Reader(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA533412
Barcode: 9789626343340
Release Date: 02/2005

DOYLE, A.C.: Hound of the Baskervilles (The) (Unabridged)

The award-winning Sherlock Holmes narrator David Timson leads us through Conan Doyle’s most famous tale. This extended story brings the archetypal detective to the moors with his friend and biographer Dr Watson to investigate the mystery of a beast terrorising the neighbourhood.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
1 Mr Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings 03:59
Timson, David (Reader)
2 He now took the stick from my hands 03:23
Timson, David (Reader)
3 I laughed incredulously 02:59
Timson, David (Reader)
4 The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me 04:42
Timson, David (Reader)
5 "I have in my pocket a manuscript" 02:23
Timson, David (Reader)
6 "Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles..." 04:07
Timson, David (Reader)
7 "Now, for some space the revellers stood agape..." 05:07
Timson, David (Reader)
8 When Dr Mortimer had finished reading 03:21
Timson, David (Reader)
9 "The facts of the case are simple." 03:02
Timson, David (Reader)
10 "I must thank you," said Sherlock Holmes 02:57
Timson, David (Reader)
11 "I can well remember..." 03:36
Timson, David (Reader)
12 I confess at these words a shudder passed through me 03:19
Timson, David (Reader)
13 Sherlock Holmes struck his hand against his knee 04:20
Timson, David (Reader)
14 "Why should he not go to the home of his fathers?" 03:09
Timson, David (Reader)
15 Holmes returned to his seat 04:39
Timson, David (Reader)
16 "It must be a wild place." 03:51
Timson, David (Reader)
17 Our breakfast-table was cleared early 04:13
Timson, David (Reader)
18 Dr Mortimer looked at Holmes 04:30
Timson, David (Reader)
19 "We are coming now rather into the region of guesswork" 03:58
Timson, David (Reader)
20 "And, now, gentlemen" 03:29
Timson, David (Reader)
21 We heard the steps of our visitors descend 02:25
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 2
1 "There now!" said Holmes bitterly 02:42
Timson, David (Reader)
2 We had been sauntering slowly down Regent Street 03:37
Timson, David (Reader)
3 Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree 04:57
Timson, David (Reader)
4 We had a pleasant luncheon 05:13
Timson, David (Reader)
5 "Well, Sir Henry, I am of one mind with you..." 04:44
Timson, David (Reader)
6 The ring at the bell proved to be something 05:54
Timson, David (Reader)
7 Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr Mortimer 04:29
Timson, David (Reader)
8 The journey was a swift and pleasant one 04:00
Timson, David (Reader)
9 The wagonette swung round into a side road 03:23
Timson, David (Reader)
10 We had left the fertile country behind 03:51
Timson, David (Reader)
11 The wheels died away down the drive 03:09
Timson, David (Reader)
12 A square balustraded gallery ran round the top 04:10
Timson, David (Reader)
13 The fresh beauty of the following morning 06:08
Timson, David (Reader)
14 Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted 04:32
Timson, David (Reader)
15 We had come to a point where a narrow grassy path 04:28
Timson, David (Reader)
16 "Halloa!" I cried. "What is that?" 04:00
Timson, David (Reader)
17 I could not doubt that this was the Miss Stapleton 03:39
Timson, David (Reader)
18 A short walk brought us to it 03:58
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 3
1 It seems, however, that there must have been some short cut 04:41
Timson, David (Reader)
2 From this point onward 04:34
Timson, David (Reader)
3 He came over to call upon Baskerville 04:22
Timson, David (Reader)
4 One other neighbour I have met since I wrote last 03:36
Timson, David (Reader)
5 Mrs Barrymore is of interest to me 03:40
Timson, David (Reader)
6 Baskerville Hall, October 15th 04:01
Timson, David (Reader)
7 The baronet has been in communication 04:13
Timson, David (Reader)
8 Our friend, SIr Henry, and the lady 05:53
Timson, David (Reader)
9 I tried one or two explanations 04:29
Timson, David (Reader)
10 Very stealthily we heard it pass along 04:29
Timson, David (Reader)
11 "No, no, sir; no, not against you!" 04:05
Timson, David (Reader)
12 When they were gone we looked out of the window again 02:10
Timson, David (Reader)
13 In five minutes we were outside the door 05:07
Timson, David (Reader)
14 We stumbled slowly along in the darkness 03:35
Timson, David (Reader)
15 And it was at this moment 03:14
Timson, David (Reader)
16 So far I have been able to quote from the reports 05:28
Timson, David (Reader)
17 We had a small scene this morning after breakfast 03:03
Timson, David (Reader)
18 With a few broken words of gratitude 04:54
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 4
1 October 17th. All day today the rain poured down 05:00
Timson, David (Reader)
2 I have only one other incident to record 04:18
Timson, David (Reader)
3 The extract from my private diary 04:08
Timson, David (Reader)
4 "It was about the late Sir Charles Baskerville..." 04:24
Timson, David (Reader)
5 Again and again I cross-questioned her 05:14
Timson, David (Reader)
6 Luck had been against us again and again 05:02
Timson, David (Reader)
7 Here was luck indeed! 03:58
Timson, David (Reader)
8 The sun was already sinking 03:18
Timson, David (Reader)
9 For a minute I stood there with the paper 03:30
Timson, David (Reader)
10 For a moment or two I sat breathless 04:26
Timson, David (Reader)
11 "But why keep me in the dark?" 04:14
Timson, David (Reader)
12 The shape of some monstrous villainy 03:07
Timson, David (Reader)
13 A terrible scream 05:51
Timson, David (Reader)
14 We stood with bitter hearts 04:59
Timson, David (Reader)
15 A figure was approaching us over the moor 04:54
Timson, David (Reader)
16 "We're at close grips at last," said Holmes 03:43
Timson, David (Reader)
17 Sir Henry was more pleased than surprised 03:24
Timson, David (Reader)
18 He stopped suddenly and stared fixedly 05:26
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 5
1 I was up betimes in the morning 03:11
Timson, David (Reader)
2 "One more direction!" 03:04
Timson, David (Reader)
3 Mrs Laura Lyons was in her office 03:42
Timson, David (Reader)
4 The sending of this letter was suggested 04:08
Timson, David (Reader)
5 One of Sherlock Holmes's defects 04:18
Timson, David (Reader)
6 As I watched them Stapleton rose 04:03
Timson, David (Reader)
7 A sound of quick steps broke the silence 05:12
Timson, David (Reader)
8 In mere size and strength it was a terrible creature 03:19
Timson, David (Reader)
9 The room had been fashioned into a small museum 04:23
Timson, David (Reader)
10 And now I come rapidly to the conclusion 06:14
Timson, David (Reader)
11 It was the end of November 04:31
Timson, David (Reader)
12 "We now come back to that portion of his life..." 04:10
Timson, David (Reader)
13 "Driving back in the evening..." 04:57
Timson, David (Reader)
14 "Then we had the visit from our friends..." 03:40
Timson, David (Reader)
15 "It was my game to watch Stapleton." 03:03
Timson, David (Reader)
16 "It only remains to indicate..." 05:17
Timson, David (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 06:16:05