The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
1892 • 72 pages
Ratings8
Average rating3.8
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Ratings8
Average rating3.8
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (BLUE) is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1892. This is the 9th Sherlock Holmes story. Collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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Also contained in:
- [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262421W/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes)
- [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18191906W)
- [Annotated Sherlock Holmes. 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518438W)
- [Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18592569W)
- [Avventure di Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18188726W)
- [Bedside Conan Doyle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929890W)
- [Book of the Sleuth](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2665281W)
- [Boys' Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8696809W)
- [Casebook of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18193108W)
- [Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930075W)
- [Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16344900W)
- [Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15548953W)
- [Obras completas de Conan Doyle: II](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20787319W)
- [Quatre aventures de Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20942665W)
- [Scandale en Bohême ](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930215W)
- [Selected Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518403W)
- [Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929840W)
- [Sherlock Holmes: Master Detective](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930421W)
- [Sherlock Holmes Investigates](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518416W)
- [Sherlock Holmes Mysteries](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518392W)
- [Some Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24168603W)
- [Tales of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518418W)
- [Treasury of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262548W)
- [Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6320851W)
Series
11 primary booksThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 11-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1882 with contributions by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Quick review for a short story. I listened to this audio book on my drive into work. In the past I've listened to BBC Radio dramatizations of Sherlock Holmes stories. I believe this is the first actual reading of one that I've listened to.
This is not one of Doyle's best Sherlock stories. The start of the story has Sherlock rambling on about a hat trying to discover all he can about it's owner, and I find myself wonder why the great Sherlock Holmes is wasting his intellect on simply trying to return a man's hat.
Eventually the story does pick up as their seems to be a jewel heist involved. This was a free book from Audible, and only about 45 minutes, so well worth my time for the price.
About the Audio book: This edition was read by the actor Alan Cummings. He's an excellent reader in the sense of his pronunciation/inflection. He did a bit of dialect and you could distinguish between someone educated such as Sherlock or Watson from a working man. I was unable to tell the difference between Sherlock and Watson however. He does a good, but not great job reading it.
