Very true, Emily.

Cheers Sue 😁

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Glad you enjoy the stories, Reejuta! Thank you.

NO he is not! He is untalented and lazy

Now that's a comment! Thank you 4362mont You are TOO kind!

Amanda Williamson Correction: I can hardly stop listening to this narrator. 🤓🎓✍️

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@@FabrizioAsch 🤣😅 Very clever .I love a positive outlook. Thanks for making me laugh 👍

Cheers Bits Travi Ron. Too kind!

Simple truth is so welcome!

Great comment. Appreciated!

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Kind of you, Cathleen.

Yes, the series with Jeremy Brett was excellent. I don't know what the new generations will get from this new Sherlock half-fantasy series, what do you think? I think the Granada series was very good, with sometimes some slight changes in the plot, but very well dramatised and beautifully represented. I'm reading the stories first and then watch the episode, and with these audiobooks it's a wonderful evening

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Hasn't he ! I love the way he gives life to the characters and his various regional accents are so good. I listen to modern productions of these and many other genres on radio I'd love to hear him on the Beeb. Obviously he's as and more talented than most. Anyway a year has passed so I hope your book shortage is no longer a problem 🙂

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Wish I still had it.

Ooh, an appetizer. Nice. I'm so glad I've got some classy listeners!

"Of all the sweaty goofballs that have ever keeled over in our sitting room at Baker Street, this was by far the most educated."

Victorian clickbait hook.

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Nope, I wrote a paper on the structure of the Holmes stories and actually a lot of them don't begin like this ☺️

Among the many extemporations it was my privilege to witness during the time I used to frequent the rooms in Baker Street, none was ever as amusing as that autumn evening when I had spiked his tobacco with laudnum and his supper with magic mushrooms

Excellent!

Thank you Margaret for your comment. Much appreciated.

Thanks Mike.

What difference would it make that you are American??

Thank you.

😁 Parts of this are surprisingly funny.

Every story has a few parts I find myself giggling at.

What cracks me up is this is said by the Inn Keeper! No wonder he turns to a life of crime... he doesn't have the people skills to be a success! Just sayin'

It is me. Thanks for your comment, NC.

Cheers Georgia

Absolutely!!!

They a very good indeed. They have been very useful during lockdown.

When you “watch” the stories on the the screen of your own imagination and hear them brought to life so well by “Sir” Wagland a movie does seem like a step down.

Ha!

"Man down! Get the brandy!"

Glad you’re enjoying it!

I salute you back for your saluting. Ta!

Ringpop617 Ta very much!

Yes, I love saying 'room'.

Cheers Greg. Ironically, I made a very bland dinner tonight - a rather disappointing chilli con carne!

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You are welcome, but it's really Sherlock Holmes Stories Magpie Audio you should be thanking!

Glad. Thanks.

None of this makes sense. Stop wildin' out.

I think the duke might provide for Hayes' wife if Hayes were to remain silent. But Hayes really really hates the duke... I'd cash that cheque quique Holmes!

It’s so small, the flag Where u from Ricardo?

I'm from Zimbabwe🙏🏾

Matte only.

Lipstick pig Gloss / matte

Any bike experts?

That would be a massively long video!

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Come on it is the end of an decade do something daring :3 It could be short lol

When these stories are set, the 1880-90's, Medicine was pretty primitive. Pasteur had only set out the germ theory of disease in the 1860's and Lister's hygiene regimen dates from only the 1870's. There were very few actual cures for disease. One forgets in our enlightened age that Dr. Watson wouldn't have known, for example, that mosquitoes carry malaria, yellow fever, etc. These were first dealt with in the Spanish American War (1898) and the Panama Canal (1912). Brandy and opiates were the drugs of choice back then with ammonia as a restorative.

IMO he simply used a German name he knew. He named his Czech character Dvorak after the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak because that was a Czech name he knew. He had spent some time in Austria, but not in Czechia/Bohemia or Germany, so he just went with what he knew.

‘Under the latter heading is included, no doubt, not only those who may have taken him away but also those who conspire to keep him in his present position’ :)

Vive la revolution! ☝️ can’t quite remember what Holmes’ background is? Anyone?

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio :) By the way, you brought out the humour wonderfully.

moviemad56 I always thought Holmes had more of a disdain and a barely concealed contempt for a fair number of the upper classes, especially when they were completely full of themselves ranging from royalty such as The King of Bohemia and an upperclass prig such as Robert St Simon who is someone that Holmes could less about his social status, “I assure you Watson, without affection, that the status of my client is a matter of less moment to me than the interest of his case.” ‘The Adventure of The Noble Bachelor’, Or a rich and unscrupulous business man who would use his money to destroy someone else below him such as Neil Gibson ‘The Gold King’ among others. “Some of you rich men have to be taught that all the world cannot be bribed into condoning your offenses.” ‘The Problem of Thor Bridge’ Not to mention that Holmes would often take on cases in which his client couldn’t even afford to pay him, “My profession is it’s own reward.” ‘The Speckled Band’, regardless of their social status or class.

Don't forget what period in history this is from. There is no sugarcoating the fact that those times were fraught with racism, class distinction and colonialism.

But how does Holmes express class hatred and snobbery? It has always seemed paradoxical to me that Doyle seems to have some stereotypical opinions of social classes (rich ladies are dignified and beautiful, boxers are stupid etc.), but Holmes does not.

Anyone?

Ok; here's where the confusion is. Heidegger took his bike because he saw the boy had "some swift means of conveyance". But the kid was supposed to meet Wilder in "the Ragged Shawl". So maybe he saw the kid run off, ran after him, then saw the "led pony" in the woods, ran BACK, got his bike and followed them. Hence not getting clubbed for some while. Figured it out.

I look forward to that.

I should be so lucky. Mr Wagland does have a nice sense of humor. He is, indeed, the best!

Well said.

Daunton's earwax remover, 2.99 a bottle from all good pharmacies.

Try HorrorBabble for a horrible, grating voice. Wagland is superb!

No one can argue with someone who has anger issues. Although, it is also cruel to laugh at them. I'll do my best not to laugh at you....

I suspect this is tongue in cheek. 🤨