Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrator: Bruce Lieberman
Unabridged: 3 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: JSX Publishing Inc.
Published: 07/06/2020
Categories: Fiction, Women, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his creation of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. In addition to being considered a father of detective fiction, he also wrote a series of science-fiction adventures starring the brilliant, daring, and comical Professor Challenger.
Focusing on the lives of three families in Victorian London, Doyle gives s fascinating insight into what life was like in the 19th century.......more
Funny or strange, the Romanian editor (Aldo Press) tricked me, as the cover of the book is about Sherlock Holmes and he's not part of the story. Anyway, that's an interesting one, at least because it shows Doyle's style in a novel not involving any detective. It looks more like Charles Dickens.........more
Kind of a soap opera set around 1900 in England. I'm sure there was more to the subtext than I got, but I got enough to make it interesting, even enjoyable for all Doyle's somewhat stilted style. There was a theme of moving to the suburbs where life is better than the horrible city. A rich man's land......more
(view spoiler)[I would never have suspected Doyle of choosing to write such a gentle romance. I half suspected that he would spring some dastardly crime on us just for a shocker, but what a wonderful surprise when instead it really was just a sweet story of friendship and loyalty. (hide spoiler)] I know you shouldn’t start out w......more
Excellent and quite modern slice of life from around the turn of the 20th century. The characters are so rich and they drive the book. I got what I feel is a better glimpse of Conan Doyle than through Sherlock or other books that I also loved like the White Company, a rollicking (what a great review......more