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The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke by R. Austin Freeman: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 11 original MP3 tracks, 5:59:10 running time and a link to listen.

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The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke, credited to R. Austin Freeman, 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 Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke by R. Austin Freeman. Read in English by Edmund Bloxam In its original form, this book was published with the title, "The Singing Bone." It was later republished as "The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke." This book has historical significance as it contains the first example of the inverted detective formula used in The Case of Oskar Brodski (originally published in Pearson's Magazine in 1912), along with several other examples.

Recording facts

  • Recording title: The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke
  • Author credits: R. Austin Freeman
  • Language: English
  • Original MP3 tracks: 11
  • Listed recording duration: 5:59:10

Catalogue topics

  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • inverted detective

Track guide

  1. 00 - Preface — 2:54
  2. 01 - The Case of Oscar Brodski: Part One — 34:51
  3. 02 - The Case of Oscar Brodski: Part Two — 52:59
  4. 03 - A Case of Premeditation: Part One — 43:59
  5. 04 - A Case of Premeditation: Part Two — 33:36
  6. 05 - The Echo of a Mutiny: Part One — 28:31
  7. 06 - The Echo of a Mutiny: Part Two — 36:17
  8. 07 - A Wastrel's Romance: Part One — 33:09
  9. 08 - A Wastrel's Romance: Part Two — 37:02
  10. 09 - The Old Lag: Part One — 28:38
  11. 10 - The Old Lag: Part Two — 27:14

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