The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 4)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Read by David Clarke
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his intended death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival. - Summary by Wikipedia (6 hr 10 min)
Chapters
| Mr Sherlock Holmes | 15:35 | Read by David Clarke |
| The Curse of the Baskervilles | 24:37 | Read by David Clarke |
| The Problem | 19:22 | Read by David Clarke |
| Sir Henry Baskerville | 25:37 | Read by David Clarke |
| The Three Broken Threads | 21:45 | Read by David Clarke |
| Baskerville Hall | 22:00 | Read by David Clarke |
| The Stapletons of Meripit House | 31:14 | Read by David Clarke |
| First Report of Dr Watson | 17:02 | Read by David Clarke |
| The Light Upon the Moor (Second Report of Dr Watson | 39:33 | Read by David Clarke |
| Extract from The Diary of Dr Watson | 22:25 | Read by David Clarke |
| The Man on the Tor | 27:41 | Read by David Clarke |
| Death on The Moor | 26:41 | Read by David Clarke |
| Fixing The Nets | 24:58 | Read by David Clarke |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 26:18 | Read by David Clarke |
| A Retrospection | 25:44 | Read by David Clarke |
Reviews
An Excellent Narate
Saakshaat
Apart from the intruiging book itself, the narrator, David Clarke has done an amazing job to provide the user with the best experience. Good Job.
paulgato
Great story. The best of Sherlock Holmes I think. And a good reading. There were some distracting accents employed by the reader though, and I'm not sure why he chose a West Country accent for Stapleton, who wad clearly a middle class incomer who had not grown up in the area, and whose sister had a posh accent, but in the end it is only necessary to give these characters individual voices, and from that point of view any accent will do, as long as it is unique. There was an unintended Chinese accent in there too at one point, but hey, the more the merrier. I thoroughly enjoyed the reading though, so no complaints. Many thanks!
Great characters, story & narrator
It’s truly no wonder why people of the time fell in love with Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson. Reading their stories in the order Doyle wrote them, I have really come to care for them and laugh at their quirks and comfortable back and forths. Also, Baskerville must have felt like the equivalent of an action movie for the time. David Clarke is a fantastic narrator and I rarely need the description to understand who was saying what. Thank you and keep up the amazing work!
What a fantastic tale!!
Stephanie
This is the first Sherlock Holmes story I've had the pleasure to enjoy (I haven't even seen the movies, and 1 episode w/ Bunnyknees Cucumberstack). David Clarke is a great reader! I'd heard him read another book, and he is now one of those readers I'll be keeping an eye out for. Thank you, LibriVox , and thank you to Mr. Clarke as well! I'm off to find another book to hear!
Wonderful read!
Cor
This version is a very well done read of Arthur Conan Doyle's well known work The Hound of the Baskerville's. Never a dull moment, and always capturing the attention of the listener, Mr. Clark's readings of The many works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are the best I've heard yet. Many thanks.
superb!
kateschrock
The Hound of the Baskervilles is told more from Dr. Watson’s perspective than many of the other stories about Sherlock Holmes. This makes it a mystery that the listener can step into and try to figure out. David Clark does a wonderful job at reading. He definitely makes the story come alive.
Bad for insomnia!
Jackattack
I use libravox to help me get to sleep as the poor quality recordings require such concentration that it really helps me to drift off...... However, this doesn't work for David Clarkes recordings as I end up staying up all night listening to the whole book!
An
I love David Clark's readings. I'd describe it as calm but emotional with perfect intonation und alternation of voices. If you happen to read this, Mr Clark, I'd be most happy if you continued to publish readings. Thank you for the work you've done so far :)