The House Of The Arrow: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The House Of The Arrow, credited to A. E. W. Mason, 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 The House Of The Arrow by A. E. W. Mason. Read in English by David Wales A young English girl is accused in Dijon of murdering her French aunt. Hanaud to the rescue! Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as well as the opposite of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. In 1910, Mason undertook to create a fictional detective as different as possible from Sherlock Holmes, who had recently been resuscitated after his supposed death by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1903. Inspector Gabriel Hanaud was stout, not gaunt like Holmes; a professional policeman, not a gentleman amateur; from the French Sûreté, not Victorian England; and relying on psychological insights rather than physical evidence. His "Watson" is a retired London banker named Mr. Julius Ricardo, though he appears only briefly in this novel. (David Wales )

Recording facts

• Recording title: The House Of The Arrow
• Author credits: A. E. W. Mason
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 10:00:32

Catalogue topics

• Mystery
• France
• inspector hanaud

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Letters Of Mark — 18:42
2. 02 - A Cry For Help — 16:22
3. 03 - Servants Of Chance — 30:47
4. 04 - Betty Harlowe — 15:51
5. 05 - Betty Harlow Answers — 29:56
6. 06 - Jim Changes His Lodging — 19:08
7. 07 - Exit Waberski — 38:59
8. 08 - The Book — 31:45
9. 09 - The Secret — 25:01
10. 10 - The Clock Upon The Cabinet — 17:42
11. 11 - A New Suspect — 24:18
12. 12 - The Breaking Of The Seals — 13:19
13. 13 - Simon Harlowe's Treasure-Room — 22:53
14. 14 - An Experiment And A Discovery — 26:28
15. 15 - The Finding Of The Arrow — 20:41
16. 16 - Hanaud Laughs — 21:22
17. 17 - At Jean Cladel's — 32:37
18. 18 - The White Tablet — 26:07
19. 19 - A Plan Frustrated — 20:55
20. 20 - A Map And The Necklace — 15:58
21. 21 - The Secret House — 19:50
22. 22 - The Corona Machine — 25:41
23. 23 - The Truth About The Clock — 19:04
24. 24 - Ann Upcott's Story — 22:43

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