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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
- The Heirloom Collection
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 58 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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
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- dave
- 26-07-2019
Complete Sherlock Holmes - Heirloom collectiom
Have been a fan of Mr Holmes & Dr Watson for many years.
Have hardback and ebook collections.
Needed a decent audiobook of the whole for a long time. Used Librivox for a longtime but the app isn't brilliant and as the readings are mostly free there is a lot that didn't suit my aural standards.
Trawled Audible for a while before settling on this one. I did listen to a few samples, each more than once, including the wonderful Stephen Fry version but once I heard the Simon Vance edition there was no viable alternative.
If I have one whinge about this version it's the fact that each story, including the four novellas, is not accorde it's own natural distinction - for example "A scandal in Bohemia" doesn't appear under that title as the individual stories are concatenated into arbitrary audio chapters. That means you cannot browse Chapters to select a particular story, other than by adding a note or bookmark.
Fairly minor considering the excellence of narration and recording quality.
Highly recommended
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- Tina
- 26-01-2016
Fantastic story told brilliantly.
I truly enjoyed this book, clearly read, one for all to enjoy.
All books read by Simon Vance have proved worth listening to.
Simply marvellous. Thank you.
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- MumOfThree
- 22-01-2020
This performance is perfect.
I really don't know why they bothered to redo this with Stephen Fry, this performance is perfect. Listening to this I can see in my mind Watson, Holmes and everyone they encounter, (whenever I listen to Fry all I can see is Fry). This is definitely the far better version, once you've heard it, this will be Watson's and Holmes' voices in your mind forever more....
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- Dale Christopher
- 23-08-2016
Amazing!
Such a talented reader! and he did different voices for all the characters. I think it took me a month, maybe more... to get through the whole thing. And that was listening to 2-3 hours pretty much every day. Great value at $15!!!
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- Cathy
- 18-10-2016
Excellent series
Really enjoyed the series, loved the English language as it used to be. Narrator great.
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- twinkle233
- 15-04-2015
Loved every minute of Sherlock
The authors language is just beautiful and the narrator, Simon Vance, made a spectacular performance with perfection. I am tempted to listen to the entire 58 hours again and most likely will. Thank you for making such wonderful material so much more accessible.
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- Ellen Johnston
- 02-04-2016
loved it!
loved it! the narrator is awesome speaking in different voices and with different accents. Some of the stories I knew, but most were completely new to me.
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- Lily Davison
- 08-08-2015
Fantastic!
This book was wonderfully performed!
A true display of the masterful mind of Arthur Conan Doyle.
I would recommend it to anyone whole loves crime fiction, and needs to know the canon of that genre.
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- Dick
- 01-02-2018
Wonderful stories brilliantly performed
A regular audible listener I originally came across this when a new Sherlock Holmes release performed by Stephen Dry hit my suggestion box.
Normally I am a non-fiction listener but enjoyed Sherlock Holmes as a teenager or young adult and listened a sample.
I found Stephen Fry's performance however somewhat not quite to my liking. Partly because I preferred a faster rate of speech (maybe he was 'acting' it a bit much for me) but mostly I found the reading a bit 'modern' perhaps in accent also. It maybe have been influenced by my visualizing it having seen some of his acting.
Further searching found Simon Vance's reading. Immediately faster but also having a somewhat more period feel with an educated and perhaps more aristocratic tone. I realized later that he has read countless other works and in his sample (and full performance) I found myself experiencing the world in the way I liked. Reading other characters in the right tone without distracting 'acting' that might be tempting to some.
Overall Arthur Conan Doyle's works are a masterpiece (really the founding of all the modern crime shows on TV) and performed faultless with congruency to what I would imagine a perfect reading would be.
Perhaps for those reading (listening) to this for the first time might prefer a different voice. But there are other readings on audible for Sherlock Holmes. I found this to be the best. Try the sample before choosing.
Of course with membership also it is a bargain.
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- Owen Neochi
- 30-10-2016
Has stood the test of time
Very famous and interesting stories told in the language of the times. definately worth the long read. However I would get the Steven Fry version now.
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