The Old Man in the Corner: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Old Man in the Corner, credited to Baroness Emmuska Orczy, 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 Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy. Read by J. M. Smallheer. Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic "penny dreadful" newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit for extra laughs. He narrates all this information (while tying complicated knots in a piece of string) to a Lady Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop. (Summary from Wikipedia) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Old Man in the Corner
• Author credits: Baroness Emmuska Orczy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 6:20:22

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• London
• The Old Man in the Corner
• Baroness Orczy

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - The Fenchurch Street Mystery — 13:11
2. 02 - The Millionaire in the Dock — 18:25
3. 03-04 - His Deduction & The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace — 15:59
4. 05-06 - A Night's Adventure & All He Knew — 20:32
5. 07 - The York Mystery — 9:28
6. 08-09 - The Captial Charge & A Broken-Hearted Woman — 24:47
7. 10 - The Mysterious Death in the Underground Railway — 20:19
8. 11 - Mr Errington — 14:48
9. 12 - The Liverpool Mystery — 14:55
10. 13 - The Cunning Rascal — 10:55
11. 14 - The Edinburgh Mystery — 7:56
12. 15 - A Terrible Plight — 9:26
13. 16-17 - Non Proven & Undeniable Facts — 14:13
14. 18 - The Theft at the English Provident Bank — 13:10
15. 19-20 - Conflicting Evidence & An Alibi — 17:23
16. 21-22 - The Dublin Mystery & Forgery — 19:55
17. 23-24 - A Memorable Day & An Unparalleled Outrage — 16:28
18. 25 - The Prisoner — 17:32
19. 26-27 - A Sensation & Two Blackguards — 9:58
20. 28 - The Regent's Park Murder — 12:35
21. 29-30 - The Motive & Friends — 15:54
22. 31 - The De Genneville Peerage — 9:24
23. 32 - A High-Bred Gentleman — 10:31
24. 33-34 - The Living and the Dead & The Mysterious Death in Percy Street — 17:56

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