I rose to my feet, stared at him for some seconds in utter amazement. Then it appears I must’ve fainted for the first and last time in my life. Poor Watson LOL
Every 4 or 5 years I dive back into the sherlock holmes stories, in their entirety and read or listen to them all completely. It's just long enough that I forget exactly how holmes comes to many of the conclusions. But the one thing I never forget, is how holmes snuck back into Watson's life, in typical holmes fashion haha!
Thank you Greg, I really don’t know how I would get thru these sleepless nights with the winning combination of your soothing voice & the writing of Sir ACD. 💁🏻♀️
Extraordinary narration. The accent is so different to other performances done in both radio and tv, all plummy RADA approved Received Pronunciation, and what a unique and refreshing twist to stories already so familiar and beloved by us all. The voice, pace and delivery are also admirable. Thank you to all who enabled me to pass so many pleasant hours listening to these!
Greg, it really is exciting to hear your voice again. You truly are one of the Greatest orcalcally gifted person I have ever heard, Just sitting back, having a beer and listening to you. Cheers, Steve Du Pont.
Thank you for sharing this under recognized story! What a treat for a woman such as I, who struggles against loathing the thin offerings called "entertainment" of our latest blaring and shrinking century. ;-)
One of the best stories so far and the quote of "Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson" has immediately became one my favorite Sherlock Holmes quote.
Mine is "There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion. It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from flowers."
Making my way up your list and they keep getting better and better Greg!! I’m hearing stories by him that I’ve never read and I thought I had read them all.. thanks again!
Sir Arthur certainly knew how to revive a character. J.K Rowling's revival of Harry in the Deathly Hallows was well written, but obvious. J.R.R. Tolkien's revival of Gandalf was surprising and great, but also somewhat predictable (like really, who would think Gandalf could be killed that easily?). Well done, Sir. Rest in peace.
Mostly because he wanted finish the series with the death of Sherlock Holmes. The Final Problem was supposed to be the final story. After it was published, people protested his death. Some even insulted the author. I don't know if it's true but in the internet people claim that the Queen asked the author to ressurect Sherlock Holmes. That's why it's unparalleled with the other, intended resurrections.
There had been examples of people being impacted by the death of a fictional character prior to the Holmes stories such as Charles Dickens death of his child character Neill in ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ in which supposedly people from across the ocean were hoping and praying that she wouldn’t die at the end of the story, But not even her death came close to the impact of Holmes’s death in which thousands of people canceled their subscriptions to the Strand Magazine and men would wear black armbands in mourning and people would constantly be asking Doyle to bring Holmes back in-spite of statements from him such as “Holmes is dead and damned.” & “If I hadn’t killed him, He would have killed me.” When ‘The Hound of The Baskervilles’ came out in 1901-1902 it was really was considered more of a question as to “when” Holmes would be resurrected, not “if” he would be.
I always smile when Watson says he fainted 'for the first and last time in my life'. He can't know he won't faint again in the future. But in his life so far will cover it.
It may be said that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may never had intended to create The Empty House in the first place. You may notice the year this was written in. It had been a long time before the author had written again. Although, it is a slightly symbolic thing that Watson took so much time to write again in-universe before the dramatic return of the world's greatest detective.
Wonderful story & reading. Thank you! NB: Can you believe that Jeremy Brett pronounces Lestrade Le- straid? It jars my ear. But cf: “They always gave the name the Cockney pronunciation 'Lest-raid' rather than 'Le-strahd' as people educated in French tend to read it. Joolz wrote: The "Lestrade" pronunciation is widely debated, as are other pronunciations in Holmes, such as "Irene" in Irene Adler.” Speaking only for myself, I prefer your pronunciation.
Le Strade is the English pronunciation Many French names were in England after people from the Low Countries moved to England after William and Mary were monarchs. Therefore Jeremy Brett was right especially in London.
Listening here, in ireland IL. ... Just north of Cairo, befor the Kentucky border. Hey thomas... ... Bet ya didn't know ireland was 17m away from Cairo, did ya?? M. IL. USA. 🇺🇸
What a fabulous once in a life time event. Like the return of the 9in tv, or bob seger being president.... 'Taint gonna happen but holyShit ...whata sight. I would give up my coffee maker to see that. 😁😊 m
If Holmes plan was to play dead then wasn't that plan shot when the rock thrower saw he'd not went over falls? Just here trying to follow that but it bugs me when the story doesn't make sense lol. I get he disappeared and bad guys didn't know when he'd reappear but they did know he was alive. So why mess with Watson and those who thought he'd died for years? His plans could have played out just the same knowing as not knowing.
How come it doesn't really matter the number of times these stories are listed to - perhaps there should be a listeners warning - 'you are about to be trapped'.
One thing that bugs me: Sherlock faked his death to hide from his enemies... But Moran, of the very crime ring he is hiding from, knew all along he was not dead. He had no reason to keep that a secret from his compatriots. Does not that make the entire charade pointless. If the only people who know Holmes is still alive are the very people he is hiding from?
Initially the secret was from absent compatriots . When an equally murderous compatriot showed himself and the secret was broken; Holmes may have decided that any action by Moriarty's seconds in disclosing Holmes' being alive would be counter productive in firstly drawing attention to their claim by police and second in so much as one can not be convicted of murdering someone already dead.
This story, which I’ve listened to before, suddenly has 10 ads interrupting it. Does RU-vid just randomly do that sometimes, when a user becomes more popular?
Sherlock Holmes Stories Magpie Audio Oh, thanks! And cheers yourself! I’ve listened to you reading a great many times to make mundane chores more interesting but especially now as I managed to break my foot last week. Take care 👍🏻
WorldWong Holmes had told Watson in The Final Problem “They set fire to our rooms last night. No great harm was done.” It’s revealed that Holmes’s brother Mycroft “had preserved my rooms and my papers exactly as they had always been.” Completely repairing and restoring 221B was very impressive on Mycroft’s part and was certainly a testament to his powers of observation and memory considering that he had only been to 221B Baker St once before at this time in ‘The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter’.
The only way these could be better is if Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were still alive to do the narration. IMO the greatest duo to ever do the characters. This narrator is very good but Basil was the best.
such a very good reader - he reads with calm, yet makes the story interesting - even though we know all the stories. and if we haven’t heard them for quite a while, he makes them live again :)
Hi magpie! I have just got to say a few things. I love your narration's are absolutely wonderful. Your accent suits this genre of books such as these. I love your vids and i use them to sleep at night. Your voice is so calming. No one can re-create this narration as great as you. And i always litsen to the "hound of baskervilles". It always gets me. Thank for being yourself
I'd honestly be dead without these. I have to read some of them for school, but I can easily find myself getting distracted. Listening to them helps so much, and these readings especially make it come to life more, and I find myself wanting to pay attention.
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I was just as delighted as Watson to know that Sherlock‘s back 🥰😄I thought he was really‘ ‘gone’ in ‘the Final Problem’!! Greg’s reading of Watson’s reaction was exactly like mine when I heard he’s back! Superb narrating btw👍🏻👏🏻🥰
@7:45 "Again, Park Lane is a frequented thoroughfare. There is a cab stand within a hundred yards of the house" and a Hard Rock Cafe just around the corner. LOL!
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio No, you've not missed anything! It's just like any other chain restaurant--burgers, mainly, with a few obligatory starters and salads. I visited several Hard Rock Cafe locations (London, Paris, Chicago and Las Vegas) back in the 90s, but I think they've lost their "mystique," and are just another burger franchise now.
Amanda Williamson I moved to Springfield, MO not long ago from Louisiana there are so many things I do not know about this area and that was one of them. After I make a stop thru the tea shops I think I will visit there just for nostalgia 😊
Greg, thank you for your work! You are a true literal hero. Love your voice. So smooth but still energetic. And all the different voices for every person plus dialects and accents that you perform. I am amazed. ❤️
