The Sherlock Holmes Collection

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Stephen Scalon

Length: 67 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognizable literary characters in any genre.

Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two having been narrated by Holmes himself, and two others written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930.

• A Study in Scarlet (Starts at Chapter 1),
• The Sign of the Four Starts at Chapter 15
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Starts at Chapter 28
• The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesStarts at Chapter 48
• The Hound of the Baskervilles Starts at Chapter 61
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes Starts at Chapter 76
• The Valley of Fear Starts at Chapter 95
• His Last Bow Starts at Chapter 110

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Very Satisfying Version

If you're fond of Sherlock Holmes you know the stories, or most of them. This is an excellent way to enjoy them again. The narrator is not very dramatic, which works well - makes the experience more like reading and lets the writing speak for itself. I like the way he does women - not the silly falsetto some male narrators use. His American characters are so believable it makes me wonder is he is really British.

I took the word of some reviewers and picked this version over some others - I haven't tried any others but I really like this one.

Oh How I Enjoyed This Collection !!

I have been reading and listening to Sherlock Holmes all of my life. This has been one of the best readings that I have heard in my life, I believe that other fans will be impressed with this one!!

Wonderful stories!

Loved every word of every story. Sir Doyle was a remarkable story teller and his words, spoken beautifully by Mr. Scalon, has given many a evening of enjoyment.

Hours of intrigue

The complete Sherlock Holmes collection is truly a gem. The performance was quite good and the stories got me through a 10,000 mile road trip. Quite enjoyable!

A most excellent listen!

Everything about this book was excellent and well done from the narrator to the stories themselves, I will most assuredly listen again!

Brilliant material.

I loved this .. great and beatiful books read by a great orator. Although I must admit some of the female voices are so tedious I wanted to quit listening. Beyond that I loved the book and performance.

Fully Realized Sherlock Holmes

This is another great Holmes collection. This is just as good as the Frye version. Both narrators are top notch and bring Sherlock to life. So, check out the audible samples and see which one you like best. You know the stories, so I won’t review them. What matters most is the narrator, and this one is great.

Highly recommended.

Narration and Editing need improvement

Who ever edited this didn't listen to it in total. There were a number of time where the narrator stumbled through sentences, repeated lines, used the incorrect voice or reused one, or outright stopped speaking. I would assume the one job an editor has is to make sure everything lines up correctly, no matter how long it is.

Great books deserve better narrator

Excellent stories by a great writer. It's easy to understand why people feel as though Sherlock Holmes was a real person.

The reader generally sounds good, although his approximations of women's and children's voices are a bit distracting. He occasionally mispronounces words in odd ways. For example, he says "desert spoon" when presumably "dessert spoon" was intended by the author. In "a Study in Scarlet" he does a passable American accent, yet persists in giving some words a gratingly British pronunciation (eg., "hareeem" instead of "harem"). Throughout, he pronounces "due" as "Jew" and "duty as "jooty"; "deduce" is "de-juice", "duke" is "jook", "leash" is "lash" and "sure" is "shore". There are many other odd pronunciations that make me wonder if he understands all the words. It's irritating, and I will try to avoid other books read by this guy.

It's difficult to find a particular story, since the book has been divided into numbered "chapters" that don't list the titles.

Instead of this, I recommend the version read by Stephen Fry.

Really comes to life

I've read and always enjoyed Sherlock Holmes stories, but theit even better with excellent narration.