The Valley of Fear (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Valley of Fear (Version 2), 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 The Valley of Fear (Version 2), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read by Alisson Veldhuis.] John Douglas has been murdered at Birlstone manner, but Sherlock Holmes' main concern is the missing dumb-bell in the murder room. This fourth and final novel of Sherlock Holmes is based on the real-life adventures of the mob in Pennsylvania and the consequences of betrayal many years later. (Summary by Alisson Veldhuis)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Valley of Fear (Version 2)
• Author credits: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 5:26:30

Catalogue topics

• audio book
• adventure
• mystery
• Sherlock Holmes

Track guide

1. 01 - Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone, Chapter 1: The Warning — 19:02
2. 02 - Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone, Chapter 2: Sherlock Holmes Discourses — 15:50
3. 03 - Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone, Chapter 3: The Tragedy of Birlstone — 18:44
4. 04 - Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone, Chapter 4: Darkness — 21:25
5. 05 - Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone, Chapter 5: The People of the Drama — 23:19
6. 06 - Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone, Chapter 6: A Dawning Light — 27:37
7. 07 - Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone, Chapter 7: The Solution — 33:20
8. 08 - Part II: The Scowrers, Chapter 1: The Man — 18:21
9. 09 - Part II: The Scowrers, Chapter 2: The Bodymaster — 31:56
10. 10 - Part II: The Scowrers, Chapter 3: Lodge 341, Vermissa — 31:12
11. 11 - Part II: The Scowrers, Chapter 4: The Valley of Fear — 20:12
12. 12 - Part II: The Scowrers, Chapter 5: The Darkest Hour — 24:33
13. 13 - Part II: The Scowrers, Chapter 6: Danger — 17:28
14. 14 - Part II: The Scowrers, Chapter 7: The Trapping of Birdy Edwards — 19:08
15. 15 - Epilogue — 4:32

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