The Case of Lady Sannox by Arthur Conan Doyle 

I'm so proud that he got back into his passion.

….Yes….but what strikes me most regarding the depiction of women in literature during this era is how little has changed regarding society’s estimation of a woman’s value….

I think we all do.

How do you live with yourself! I work 25 hours a day. I just happened to be on this page for some reason

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Magic! Xx

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio That may be true but unfortunately I think most people have been gulled into fear of being lazy because it's "bad".

Cheers pes nevim Nice of you to write this - appreciated!

True 🎉

Too many times Yano! :-)

Me too!! 💜OXO:)

It’s not horrific really but suggestive of horror. Intimations. It’s not a modern zombie movie! How a surgeon might use his skills for revenge.

Yes!

Yes, they're all pretty good. Didn't know them before I recorded them. He was very prolific and did lots of genres.

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio For someone who wrote so very many decades ago, I found some of the stories I've read so far, the non-Holmes ones, entirely excellent, completely fresh and new in many ways. Some of them really strike me at how absolutely relentlessly intense they are, the one I can't get over how far and how deep ACD took this level of intensity in, is The Parasite. The world seemed to contain its share of grifting narcissistic obsessives, even then. But then how naive to think even for a moment, that the 21st or even the 20th century, 'invented' such people. I admit it, that story stayed with me for several days...

It surprised me too!

Am I missing something ? Was the Dr. tricked?

Yes, a bit dark... 🤗

What's your favorite?

Cheers Vamp!

Cheers.

Cheers nateyoder

Ooohhh! We heard it as cat-full 🤣

I read it with a view to recording it a couple of years ago. Now I can't remember a thing about it. I'll give it a go soon. Thanks.

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio The contrast in characters and the "hero's" close call should make it a fun piece to do.

Very frightening if you're 7! It's gruesome stuff. Cheers

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio The actress had beautiful lips too I remember lol it was good to be brought up by British TV they just had better content and quality than here in N. America

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I one I watched was a BBC play, when I lived in Clapham Common on Macaulay Road, my dad was a wrestler in the UK at the time when I was born in 59, google Mike Demitre images

Very interesting! I remember watching Mike Marino in the 70s on TV. Looks like your Dad had a fantastic career! All the best.

But your Dad was a referee by that time?

Thank you Graham.

I do try to remove slamdunk spoilers but some are a little more difficult. Thanks for letting me know.

That butler gets everywhere 🤣

Don't read the comments beforehand to avoid disappointment . People are commenting on what they have listened to and unavoidable that something may be given away .

I think I had to read it twice before the penny fully dropped, probably as I was recording it 😀

Not at all. I grew up in thec1950s when wicked witches were pushed into ovens. Wolves chopped into pieces. Even our school readers were violent. The billy goat gruff head butted the.troll into the river. Jack climbed his bean stalk and killed the giant with his own sword. Titty mouse fell into a pan of boiling water and died. We children took all that in our stride. Justice was done even though itvwas rough.

It was explained at the beginning she slept around publicly and her husband was either blind or stupid. The doctor was just her latest conquest. Nobody deserves it though. Just get a divorce. But this clever revenge was definitely dark and seems to show the husband was crazy.

There's certainly a lesson there, Kimberly.

Yep.

Kate D 👍

It's a bit of a surprise after all his other rather benign stuff, isn't it? Thanks elliethousand

Can't remember! Sorry Sandra.

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio He doesn’t say so in the story. Makes you wonder…

@ Y T You nailed it , precisely and succinctly . 💀🎱💀

@@YT-td9xx Thank you for that. I thought maybe she had taken to the nunnery. Hmm. I was wrong again. Lord Saxxon had an interesting way of stopping his wife's affairs. Pleaee, anyone, correct me if I am stiil wrong.

Dead? Please explain. Douglas stone appears to have lost his mind and Lady Saxxon retired to a nunnery. Stone's pride was his intellect and he is rendered an imbecile and Lady Saxxon's sexuality is contained in a nunnery and ironically Lord Saxxon who seems so effette and oblivious is shown to be very much aware and as great an actor as ever in effecting his revenge and meting punishment on the profligates.

Well done for spoiling the story for everyone

Not quite that clear cut, in my opinion.

​@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Why not? Put it another way then: an Englishman in Conan Doyle's time would certainly have pronounced it in the manner I indicated.

Lol. That depends on where in the world you live.

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio totally

You are absolutely wrong. As the story is set in England and the English word "valet" is spoken as "valay". For future reference keep it as it is meant to be said and not change it to Americanism speech just to satisfy the Americans. Other countries listen to it too. Greetings from England in the UK.

Were you unable to read the notes relating to the story that I have already provided?

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I do not always read the information if it is a channel I am familiar with. I did not expect there to be anything that horrific as I have read & heard stories by the same author & on this channel before. Had no idea it would be so necessary. I think as it is exceptionally horrific it would be appropriate to have a visable or audible warning at the beginning. It is the most upsetting thing I have come across in some years.

Ha!

Yes, you make a sound point, Katharine. I was quite surprised by its radical change of tone/subject matter. Any diversion from the usual fare is worthy of note. Yes: not for the faint hearted, although by 2019 standards many will find it rather mild. You pays your money...

Yes I'm sure you are right that its mild compared to other things . I was shocked though , and i think that many other Conan Doyle readers would be too. I love mysteries , whodunnits etc . I like the new Llewelyn and Barker stories , they are quite tough. And Bernard Cornwell etc . But this one turned me over . Just a warning to like minded people ! K

Hi Greg , brilliant reading though, i shall look out for others , thankyou. K

I'll put a little warning in the blurb bit, Katharine. Such a descriptive phrase - it turned me over. Ugghhh! Cheers.

Hey

You may have something there, John!!!