A young man eager for adventure receives an unexpected plea for help from an estranged uncle, who lives a reclusive life in a remote part of Cheshire. Who are the strangers who lurk about his lonely farmhouse and why is he so terrified of sailors?
A new, original recording of a classic public domain text, read and performed by Simon Stanhope for Bitesized Audio.
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'Round the Fire' was the title of a series of mystery and suspense short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in The Strand Magazine in 1898 and 1899. After the apparent death of Sherlock Holmes in the 1893 story The Final Problem, the Strand (which had originally published all the Holmes short stories to date) was keen to retain Conan Doyle's talents and persuaded him to compose this new series of unrelated tales. The stories proved to be highly popular with readers in both England and America, and were later published in book form (under the title Round the Fire) in 1908.
The Story of the Club-footed Grocer first appeared in the Strand Magazine in the November 1898 issue, with illustrations by Sidney Paget.
All 12 of the original 'Round the Fire' stories, narrated by Simon Stanhope, are now available on Audible and iTunes.
Recording © Bitesized Audio 2020.
14 июн 2020
