![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. In 1903, in The Adventure of the Empty House, he went one step further, resurrecting Holmes with the explanation that only Moriarty had died in the fall, while Holmes had faked his own death. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine ![]() Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring Holmes back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle. The liner, with CD-track detail and story notes written by Timson, is a bonus. 'The Adventure of the Empty House' is the first Sherlock Holmes short story of the 13 collected in The Return of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson faints for the first and last time of his life. Timson's sensitive pacing and varied intonation make conversations spring to life, intensify dramatic moments, and highlight Conan Doyle's often disregarded humor. The Adventure of the Empty House: Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged) audiobook, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Even the minor characters-a stubborn servant, a careful shopkeeper-are placed in context with accents that reveal class and personality. Holmes is masterful, but never Basil Rathbonish Watson is solid, but not stolid Lestrade is ingratiating, with an accent that reveals his determination to rise socially. English actor David Timson, who has performed six previous Holmes compilations for Naxos, clearly appreciates Conan Doyle's clever writing. ![]() The lush, romantic notes of an Arthur Foote string quartet welcome listeners to this beautifully produced, thoroughly satisfying rendition of four Holmes stories. ![]()
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