
BRITISH MYSTERIES - Arthur Conan Doyle Edition
Victorian Country-House Mysteries, Fogbound Investigations, and the Rational Pursuit of TruthBy Arthur Conan DoyleLength136h 46m
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BRITISH MYSTERIES – Arthur Conan Doyle Edition gathers the distinctive qualities that made Doyle a formative figure in detective and supernatural fiction: intricate puzzles, carefully controlled suspense, rational investigation, and an enduring fascination with the inexplicable. Whether presenting the analytic brilliance of Sherlock Holmes or darker tales shaped by crime, coincidence, spiritual unease, and historical atmosphere, the volume moves between Victorian realism and imaginative Gothic suggestion. Its literary interest lies in the tension between empirical knowledge and the unknown, a tension that reflects the period's confidence in science as well as its anxiety about what science could not explain. Doyle's lucid prose, brisk narrative construction, and strategically revealed evidence make these stories both intellectually engaging and remarkably accessible. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician, novelist, and public intellectual whose medical training profoundly influenced his fiction. His experience with diagnosis, observation, and deductive reasoning helped inspire the methods associated with Holmes, while his broad interests in history, spiritualism, adventure, and moral inquiry expanded his writing beyond conventional detective narratives. He wrote during a period when mass publishing and urban modernity were reshaping popular literature, and his work responded imaginatively to both developments. This edition is recommended to readers interested in the origins of modern mystery fiction, Victorian literary culture, and the continuing dialogue between reason and imagination. It offers an excellent introduction to Doyle's range while rewarding close attention to narrative structure, atmosphere, and the cultural assumptions embedded within his mysteries.
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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length136 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 26, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE GREENE MURDER CASE (Mystery Classic) (Annotated)
2BRITISH MYSTERIES - Arthur Conan Doyle Edition: Complete Sherlock Holmes, True Crime Accounts & Supernatural Mysteries (100+ Title in One Volume)
3Sherlock Holmes Mysteries
4Novels
5A Study in Scarlet
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6Part I. Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
7I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
8II. The Science of Deduction
9III. The Lauriston Gardens Mystery
10IV. What John Rance had to Tell
11V. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
12VI. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
13VII. Light in the Darkness
14Part II. The Country of the Saints
15I. On the Great Alkali Plain
16II. The Flower of Utah
17III. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
18IV. A Flight for Life
19V. The Avenging Angels
20VI. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.
21VII. The Conclusion
22The Sign of Four
23Chapter I. The Science of Deduction
24Chapter II. The Statement of the Case
25Chapter III. In Quest of a Solution
26Chapter IV. The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
27Chapter V. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge
28Chapter VI. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration
29Chapter VII. The Episode of the Barrel
30Chapter VIII. The Baker Street Irregulars
31Chapter IX. A Break in the Chain
32Chapter X. The End of the Islander
33Chapter XI. The Great Agra Treasure
34Chapter XII. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small
35The Hound of the Baskervilles
36I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
37II. The Curse of the Baskervilles
38III. The Problem
39IV. Sir Henry Baskerville
40V. Three Broken Threads
41VI. Baskerville Hall
42VII. The Stapletons of Merripit House
43VIII. First Report of Dr. Watson
44IX. The Light Upon the Moor
45X. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
46XI. The Man on the Tor
47XII. Death on the Moor
48XIII. Fixing The Nets
49XIV. The Hound of the Baskervilles
50XV. A Retrospection