The Return of Sherlock Holmes  Volum..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes  Volum..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes – Volume II

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: David Timson

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 06/01/2004

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

No case is too slight for the mental powers of the great detective: in this second selection from The Return of Sherlock Holmes, a young girl is stalked by a solitary cyclist; whilst the ‘dancing men’ hieroglyphics found in Norfolk lead to a sinister connection with America. Holmes enters the murky world of high society blackmail in Charles Augustus Milverton; and finds an abducted student from the Priory school. As always, his friend Dr Watson is with him to assist and chronicle these cases.

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 Juan on February 09, 2020

A los que nos gustan las novelas policiales, disfrutamos de Sherlock Holmes, no? Es un clásico. La resolución de los casos es simple y con situaciones naive para los ojos del s.XXI, pero viniendo de la pluma de Sir Arthur, se disfruta y mucho.......more

Goodreads review by Dorothea on November 02, 2012

I thought I was going to be rating all the Sherlock Holmes audiobooks with only one star (thereby confusing everyone as to why I keep listening to them), but the second volume of The Return of Sherlock Holmes manages to have only stories that I really enjoyed. The Adventure of the Dancing Men: The be......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B. on March 14, 2021

Some ACD. Terrific narrator. Terrible front cover - yech! However, it’s ACD, a terrific narration, at a nominal price ($1.99 @ Chirp). What a deal! This edition is with a Well Done, John Day, narration - front cover looks like a lady in drag. Guy might’ve had a wallet in his front pocket. Couldn’t f......more

Goodreads review by Melody on January 21, 2019

More great stories!!!......more

Goodreads review by Gustavo on November 17, 2022

Todas las historias son sumamente interesantes, y la narración de Watson nunca decae, así como la genialidad de Sherlock, que aquí muestra además amabilidad desinteresada con los demás.......more