CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK..: 2

ISBN 10: 9626348623 ISBN 13: 9789626348628

Casa editrice: VIDB1, 2017

Riassunto

Presents the last six stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle that feature Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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With this package David Timson and Naxos complete their ten-year project to record the entire Holmes writings by Conan Doyle. Sherlockians regard 'The Casebook' with mixed feelings, being the last and probably the least of Conan Doyle's Holmes efforts. David Timson, however, excels in these respectful readings and more than compensates for the lesser material. He goes beyond voicing words clearly; he savors the language and gives attention to every phrase. The subtle use of music to mark setting changes is also effective. The collection concludes with a bonus story written and read by Timson ('The Wondrous Toy') on Holmes's encounter with the new gramaphone and, by implication, the birth of the audiobook era. --Sue Arnold, The Guardian

David Timson completes his reading of the complete Holmes Canon, ten years after the release of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes I. It s a task he s fulfilled with dedication, erudition, panache and wit, proving himself to be one of the great voice men ...He makes every character a distinct individual, without resorting to exaggerated mannerisms except, of course, for those flamboyant types for whom exaggeration is a part of their personality.... This final instalment includes as a light-hearted bonus The Adventure of the Wonderful Toy written (and very well written) by David Timson himself, a new story with, as he says, just a hint of parody. --Roger Johnson, Newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society

Seven more truly ingenious criminal cases, only some of whose archvillains are the intellectual match of the legendary violin-playing, opium-smoking Baker Street sleuth, as he modestly observes to his long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Here's one Baron Adelbert Gruner, 'cool as ice, silky voiced, poisonous as a cobra with a superficial suggestion of afternoon tea, and all the cruelty of the grave behind it'If Holmes's insufferable conceitedness didn't get under your skin (and David Timson portrays him brilliantly), you probably wouldn't enjoy it as much. --AudioFile

He makes every character a distinct individual, without resorting to exaggerated mannerisms...Mr Timson s collaboration with Nicolas Soames, who has overseen the project from the start (though The Valley of Fear was produced by Roy McMillan) ensures that the pacing is just right. --The District Messenger

Seven more truly ingenious criminal cases, only some of whose archvillains are the intellectual match of the legendary violin-playing, opium-smoking Baker Street sleuth, as he modestly observes to his long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Here's one Baron Adelbert Gruner, 'cool as ice, silky voiced, poisonous as a cobra with a superficial suggestion of afternoon tea, and all the cruelty of the grave behind it'If Holmes's insufferable conceitedness didn't get under your skin (and David Timson portrays him brilliantly), you probably wouldn't enjoy it as much. --AudioFile

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• Editore: VIDB1
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9626348623
• ISBN 13: 9789626348628
• Rilegatura: Audio CD
• Numero di pagine: 4