hunted man. Having unearthed the criminal mastermind behind the greatest crimes in the land, Holmes has found himself a fugitive. But the Great Detective already has a plan in motion...

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 Yosef on August 16, 2019

A very faithful adaptation of these classic Sherlock Holmes Stories. To me, the definitive version is still the Granada television series starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. But,this was very well done. The only thing that I did not like was the voice of Moriarty.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on May 29, 2020

These were very faithful to the stories that are essentially the “death” and then “resurrection” of Sherlock Holmes. Listening to this, I remembered reading the passages seven years ago, and they are recited very well here.......more

Goodreads review by Debra on June 11, 2020

The final problem and holmes returns.......more

Goodreads review by Brooke on July 09, 2013

The copy I read had a few stories in it: The Final Problem, The Empty House, A Study in Scarlet (novel-length), A Scandal in Bohemia, and The Greek Interpreter. The Greek Interpreter is the weakest story here, but it's important to the canon because it features the introduction of Mycroft Holmes. Th......more

Goodreads review by Annathea on February 26, 2016

Not my favorite stories (I dislike The empty house), but a stellar production, as always.......more