Memories and Adventures: Library Edition [Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle (Author), Robert Whitfield (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2000

This autobiography of Arthur Conan Doyle describes the varied aspects of his professional life as a doctor, sportsman, adventurer, political campaigner and author. It recounts the many true adventures that befell him and his relationship with such figures as Oscar Wilde, Kipling and Arthur Balfour.

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The charming memoirs of Sherlock Holmes's creator show that he did much more than write detective stories. In addition to his fiction, most of which is still read, he was involved in numerous causes-politics and, particularly after his son's death, spiritualism. Robert Whitfield plows through all this doggedly and cheerlessly. He sounds as if he is rushing to meet a deadline, an impression reinforced by frequent mouth sounds and bad edits. Y.R. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786116552
• ISBN-13: 978-0786116553
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.9 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,272,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A LIFE OF MANY ADVENTURES, July 18, 2007

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This review is from: Memories & Adventures (Bcl1-Pr English Literature Series) (Hardcover)

First of all let me give you a product description as not much is provided with the item.The book is about 415 pages,a big,black leather covered one.It doesn't have a cover photogaph and looks like the library editions of the victoria era novels.As it is a reprint of the 1924 edition it does not contain the last chapter "up to date",which doyle added later to the revised edition of 1930.But as it was an "addition",i don't think it matters much ,and had any organic link to the original edition.The book is expensive,but it looks so gorgeous that it is almost an event,and therefore a collector's item.

Doyle lived a life of many adventures and this book chronicles all of them.Although it hesitates sometimes as it goes back it is still a fascinating account of the great man's life, in his own words.It gives us the magical charm of being able to know about sherlock holmes from the mouth of his own creator.The various adventures of doyles life are described with the usual storyteller's skill.The humourous prose of doyle makes it an unforgettable experience.

Every autobiography is in a way or other biased.The reader can read Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyleby daniel stashower,the best biography in my opinion,for a more modern approach.