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The Wrong Box , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 450min

Victorian humour generally doesn't translate well across time. The Wrong Box is one of the exceptions. The plot revolves around the supposed death of Joseph Finsbury, who, as a youth, with his brother Masterman, joined a tontine - a scheme whereby each entrant pays a fixed amount and the sum total, with interest, is given to the one who lives the longest. At the beginning of the story, there are three survivors and then two - the Finsbury brothers. Joseph is guardian to two boys and a girl, Morris, John and Julia. He was responsible for the boys' legacy of £30,000 and invested it unwisely in his failing leather business. The money has all but disappeared, and on reaching adulthood they want their inheritance back! Uncle Joe must be kept alive at all costs. Then there is a train crash.... The novel was either ignored or strongly criticised when first published, not least one suspects because of the irreverent attitude to death and its attendant rituals, subjects which commanded huge respect and veneration almost amounting to obsession from the Victorians. It is, however, a hugely entertaining story with a convoluted, complicated plot that can defy comprehension - but it is of no matter! A cast of gloriously eccentric characters certainly had a comic effect on one notable literary figure of the period. "I laughed over it dementedly when I read it. That man [Stevenson] has only one lung but he makes you laugh with your whole inside." (Rudyard Kipling) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Newcombe Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000121/bk_assm_000121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Hörbuch, Digital, 513min

The name of Sherlock Holmes conjures images of gas-lit streets and dark mysteries from a bygone age. Solving crimes alongside his trusted friend Dr. John H. Watson, Holmes is, without a doubt, the most famous sleuth the world has ever known. For more than 100 years, he has been the subject of countless literary works, stage plays, films, television shows, and radio programs.Now, with full authorization from the Conan Doyle estate, we bring you 23 newly written adventures as presented on the long-running dramatic radio series starring John Patrick Lowrie as Holmes, with Lawrence Albert as Dr. Watson, Rick May as Inspector Lestrade, and Mary Anne Dorward as Mary Watson.Episodes Include: School for Scoundrels 07-15-2001; The Adventure of the Dover Maiden 08-09-2001; The Adventure of the Wycliffe Codicil 09-23-2001; The Tuttman Gallery 10-28-2001; The Bee and the Spider 11-18-2001; The Man Who Believed in Nothing 12-23-2001; The Death of Artemus Ludwig 01-13-2002; 36 Thayer Street 02-17-2002; The Adventure of the Farnham Grange 03-17-2002; The Adventure of the Lonely Harvester 07-28-2002; The Strange Death of Lady Sylvia Eicchorn 08-25-2002; The Mystery of the Patient Fisherman 10-27-2002; The Wizard of Baker Street 12-15-2002; The Diary of Anthony Moltaire 01-19-2003; The Singular Affair of Madame Planchette 02-16-2003; The Bardsley Triangle 04-13-2003; The Strange Case of Lord Halworth’s Kitchen 06-15-2003; The Adventure of the Voodoo Curse 06-22-2003; The Mystery of the Ten-Pound Note 07-27-2003; The Adventure of the Great American 08-24-2003; The Amateur Mendicant Society 09-08-2003; The Adventure of the Tontine 10-26-2003; The Goldolphin Arabian 11-23-2003.Jim French Productions produced over 800 full-cast radio shows from 1975 through 2017, including such favorites as Harry Nile and The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which were broadcast on radio in the United States under the Imagination Theatre banner. Originating on Language: English. Narrator: John Patrick Lowrie, Lawrence Albert, Rick May, Old Time Radio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/radi/001896/bk_radi_001896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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