The Tragedy of the Korosko, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Tragedy of the Korosko, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Tragedy of the Korosko

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: various narrators, Trisha Rose, Andy Harrington, JD Sutter, Marty Krz, David Stifel, Russ Gold, David Shears, Sara Morsey, Linda Barrans, Graham Scott, Susan Iannucci, Ben Stevens, Denis Daly

Unabridged: 5 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2023


Synopsis

European tourists travel languidly along the Nile River to Abousir, at the southern frontier of Egypt, aboard “a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler,” the Korosko. But Dervish warriors threaten danger and then attack and kidnap the tourists. In this novel, Doyle explores themes of British Imperialism and a defensive European perspective on North Africa; racial paternalism; and debates on interference with other countries’ politics and religions. This wonderful novel was first published in 1898, long before Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile.

About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was English, of Irish Catholic descent, and his mother, Mary, was Irish Catholic. In 1864 the family scattered because of Charles’s growing alcoholism, and the children were temporarily housed across Edinburgh. The family came together again in 1867 and lived in squalid tenement flats. Doyle’s father died in 1893 after many years of psychiatric illness. After attending Jesuit schools, Doyle went on to study medicine. After graduation, he became a ship’s surgeon and shipped to the West African coast, after which he studied ophthalmology in Vienna. From the time of his early study of medicine to the final stages of his career, Doyle wrote prolifically.

About Marty Krz

Marty Krz is an actor, musician, film maker, and audiobook narrator, located in Philadelphia, USA.

About David Stifel

David Stifel trained at the Yale School of Drama and has worked for such noted film directors as Steven Spielberg and Danny Boyle.

About Linda Barrans

Linda Barrans is a British narrator with a fondness for Jane Austen and Shakespeare. She wrote the Sam the Sheep books to make positive use of the time during COVID lockdown, and to give herself and her friend Cate Barratt a modern piece to record together.

About Graham Scott

Graham Scott is a narrator and voice actor based in the UK. As well as solo performances of works by authors including PG Wodehouse, Charles Dickens, R Austin Freeman, Dorothy L. Sayers, Jules Verne, Anna Katherine Green, Joseph Conrad, GK Chesterton, and John Buchan, Graham is also a regular performer in group productions with both Voices of Today and the Online Stage. Website: www.GrahamScottAudio.com

About Susan Iannucci

Susan Iannucci is a full-time narrator and voice-over actor working from California. She has been producing multi-cast productions for several years along with her own solo narrations. Pulling together multi-cast projects with actors throughout the world continues to be a great challenge and thoroughly rewarding. 

About Denis Daly

Denis Daly is an audiobook narrator and codirector of Voices of Today, an Australian spoken word production house.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles on June 21, 2023

RTF......more

Goodreads review by Julia on August 14, 2014

This is the compelling story of a small group of European and American tourists cruising along the Nile in the late 1800's. They are kidnapped by a brutal group of Islamic terrorists, who insist they convert or die. Written by the author of the Sherlock Holmes series, the personality development of......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on September 09, 2024

Not the one x......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on January 10, 2015

I bought this book autumn last year and have been meaning to read it. In the light of the terror attacks in Paris, I thought it would be a fitting tribute to read this book which is remarkably a reminder of the troubles our world faces today. After all, the pen is far mighter than the sword. This st......more

Goodreads review by Richie on January 17, 2022

Although there is no end to the ways and manners in which a work can be read and analyzed, there are two main readings of this short novel which I want to focus on. The first reading is one of otherness. The novel is obviously a pro-imperialist work, which preaches such doctrines as the white man bur......more