A Study in Scarlet: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Study in Scarlet, credited to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it." (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Study in Scarlet
• Author credits: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 4:16:56

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• detective
• Sherlock Holmes.

Track guide

1. 01 Part 1, Chapter 1. Mr Sherlock Holmes — 18:16
2. 02 Part 1, Chapter 2. The Science of Deduction — 23:37
3. 03 Part 1, Chapter 3. The Lauriston Garden Mystery — 26:28
4. 04 Part 1, Chapter 4. What John Rance Had to Tell — 15:09
5. 05 Part 1, Chapter 5. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor — 13:56
6. 06 Part 1, Chapter 6. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do — 19:04
7. 07 Part 1, Chapter 7. Light in the Darkness — 18:18
8. 08 Part 2, Chapter 1. On the Great Alkali Plain — 23:44
9. 09 Part 2, Chapter 2. The Flower of Utah — 16:39
10. 10 Part 2, Chapter 3. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet — 9:51
11. 11 Part 2, Chapter 4. A Flight for Life — 22:03
12. 12 Part 2, Chapter 5. The Avenging Angels — 22:15
13. 13 Part 2, Chapter 6. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. — 18:12
14. 14 Part 2, Chapter 7. The Conclusion — 9:33

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