The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Charlton Griffin

Length: 23 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Not surprisingly, each time he tried to end the series, his fans would howl in protest. But, as he says in the preface to his last collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all good things must come to an end. And so it is with this series, as we have now arrived at the end of the Sherlock Holmes tales, Conan Doyle's most magnificent creation.

This last volume contains one novel, The Valley of Fear, and two collections of short stories: His Last Bow and The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.

Public Domain (P)2010 Audio Connoisseur

Genius in the 20th Century

The stories are very well narrated and can easily translate to today society with a bit of imagination.

Volume 3 of Sherlock Holmes Collection

This is the 3rd Part of the Collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. Some of them are the short stories that are normaly only found in print.

Great production.

Sherlock

Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorite characters of all time and I love that they have the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle books on audible that are unabridged as well as some of the performance pieces.

Solid Collection

The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3 / B004LOPYW0

I really enjoy the Sherlock Holmes stories and books, so I was happy to find this available in audiobook form. The narration isn't as great as I'd like -- the narrator speaks a little too quickly for my tastes and some of his voices (particularly for female characters) sound a little distractingly silly -- but overall this is a solid compilation and I'm happy to have it. Note that while it's the "complete" stories, they're spread across three volumes, so you'll have to buy all three to have the total collection. Speaking of, I really wish the Audible application could show which track corresponds to which story (rather than just Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc. for the whole kit and kaboodle) but that may be a technical limitation they couldn't get around.

Volume 3 consists of the novel "The Valley of Fear", and the stories in "His Last Bow" and "The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes".

"His Last Bow" contains the following stories:
- The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
- The Adventure of the Red Circle
- The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
- The Adventure of the Dying Detective
- The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
- The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
- His Last Bow

"The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes" contains the following stories:
- The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
- The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
- The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
- The Adventure of the Three Gables
- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
- The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
- The Problem of Thor Bridge
- The Adventure of the Creeping Man
- The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
- The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
- The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
- The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

~ Ana Mardoll

Great Story And Great Narrator

I enjoyed this series when i read the stories years ago. It was enjoyable having the story read to me by Mr Griffin. The voices were pretty good and the women were pretty much in the same voice. As to the reviewer who commented that the voices were done by older people, especially the women, They were all done by Mr Griffin!! The story was acted, not just read in a monotone as other books i have listened to.

A Thousand time better than the modern versions

I had no idea how beautifully written the original Sherlock Holme's stories were. They are brilliant. I found myself going back over many passages several times just to hear how he expressed things. It make me wonder what's happened to our language when I compare this writing to most modern day mysteries.
Holmes is weird to be sure. But if you love language. This reminds you of what great writing sounds like.
The narrator is brilliant!

Countless hours of entertainment

Whether you are acquainted with Sherlock Holmes or not, this series is sure to please. Like other comments my only complaint is the voice the narrator chooses for women and the way it makes women seem like weaklings. However that is one minor complaint in a great collection.

sherlock holmes volume. 3

I have listened to all three volumes now and loved all of them so much

Best version

I have listened to quite a few versions of Sherlock and this is my favorite. I like the chronological order of the books. Griffin does a very nice job though at times the women's voices are not quite right. Excellent Holmes and Watson voices.

Read them as a kid love them as an adult

Great short stories. I always wondered how Sherlock made money as he passed on payment so often. Great stories and perfect for a middle school or high school child, but I still read them again today.