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. Read by Laurie Anne Walden. A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book, Dr. Watson meets the detective for the first time and we ride along with them to the scene of a murder. The crime baffles the Scotland Yard detectives, but of course Holmes solves it easily. In the second half of the story, the scene shifts to Utah as we learn the murderer's history. The action returns to London in the last two chapters. In his first adventure, Holmes demonstrates many of the traits for which he later became well known: meticulous study of a crime scene, brilliant deductive reasoning, aptitude for chemistry and music, and the somewhat annoying habit of withholding crucial facts from Watson (and consequently the reader) until the conclusion of the case. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Study in Scarlet
• Author credits: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 4:13:52

Catalogue topics

• Mystery
• detective
• Sherlock Holmes
• adventure

Track guide

1. 1-1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes — 16:25
2. 1-2 The Science of Deduction — 20:17
3. 1-3 The Lauriston Garden Mystery — 22:40
4. 1-4 What John Rance Had to Tell — 14:28
5. 1-5 Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor — 14:25
6. 1-6 Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do — 19:47
7. 1-7 Light in the Darkness — 19:11
8. 2-1 On the Great Alkali Plain — 22:05
9. 2-2 The Flower of Utah — 15:27
10. 2-3 John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet — 11:14
11. 2-4 A Flight for Life — 19:33
12. 2-5 The Avenging Angels — 20:44
13. 2-6 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. — 24:52
14. 2-7 The Conclusion — 12:49

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