![]() You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales." - Holmes to Watson, "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" "I believe in hard work and not in sitting by the fire spinning fine theories." - Inspector Lestrade, "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" I’ve arrived in my chronological listening to the Sherlock Holmes tales to the 56 short stories that form the real meat of the canon. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. ![]() If you haven't encountered Sherlock Holmes yet, this is a great introduction to him & his adventures. To listen to too many in one go would rather spoil it perhaps? I think perhaps it is best to treat this audiobook as a selection box to pick at every now and then, rather than a bar to scoff in one go! Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?Įach story is definitely worth listening to in one go- each is 45-60 mins long in general. ![]() That said, he does bring a little of something else to the others, in differentiating them from his Watson, so that works nicely too. Which character – as performed by Derek Jacobi – was your favourite?ĭr Watson is of course the most important character for the narrator to 'nail' in any Holmes story, which Jacobi does excellently. Each individual story has its own magic & is memorable in its own right. ![]() What was one of the most memorable moments of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? Had I not read it before however, I would rank it as one of, if possibly THE best. Though I'd read all of these stories before, they are simply classics & Derek Jacobi's delivery is as slick & as fitting a Watson performance as you could hope for. Where does The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? ![]()
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