The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

In the 100 years since Doyle created the immortal Sherlock and his sidekick Watson, no other mystery writer has come close to eclipsing him as the standard bearer. These stories include many of his most famous cases.

Not the original collection of stories called The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, this is rather set of 7 short stories from 3 different Sherlock Holmes Collections.

These are the included stories:
A Scandal in Bohemia (from Adventures of)
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League (from Adventures of)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (from Adventures of)
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (from Adventures of)
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (from Memoirs of)
The Adventure of the Crooked Man (from Memoirs of)
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (from Return of)

Genres: Audiobook, Mystery

4 pages, Audio CD

Published January 1, 1989

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

[Jen St · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is great. This collection had two stories that were new to me. But, Ben Kingsley was a boring narrator.

[Ricki · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I prefer Sherlock Holmes stories one at a time. This many all at once just made them seem so similar. I can appreciate how Doyle was a pioneer in the mystery field, but the story that I liked the best was the most gothic, "The Adventure of the Copper Beaches".

[Bill Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sherlock Holmes stories are classics. Pretty good selection from several different volumes of Holmes stories well read by Ben Kingsley.

[Colleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely enthralling. On a few of the stories, I could even solve a bit of the mystery myself!

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

What fantasict magic Sir Arthur created with this book. I loved listening to the audio, something about having the British accent read to me the ultimate in British Lit. Wonderful!

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concise and clever cases to read. The lovely Sherlock Holmes you would expect!

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of course I love Sherlock Holmes but I think I prefer reading the stories to the audiobook. That being said it was still great to re-visit some of the more well known cases!