The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mar 2010 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Simon Prebble

About this audiobook

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close-the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. When "The Final Problem" was first published, the struggle between Holmes and his arch nemesis, seemingly to the death, left many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but it also led to his immortality as a literary figure. The stories that precede it included two narratives from Holmes himself-on a mutiny at sea and a treasure hunt in a Sussex country house-as well as a meeting with his brilliant brother Mycroft. Included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are "Silver Blaze," "The Yellow Face," "The Stock-Broker's Clerk," "The 'Gloria Scott,'" "The Musgrave Ritual," "The Reigate Puzzle," "The Crooked Man," "The Resident Patient," "The Greek Interpreter," "The Naval Treaty," and "The Final Problem."

Ratings and reviews

The description states it is 8 hours and 30 minutes long; however, it is actually only 7 hours and 45 minutes after you download it. They completely cut out The Final Problem story. It even states in the audio after the Naval Treaty that this is the end of the book. You only find out all this information after you buy it and have no option to return it. They shouldn't advertise a longer book and even put the Final Problem in the description if they don't actually include it. So if you want a incomplete book that's more expensive than others on here then this is the one for you!

About the author

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), a Scottish writer whose works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction, is best known as the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes.

One of AudioFile magazine's Golden Voices, Simon Prebble has received over twenty Earphones Awards and five Listen-Up Awards, and he has been a finalist fourteen times for an Audie Award. In 2006, Publishers Weekly named him Narrator of the Year, and he was named Booklist's 2010 Voice of Choice.