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    The Complete Sherlock Holmes
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes
    Audiobook58 hours

    The Complete Sherlock Holmes

    Written by Arthur Conan Doyle

    Narrated by Simon Vance

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    Winner of the 2014 Audie Award for Classics

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction. Included in this collection are all four full-length Holmes novels and more than forty short masterpieces—from the inaugural adventure A Study in Scarlet to timeless favorites like “The Speckled Band” and more. At the center of each stands the iconic figure of Holmes—brilliant, eccentric, and capable of amazing feats of deductive reasoning. By his side is Dr. John Watson, his steadfast assistant and our trusty narrator. This set is a must-have for every discriminating bibliophile and Sherlock Holmes fan.

    • Volume 1
      A Study in Scarlet: A Novel
      A Sign of Four: A Novel
      Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories
    • Volume 2
      Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories
      The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Novel
    • Volume 3
      The Return of Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories
      The Valley of Fear: A Novel
    • Volume 4
      His Last Bow: A Novel
      The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9781469211572
    Author

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) practiced medicine in the resort town of Southsea, England, and wrote stories while waiting for his patients to arrive. In 1886, he created two of the greatest fictional characters of all time: the detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson. Over the course of four novels and fifty-six short stories, Conan Doyle set a standard for crime fiction that has yet to be surpassed.

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    4.5/5

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a complete audio edition of Doyle's epic Holmes series, with exceptional narration by Simon Vance. Vance's subtle nuances and repertoire of voices bring the stories to life. However, some reviews mention defective recordings with interrupted and missing parts. Overall, this is a solid 5-star audiobook for Holmes fans, with amazing narration and great stories.

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    • 5/5
      I love this book, it is one of my absolute favourites. I believe that I enjoyed this audiobook because it was narrated in a very good manner.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely brilliant! I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Brilliant! I'd definitely recommend it any day.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely fantastic. Excellent narrator as well. Best read in installments, though, as it can be a bit formulaic.
    • 5/5
      everything about this book was amazing we have listened to it three times in a row and it’s still my absolute favorite ?
    • 5/5
      Purely epic! Very well read and excellently written. For anyone who enjoys detective stories, this is the grandfather of them.
    • 4/5
      I had a hard time figuring out a rating for this first volume, because I really disliked the first two novels (weird Mormon tangent, anyone?), felt indifferent about a few more, and loved some others (especially Hound of the Baskervilles). On average, my rating probably falls between 3.5 and 4.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely wonderful! Loved every minute of it! It was read beautifully as well!
    • 5/5
      I'm about half way though the book, and have been very much enjoying it so far. The narrator does an excellent job throughout, and has a good repertoire of voices and dialects that he uses for different characters. Would definitely recommend this reading to anyone looking to listen to these stories on audio book.
    • 5/5
      I loved this whole thing. The voice actor did well, and the books themselves are written very well. I recommend the read.
    • 5/5
      A perfect collection of Sherlock Holmes brought to life with wonderful narration.
    • 5/5
      It's Sherlock Holmes, what else needs to be said ???
    • 2/5
      I like the stories just fine but within the first thirteen chapters the audiobook skipped forward so far in time it was hard to follow the story. it's some kind of tech glitch. would not recommend this audiobook.
    • 5/5
      The most complete collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson’s adventures I’ve ever found. Fantastic narration! I really enjoyed this. Thank you Scribd.
    • 5/5
      Very well read. The reader does an excellent job of acting out the different characters.
    • 4/5
      Read this a couple years back...

      Sherlock Holmes embodies my view of myself: "I am smart enough to be annoying, but not smart enough to not be annoying." Sure Holmes is curious, observant, and tenacious, so he gets the job done. But along the way, he alienates anyone with an ego.

      So 5 stars for an awesomely clever collection of tales - 1 star for the painful kick in my ego-ass = 4 stars. (Yes, my review is biased. In the immortal words of William Golding: "Who says life is fair?")
    • 5/5
      Amazing English narrator, very complete collection, great stories. A solid 5 star audiobook.
    • 2/5


      I would have left Sherlock Holmes on better grounds if I had read a selected collections book instead of the entirety of the works. There are some great concoctions in here, but I think, in this case, the inspirations that followed are much better realizations than, sadly, the original.
    • 5/5
      All original Sherlock, what is not to like about that.
    • 3/5
      I was initially excited to tackle this collection, but it quickly turned into a chore. Doyle followed such a strict formula for these stories that many are barely distinguishable from each other. Most begin with Watson saying that this case is "most singular" or "one of the strangest cases in my memory." Like episodes of your favorite sit coms, Sherlock, Watson, Inspector Lestrade, Mrs. Hudson, etc. make it through all 58 hours of languid prose without much growth or change. Sherlock takes wild guesses (that almost always turn out to be correct but are sometimes more ludicrous than clever) and he relies heavily on suspect profiling, which was likely innovative in 1900 and troubling for audiences in 2023. For the most part, I enjoyed Doyle's flowry writing-style, and it's a testament to the forward-thinking author that only ten-ish of these stories now read as irredeemably racist, sexist, antisemitic, or otherwise brutally ethnocentric a hundred years later. "Three Gables," "The Sign of Four," "Shoscombe Old Place," and "The Yellow Face" were especially cringey. "The Valley of Fear" was weirdly pro-unionbusting and 100 pages too long. Ultimately, it's easy to see why, a hundred-and-fifty years later, there are so many adaptations and fanfic-style reincarnations of Holmes and Watson. It's nostalgic, historical, soothingly repetitive, and Holmes always gets his man (accept Irene Adler, who should have been a recurring character).
    • 4/5
      Excellent! Vance does a great job at capturing the different voices and accents of Doyle's menagerie of characters.
    • 5/5
      Singular.

      It would be better if I could but leave the peculiar utterance, but alas this is not possible.
    • 5/5
      Masterfully done. My first intro to Holmes and Watson were the great movies by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. I could see them all through the great audiobook.
    • 5/5
      Perfect! Just read it, you can't go wrong and it's super well read!
    • 5/5
      Exceptional narration with over a dozen stories I'd never heard of before this. It was great to listen to the adventures of an old friend.
    • 1/5
      This audiobook recording is defective with stories interrupted mid-sentence and never continued. Middle parts of stories are suddenly dropped into others.
    • 5/5
      Simon Vance is a superior narrator. So many characters from one mouth!
    • 5/5
      This book is a great manual on deduction. It’s all elementary from here on out once you’ve completed the whole Sherlock Holmes series.

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    • 1/5
      i'll be a drop in the bucket here and say Sherlock Holmes, or Arthur Conan Doyle is horribly racist. So, if you are a person of the global majority, or an antiracist white person, proceed with caution.
    • 5/5
      I consider this the definitive complete audio edition of Doyle’s epic Holmes series. Vance is by far the best narrator to have tackled this Herculean task. His subtle but distinct nuances between the characters, regular and occasional, bring the stories to life. His myriad British accents work well, helping us navigate through what can sometimes feel stilted and formal in Doyle’s late Victorian writing style. His other European and even American and accents are more than passable.

      All-in-all this is the go-to audio book for Holmes fans.

      As a bonus, by the way, Vance has narrated a few other Holmes compendiums and stories written by other famous authors who are fans of Doyle’s writing and have collaborated to expand the Sherlock Holmes canon! Be on the lookout for those, as Vance’s Holmes narration experience enhances the believability of this add-on stories immensely, right from the first paragraph of each!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Good stories. This version has many skips where parts of stories are missing

      1 person found this helpful