Classics audiobooks

A Study in Scarlet

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal.In A Study in Scarlet , Holmes... Read more

The Sign of the Four

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a... Read more

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes.Holmes is contacted by Miss Violet Smith of Farnham, Surrey about an unusual turn in hers and her mother's lives. Violet's father has recently died and... Read more

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the... Read more

The Adventure of the Red Circle

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Red Circle is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His Last Bow.Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered... Read more

The Valley of Fear

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a... Read more

The Voyage of Copley Banks

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The Voyage of Copley Banks is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Pearson's Magazine in may 1897. 3rd story of the Captain Sharkey saga.Copley Banks, of Kingston, had been one of the leading sugar merchants of the West Indies. The pirate John Sharkey killed his wife and two children when they were sailing from... Read more

Lot No. 249

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Lot No. 249 is a Gothic horror short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in Harper's Magazine in 1892. The story tells of a University of Oxford athlete named Abercrombie Smith who notices a strange series of events surrounding Edward Bellingham, an Egyptology student who owns many ancient Egyptian artefacts, including a... Read more

The Case of Lady Sannox

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Case of Lady Sannox (also published as "The Kiss of Blood") is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published in The Idler in November 1893.The story features an arrogant surgeon, Douglas Stone, who is in love with the married Lady Sannox, one of the most beautiful women in London. On his way to a rendezvous with her, the surgeon is asked... Read more

The Red-Headed League

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Chris Dabbs

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Red-Headed League is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories. It is also the second of the twelve stories in... Read more

The Five Orange Pips

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Chris Dabbs

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The Five Orange Pips, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891. Conan Doyle later ranked the story seventh in a list of his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. A... Read more

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Chris Dabbs

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the tenth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in April 1892.The story entails the disappearance of Hatty, Lord St. Simon's bride on the day of... Read more

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Chris Dabbs

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the last of the twelve collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in June 1892.Violet Hunter visits Holmes, asking whether she should accept a job as governess; a job with very... Read more

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Chris Dabbs

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the seventh story of twelve in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in January 1892.As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near-priceless gemstone,... Read more

Silver Blaze

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of Silver Blaze, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "Silver Blaze" 13th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.One of the most popular Sherlock Holmes short stories, "Silver Blaze" focuses... Read more

The Stockbroker's Clerk

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Stockbroker's Clerk is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the fourth of the twelve collected in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and third of eleven in most American ones (owing to the omission of the "scandalous" "Adventure of the Cardboard Box"). The... Read more

The Yellow Face

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Yellow Face, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the third tale from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in 1893 with original illustrations by Sidney Paget.One of Doyle's sentimental pieces, the story is remarkable in that Holmes' deduction... Read more

The "Gloria Scott"

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Gloria Scott , one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes canon. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to... Read more

The Greek Interpreter

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally serialised in Strand Magazine in 1893. This story introduces Holmes's elder brother Mycroft. Doyle ranked "The Greek... Read more

The Musgrave Ritual

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1893, and was collected later in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock... Read more

The Naval Treaty

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" 19th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.Holmes explains that several clues all pointed... Read more

The Reigate Puzzle

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire, also known as "The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle" or "The Adventure of the Reigate Squires", was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Reigate Squires was first published in 1893. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of... Read more

The Resident Patient

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Resident Patient, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" eighteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories....A little digging at... Read more

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes.Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard brings Holmes a mysterious problem about a man who shatters plaster busts of Napoleon. One was shattered in Morse... Read more