A Sherlock Holmes Novel: The Hound of the Baskervilles Audiobook

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • Perhaps the most viscerally exciting of the Sherlock Holmes' novels by Arthur Conan Doyle. One Baskerville is dead under very mysterious circumstances, and his heir has just arrived from Canada. Meanwhile, down on Dartmoor there are strange lights shining on the lonely moor.
    It's read by Greg Wagland for Magpie Audio ©Magpie Audio 2017
    1 Mr Sherlock Holmes
    14:31 2 The Curse of the Baskervilles
    38:09 3 The Problem
    55:07 4 Sir Henry Baskerville
    1:17:46 5 Three Broken Threads
    1:37:27 6 Baskerville Hall
    2:00:07 7 The Stapletons of Merripit House
    2:29:12 8 First Report of Dr Watson
    2:46:39 9 Second Report of Dr Watson Light Upon the Moor
    3:25:47 10 Extract from the Diary of Dr Watson
    3:47:25 11 The Man on the Tor
    4:13:36 12 Death on the Moor
    4:43:37 13 Fixing the Nets
    5:03:56 14 The Hound of the Baskervilles
    5:31:19 15 A Retrospection

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  • @jamiecartright
    @jamiecartright Год назад +199

    Dear Mr. Wagland,
    Your readings of the Sherlock Holmes stories have sustained me through severe political violence in Haiti and a a nasty bout of ovarian cancer last year. Eight years later, I look forward to your readings like a child who insists on hearing the same bedtime story again and again. Your elegant declamation is instrumental in helping me relax before bedtime and kept me sane during some of the worst of my chemotherapy infusions.
    Thank you again,
    Jamie Cartright

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Год назад +25

      Hi Jamie. Glad the Sherlock tales have given you a boost through your trials. With very best wishes, Greg

    • @thehangingparsiple5692
      @thehangingparsiple5692 Год назад +8

      This comment should be pinned! ❤
      Hope you're still doing well, Jamie 💪

    • @jamiecartright
      @jamiecartright Год назад +13

      @@thehangingparsiple5692 Thank you for asking! I’ve been in remission for 10 months; so yay!

    • @littlewoodimp
      @littlewoodimp Год назад +6

      @@jamiecartright Long may that last Jamie, and long may you continue to enjoy!

    • @ОльгаИванова-б8п1ю
      @ОльгаИванова-б8п1ю 11 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@jamiecartrightall the best and continuing good condition of health

  • @suzannechance5876
    @suzannechance5876 8 месяцев назад +20

    I want you to know that you have ruined me for other narrators of audio books. If it ain't Greg Wagland ...i ain't listening! So grateful for your gifts to us!

  • @susandombrowski6407
    @susandombrowski6407 7 лет назад +54

    I have listened to this production several times, and can not say enough about the quality of this production. If you have only seen old movies of "the Hounds", treat yourself to this excellent audio book. Greg Wagland does every character justice. Even though you know the tale, I guarantee you will be on the edge of your seat more than once.

  • @m.adamkokinis4355
    @m.adamkokinis4355 3 года назад +32

    THOB and fellow SACD audio stories have proven a Godsend over the last 11 days of quarantine. I thank you & the narrator for your commitment to excellence.

    • @dubchile
      @dubchile 3 года назад +3

      Thanks Greg, you're indispensable now. The consumate voice of SACD.
      I have savoured every word of this dark tale.
      What a marvellous achievement reading fifteen chapters flawlessly and with such commitment.

  • @BedtimeStory-u2g
    @BedtimeStory-u2g 9 месяцев назад +5

    This is a must-listen for anyone who loves mystery novels. The combination of a classic Sherlock Holmes story and superb narration makes for an unforgettable listening experience. Highly recommended! Thank you!

  • @darabazeem5960
    @darabazeem5960 4 года назад +16

    I daily look forward to that part of night before sleep when I put in my earphones, close my eyes and feel every single word relishing my neurons deep down my brain.Thankyou Greg for such a great experience, your narration adds to Sherlock's beauty. Appreciate it.

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 2 года назад +68

    This has to be the best story Conan Doyle ever wrote! Just love it, could hear it again & again always noticing something I missed before.
    Descriptions of the moor are really incredible, enjoyed visiting Dartmoor as a child, but somehow don’t fancy it anymore??

    • @karljunge
      @karljunge 2 года назад +5

      it's def my favorite. but there is one other story i identify with so much, when holmes says about the horse shoe meant to make cow tracks, he tells the father of the lost boy, this is the second most remarkable thing i have seen here. explaining that the large commission holmes has made from solving the case, 'i am a poor man.' I love that!
      But it is this story overall, that's great.

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 года назад +2

      Conan Doyle was under tremendous pressure to bring Holmes back . He succeeded beyond most expectations . There was , at one time , a fascinating documentary on how he researched the story and brought the different elements together -
      in a fairly short time - to create one of the classic murder mysteries . ( Docu WAS on RUclips at one time ? )

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 2 года назад +12

    Can’t help thinking Watson broke this case, he got the Laura Lions connection also the fact that Stapleton ran a school before coming to Dartmoor which lead to Holmes tracing his original name of Roger Baskerville.✊♥️

  • @HappyHealthy999G
    @HappyHealthy999G 9 месяцев назад +41

    Is anyone addicted to Sherlock Home stories like me?

    • @kaf890890
      @kaf890890 5 месяцев назад +2

      ESPECIALLY Mr. Wagland’s performances of them. I am spoiled for any others.

    • @0neand0nly6
      @0neand0nly6 5 месяцев назад

      No.

    • @JulieLevinge
      @JulieLevinge 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yes me😃though it’s one of a few addictions!😊

    • @agent42806
      @agent42806 4 месяца назад +1

      Yup

    • @sharonstuhlmiller1757
      @sharonstuhlmiller1757 4 месяца назад +1

      Yes ,yes, I am!

  • @izitmoi3036
    @izitmoi3036 Год назад +4

    Excellent reading. Such natural skill in the voice of the reader. A most enviable talent indeed. Have listened dozens of times. Never tire of this story.

  • @susandombrowski7711
    @susandombrowski7711 2 года назад +52

    Please allow me to say that I absolute love your narration of this story!!!!

  • @katyluby8735
    @katyluby8735 2 года назад +3

    As I listen or read Sherlock Holmes it just sucks you right into the story, these stories are books that should sit on everybody's book shelf. They are true classics!
    Thank you ever so much, it is very gratifying to know we can find books like this on u tube, especially during these last couple of year's. Very Grateful.

  • @jessknight-ti3qt
    @jessknight-ti3qt 8 месяцев назад +2

    i have listened to your audio books for 4 years now. this book is my fav out of the sherlock sagas. i have loved sherlock holmes since i was a mere child and your delicate voice is perfect for sherlock and you have sent me to sleep for ages now. i started listening to you in 2020 and i was 12 or 13. i am literally a day away from hitting 17. thank you so much. love your work man xx
    Yours sincerly,
    Jessica Knight

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  8 месяцев назад +1

      Cheers JK. Hope you have a great birthday. By some bizarre coincidence it’s my birthday too. There will be cake!!

    • @jessknight-ti3qt
      @jessknight-ti3qt 8 месяцев назад +1

      happy birthday dude!!! there will be cake indeed!! @@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio 🧁🧁🍰🍰🎂🎂

  • @conniekillingsworth7738
    @conniekillingsworth7738 4 года назад +5

    This is a classic. I love these stories. The narrator is perfect

  • @kateking3953
    @kateking3953 4 года назад +15

    My absolute favourite. As a child I got my ma to check under the bed every night for 'the hound'.
    She never asked how I thought it got under there, she dutifully checked as she knew I wouldn't
    let the light be turned out until she had. Even then I never let my arm dangle over the side
    of the bed.

  • @dizzyrory7169
    @dizzyrory7169 4 года назад +10

    Lifesaver for English class honestly 🙏

  • @johnatherton1065
    @johnatherton1065 Год назад +4

    Mr Wagland could read from the Telephone Directory of Cumbria and hold my rapt attention as he did so …. A master of storytelling … Thank you so much sir .

  • @wmnoffaith1
    @wmnoffaith1 7 лет назад +125

    Excellent reading! If you run out of Sherlock Holmes stories to read, you might consider some of the other old classics. Perhaps Dickens or Henry James Turn of the Screw, or Kipling. Kipling hss some creepy tales, or Wilkie Collins. There are many great old mystery stories, or Victorian suspense stories that many young people today have never read or heard of.

  • @saikiran4554
    @saikiran4554 3 года назад +3

    While listening,I felt as if I was a part of investigation and stood in front of each and every character.Thanks for excellent narration of this story.👌👌

  • @sandy_says
    @sandy_says 4 года назад +6

    This story was the only sherlock Holmes story to scare my panties off when I was a morbid, goth loving teenager. Glad to have this wonderful rendition 😘

  • @da1681
    @da1681 5 лет назад +8

    Listening for the umpteenth time. Many thanks Mr Wagland.

  • @SilviaKay
    @SilviaKay 6 лет назад +49

    Your voice is very pleasant to listen to. I can't wait to listen to your other audiobooks 😊

  • @kendaltaylor5753
    @kendaltaylor5753 5 лет назад +5

    This is quality listening and it's so nice to hear dr Watson portrayed as main character and not just an ineffectual man who just follows Holmes without question with out the whole play he acts as a alpha mail not just a beta mail

  • @thoughtsnscribbles
    @thoughtsnscribbles Месяц назад

    Thank you for the hours of high quality entertainment Greg! You're a true master.

  • @MicrobyteAlan
    @MicrobyteAlan 5 лет назад +3

    As a child, this was the first “book” I ever read. Thanks from Orlando Florida

    • @Cass_ag
      @Cass_ag 5 лет назад +1

      Well this is my first Sherlock Holmes book and I didn't understand from whose perspective the story is written. Can U Please explain? Thanks in advance

  • @alysonhalliwell889
    @alysonhalliwell889 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for these Sherlock Holmes i listen to them every night.... again thank you.

  • @MrKarnator
    @MrKarnator 5 лет назад +2

    I cannot help but imagine it is Tarkin doing the talking here. Kind of fitting when i think about it, since peter cushing did play Sherlock at some point.
    This is great work.

  • @TheRobotKing-r8p
    @TheRobotKing-r8p 26 дней назад

    Magpie, YOU MAKE AMAZING AUDIOBOOKS! They are great and they helped me drift into sleep too many times for me to count. I love this audiobook, thank you for making it!

  • @byd5801
    @byd5801 3 года назад +4

    Dr.Mortimer's longing for Holmes skull always cracks me up, great reading by narrator!

  • @ChibiPanda8888
    @ChibiPanda8888 3 года назад +1

    I discovered your channel this week and I love it. Some of the stories on here I haven't read in a while cuz I don't really have the time for leisure reading anymore, unfortunately. I listen while I'm at work and it's really great. Thanks for the excellent narration!

  • @trukeesey8715
    @trukeesey8715 5 лет назад +2

    5:32:02 Nonpareil -- the last letter of any word is not pronounced in French, unless it can be elidden with the first letter of the next word, for instance:
    If the word ends in a vowel and the next word begins with a consonant, then the last letter is pronounced and elidden into the followin word.
    If the word ends in a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel, then the last letter is pronounced and elidden into the followin word.
    Since "nonpareil" ends in a consonant and "club" begins with a consonant, therefore the "l" is not to be pronounced.
    5:46:42 I was expectin "con - fid - ANT" with accent on last syllable as in French and American English. Could not find British English online that my browser would allow me to open.

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  5 лет назад

      nonpareil/ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl/
      Oxford English Dictionary - my 'go to' resource, being English/British.
      www.lexico.com/en/definition/nonpareil

  • @lashaddicted
    @lashaddicted Год назад

    i listen to Greg every night! Love his stories!

  • @vanheehomested9011
    @vanheehomested9011 5 лет назад +6

    I love listing to this to call asleep to

  • @wordscaninspire114
    @wordscaninspire114 3 года назад +2

    Simply brilliant reader - great talent and skill of voice

  • @bobbeyderbrain
    @bobbeyderbrain 4 года назад +2

    Beautifully rendered classic. 👍

  • @dolphins3291
    @dolphins3291 5 лет назад +8

    OMG! Barrymore's voice @ 3:33:15 is sooooooo Hagrid! XD 🤗

  • @claireashton4696
    @claireashton4696 3 года назад +1

    I love this story. Really read well. Perefect for helping me sleep!

  • @lauraclements2308
    @lauraclements2308 3 года назад +1

    If I knew of this before now I would have listed to them all a long time ago.... thank you so much for having this on here....I already read the books🇺🇸 I love this🤗🤯🥰😍🤗

  • @jaydenzhao561
    @jaydenzhao561 2 года назад

    Your audio books are so interesting, it made me read Sherlock Holmes books!

  • @mikoajpapaj8625
    @mikoajpapaj8625 3 года назад +3

    I LOVE SHERLOCK HOLMES !!!

  • @beanieb9668
    @beanieb9668 6 лет назад +7

    Sherlockian perfection!

  • @violets1743
    @violets1743 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much! It makes English learning more interesting!🥰

  • @martm216
    @martm216 4 года назад +1

    Very good thanks for uploading.

  • @KushDaddy333
    @KushDaddy333 4 года назад +1

    What a great read! I would be interested to hear Mr. Wagland read Charles Dickens.

  • @karenwaters1926
    @karenwaters1926 5 лет назад +9

    Enjoying the Digressions immensely but, couldn't wait. Had rehear this for the umpteenth time. Looking forward to the next chapter and the diet update. Cheers

  • @jebediahironwall3729
    @jebediahironwall3729 3 года назад

    Thank you for this truly stimulating telling of a classic.

  • @ch1ldr3njmk
    @ch1ldr3njmk 4 года назад +1

    I have most of your audiobooks. And my kids are stating.... I love the work...... Keep it up

  • @jimmywayne9363
    @jimmywayne9363 7 лет назад +5

    So great!!!

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 2 года назад +1

    Weird when you think of it, if the hound had in fact existed, it would have been after Stapleton the real direct relative of the original victim??

  • @cdrewell3575
    @cdrewell3575 5 лет назад +1

    Amazing, so well read! Thank you Greg!

  • @KiKiabout
    @KiKiabout 3 года назад +2

    Love... Thank you!

  • @charlesbandini6650
    @charlesbandini6650 4 года назад +1

    Excellent

  • @jkadude2010
    @jkadude2010 27 дней назад

    My favorite of the Holmes stories

  • @judebronner9520
    @judebronner9520 4 года назад +1

    thanks for helping me through 9th grade english

  • @mrshall7342
    @mrshall7342 2 года назад

    thank you keeping us entertained. Great reading

  • @Smokey1981
    @Smokey1981 3 года назад +1

    Sherlock Holmes and Aloixious Pendergast are the only 2 detectives who make me wanna be 1..and I HATE trigger happy racist cops lol...thanks for putting a voice to the legend.

  • @garbagegremlins4707
    @garbagegremlins4707 9 месяцев назад

    Not Sherlock arguing about his special interest to everyone what an icon

  • @FrankieParadiso4evah
    @FrankieParadiso4evah 3 года назад +3

    Excellent narrator, reminding me of Tim Pigott-Smith!

  • @latikadhar73
    @latikadhar73 Год назад

    Brilliant narration!

  • @sunflowerz54
    @sunflowerz54 6 месяцев назад +1

    Greg is my fav!!

  • @christopher5361
    @christopher5361 9 месяцев назад

    I dig Greg Wagland’s voice, even though at times he sounds a little light in the loafers. Like he rides sidesaddle now and then.

  • @stevequizodlibumpbumpbump3575
    @stevequizodlibumpbumpbump3575 4 года назад +1

    The door clanged heavily behind us.

  • @granny13ad33
    @granny13ad33 4 года назад +4

    Yep, right in front of me. I reckon I'm in for a long haul. These do prevent me from attending to chores.

    • @tomdekler9280
      @tomdekler9280 4 года назад

      I find them wonderful for chores. A good set of headphones and by the story is through, the house is thoroughly cleansed while the process was a blissful haze.

  • @untitleddocument3939
    @untitleddocument3939 4 года назад +1

    2:29:20
    3:47:24
    4:40:00

  • @damianwalls1262
    @damianwalls1262 14 дней назад

    Mate, you are the best. London listener.

  • @alexapenn6399
    @alexapenn6399 7 лет назад +17

    Great American accent!! thank goodness - when an accent is good, you don't even notice it - it's just natural. i've heard such terrible ones: flat or southern - so many British actors seem to think we all have southern accents LOL

    • @orthodoxhiker9287
      @orthodoxhiker9287 3 года назад

      I'm actually Southern and don't have a southern accent, LOLOLOL

  • @natnuss98
    @natnuss98 10 месяцев назад

    I thought Mr. Bertillon was a fictional figure. But he's not.
    This is fascinating, how Conan Doyle really worked contemporaries into his works!

  • @elizebethpenington3755
    @elizebethpenington3755 5 лет назад +6

    Am I being tricked? Is the great Greg Wegland REALLY doing all the voices. Can it be possible?

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  5 лет назад +5

      I am afraid so, Elizebeth. No deceit intended - it's kind of what audiobook narrators do. All the voices.

    • @elizebethpenington3755
      @elizebethpenington3755 4 года назад +2

      Well after poking around other places, I’m prepared to say, you are the best.

  • @frankyquilavafireblast895
    @frankyquilavafireblast895 3 года назад +1

    Not gonna lie I’m here because of the great ace attorney Chronicles
    This story keeps coming up and I figured I might as well get the story and hopefully it will help me understand the story of the game a lot more

  • @marciebalme588
    @marciebalme588 3 года назад +623

    my husband is bed ridden with herniated discs in his lower and he has not been able to sleep for three days , I turned this on for him and now he is finally sleeping - thank you so much for this

    • @hansgretl1787
      @hansgretl1787 2 года назад +43

      Hope your hisband is making a dteady recovery.

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Год назад +33

      Very painful, hope your husband is making good progress, these stories are perfect for those unable to get out, I’m sure they help keep the sanity of many, we should get them on the NHS👍♥️

    • @finessejones6833
      @finessejones6833 Год назад +18

      My Sister is Going Threw the same Thing I'm Sorry WE just Pray For Each Other OK God Bless U To

    • @kevanmachan9893
      @kevanmachan9893 Год назад +23

      Dear Marcie, I too am a sufferer, stenosis of the spine. Insomnia is a constant companion and I too found this tale to be therapeutic .My very best wishes to you and your husband. Yours faithfully Kevan Machan

    • @lesroberts3226
      @lesroberts3226 Год назад +11

      God bless you both ❤

  • @Mindlabytinth
    @Mindlabytinth Год назад +182

    Over a century after its publication, this story is still a genuine bomb. Definitely deserved a reading this good, 👏

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Год назад +12

      Yes, it still works don't it? Thanks Mindlabytinth.

    • @sierraseven3680
      @sierraseven3680 Год назад +17

      Mr. Wagland has a rare talent for making each character distinct. He portrays their personalities, and their backgrounds, so well that you can conjure up a mental picture of them easily. Not only that, he has the unusual ability to make the women characters all sound different, and female without sounding like simpering idiots - a weakness too many male readers have. The stories become as vivid as movies in the mind's eye.

    • @typacsk
      @typacsk Год назад +4

      @@sierraseven3680 I really liked the accents he gave Barrymore and Sir Henry, too -- they fit the characters and help the listener keep track of the dialogue, without making them sound like hayseeds ;)

  • @bluepitbull6424
    @bluepitbull6424 5 лет назад +145

    This is my all time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventure!! I’ve listened to this reading at least ten times and I absolutely love it. Thank you sir for these wonderful readings!

  • @gavinackerly3503
    @gavinackerly3503 2 месяца назад +8

    Your Sherlock tales have been alongside me through 6 years of Stage IV cancer. A funny story, shortly after I was diagnosed, we had to stay at my in-laws to get some renovations done at our place. Me and my 8-year-old boy would sleep on a mattress on the floor in the loungeroom. I had the chemo pump in my arm and to help me and my son sleep, I had your version of the Hound of the Baskervilles shared through two headphones - one for me and one for my son. As we listened in the dark, I knew my boy was a little scared and so I comforted him, telling him that when the really scary bit came up, I would fast forward. He agreed and we listened away. The next thing I knew, it was morning and I woke to see my son with the headphones still in his ears - he was lying on his side looking at me. In a moment of a little panic, I asked, “did you listen to the story right till the end? I’m sorry, I fell asleep and didn’t switch it off.” He nodded his head and said with wide eyes, “there was a big black dog with fire coming out of its mouth!”
    He’s turned into a fine young man - so no harm there! From all of us out here: Thank you for your work, Mr Wagland!

  • @splatten8597
    @splatten8597 Год назад +122

    I have listened to this a number of times, the narrator is a genius. This is as good as reading it yourself! Thank you Greg! A Master Story Teller!

  • @greggarvin2023
    @greggarvin2023 2 года назад +119

    This is a masterpiece of audio narration.

  • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
    @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  7 лет назад +232

    Hound - one of me favourites. Thanks for the comments!

    • @obi-wankenobi1233
      @obi-wankenobi1233 5 лет назад +3

      Indeed the most famous of the sixty Sherlock Holmes books! 'Tis my favourite, too.

    • @trukeesey8715
      @trukeesey8715 5 лет назад +1

      I have several voices and accents, but can sustain them only for a line or two. I need to become good at doin what you are doin, therefore am goin to try to learn from hearin you. I hope that you are gettin paid right much for your readins. I particularly admire your timin in the pacin of the beginnin of each character's lines in dialogues.

    • @trukeesey8715
      @trukeesey8715 5 лет назад +1

      Baskerville name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville_(surname)
      www.houseofnames.com/baskerville-family-crest

    • @trukeesey8715
      @trukeesey8715 5 лет назад +1

      You and Mel Blanc are very similar, though totally unlike one another. Well maybe not totally.
      I would be so curious to know your reaction to Mel Blanc, were you familiar with his characters, such as Foghorn Leghorn (Texas), Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian (Mars), Daffy Duck, and others.
      They are not like your portrayals at all, yet the similarity lies in both of your ability to portray sundry characters. His range of characters is broader, although they are more like caricatures of a fantastic cosmos, unlike yours which manage to be entertainin in spite of bein much more homely and modestly presented.
      I leave out Bugs Bunny because his accent is repulsive to me.
      ruclips.net/video/ZeAM1vwEcFg/видео.html

    • @simbalionsnowpaws765
      @simbalionsnowpaws765 4 года назад +1

      Remember play games and watch movie 🍿 of the the hound really spooky and creepy too

  • @WilliamHorsley1962
    @WilliamHorsley1962 4 года назад +19

    Being American and having grown up on Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce I have to say your reading is a good as it gets. Spot on Sherlock Holmes. I'm very happy to see you do all the voice's. Again a Very good reading Sir. Sincerely William Horsley

  • @hadassahkaufman7191
    @hadassahkaufman7191 4 года назад +189

    You know Sherlock isnt the cold calculating machine he seems to be when he reveals his love of being dramatic in every genius action

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Год назад +4

      SOME of that could be the "Sensationalism" of Watson

    • @Dell88music
      @Dell88music 7 месяцев назад +2

      This was the most surprising thing when rereading this. No one shows how cheeky Sherlock really is, they usually just make him a sarcastic asshole as shorthand.

  • @claireskipper5651
    @claireskipper5651 5 месяцев назад +4

    The voice of Mr Wagland is very reassuring & soothing. Like that of David Attenborough or Morgan Freeman. I feel he could read the Oxford Dictionary & make it sound interesting!!! ❤

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  5 месяцев назад +2

      But the Oxford Dictionary IS very interesting. Washing machine manuals translated into English by Turkish or Chinese manufacturers - now that would be a challenge

    • @crowleythedemoncat
      @crowleythedemoncat 9 дней назад

      My mother often said that I insisted she read me the dictionary at bedtime when I was very small. I don't remember it, but I still read dictionaries, (especially English to other language ones) 70+ years later.

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat 3 года назад +29

    This is your best work. Top notch narration + voices

  • @Anakhrahn
    @Anakhrahn 5 лет назад +738

    You read to me every night, as I am falling asleep, transforming me back to the child safely ensconsed in parental love, and with no worries or duties other than to listen, enjoy, and drift into sleep Thank you! 🌺

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  5 лет назад +78

      That's a great message! Cheers!

    • @susandombrowski7711
      @susandombrowski7711 5 лет назад +56

      @@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio No narrator wants to hear that their work puts someone to sleep.....but fortunately, Mr. Wagland seems gracious enough to accept the complement as it was intended. I completely agree with you Anakrahn, When I can not "sleep with Sherlock" my night is not complete!

    • @jamesb7443
      @jamesb7443 4 года назад +23

      It helps me too

    • @karenwaters1926
      @karenwaters1926 4 года назад +12

      Well said

    • @ramongonzalez2112
      @ramongonzalez2112 4 года назад +8

      Well said. You’re a good writer. Like Shakespeare.

  • @crowleythedemoncat
    @crowleythedemoncat 7 месяцев назад +18

    Greg, I just bought your Audible narration of HG Wells novels. I was surprised, amazed and then just plain delighted to discover you have narrated well over 100 books available at Audible!!! You sly dog, why haven't you told us about this treasure trove!!! You could have just mentioned that you had narrated so many wonderfully varied books available there. You should know by now how much we love to listen to your dulcet voice. It makes the posting of the entire canon of ACD/SH here, for all of us to enjoy for free, all the more outstanding. You mean so much, you bring so much, to so many of your listeners. It is almost as if your voice magically soothes away the sharp, ragged edges of life. Bless you and a Merry Christmas to all...(even if it's almost Easter)
    I'll be working my way through the other books you've narrated while researching my theory that you could read the A to Zed to good purpose!

  • @jointhearumanati8065
    @jointhearumanati8065 4 года назад +177

    I listen to Sherlock Holmes every night it helps me sleep but when a particularly good part comes along I can't sleep until it's over thank u for this wonderful naration I've never slept more soundly I suffer from insomnia but within an hour i am fast asleep thank u

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  4 года назад +18

      I am very glad this helps!

    • @lucylessly3701
      @lucylessly3701 4 года назад +8

      Same for me. I can recite the first ten minutes😂

    • @claireashton4696
      @claireashton4696 3 года назад +7

      Me too.. Lovely, relaxing narration.

    • @SuperStrik9
      @SuperStrik9 3 года назад +1

      It's good to know I'm not the only one who does this lol. Over time I've gone through the entire Holmes canon.

  • @SJVonB
    @SJVonB 3 года назад +35

    There is a singular pleasure in listening to a story read aloud. That harkens back to childhood memories of parents reading to us, without a doubt. However, it is also ancient memories of stories told around a campfire. The pleasure we feel is a reflection of how important it was that vital information be passed down via the spoken word. Those humans who did not feel that pleasure would be less likely to remember the lessons and less likely to survive!

  • @shaddonon
    @shaddonon 2 года назад +46

    2:42:53 “Mrs. Barrymore is of interest to me. She’s a… heavy, solid person; very LIMITED… INTENSELY respectable… and inclined to be puritanical.”
    THE most Victorian line ever written

    • @tracycollyer2516
      @tracycollyer2516 2 года назад +9

      That’s how I describe myself

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 года назад +1

      I can ONLY hear those lines delivered with relish by Jeremy Brett. ! Greg is excellent but JB was the Master .

  • @zimbabweanzucchini4253
    @zimbabweanzucchini4253 3 года назад +3

    When you hit your funny bone on a table: 5:49:32

  • @LisaHart17
    @LisaHart17 Год назад +11

    I hope you don't get bummed by all of the people you help sleep. It is truly a great gift of healing. And remember, even more of us (and often the same) get so much pleasure from listening to your steady, resonant voice acting out so many characters. Honestly, I don't know how you do it. 🙏🏿🌸

  • @josephwilliams7995
    @josephwilliams7995 2 года назад +76

    We adore Greg's narration his readings are such a delight. It's like we are little kids every night getting excited by "storytime" it's 2022 a rainy day in early May and although we normally have "Snuggle Sunday" today is "Snuggle Saturday" due to the inclimate weather and cozy atmosphere of Mr. Wagland's voice and sound of the rain on the roof.

  • @richardbeare11
    @richardbeare11 3 года назад +243

    You know a man honestly loves his craft when he reads a book with enthusiasm, and freely to the world!

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  3 года назад +21

      Appreciate your comment, rstuart!

    • @richardmurphy2450
      @richardmurphy2450 3 года назад +2

      Qa

    • @MrWylis
      @MrWylis 3 года назад +10

      And a true master of his craft he is, too. I've never known better narration.

    • @cm-howell
      @cm-howell 3 года назад +5

      @@jimreily7538 This is Greg Wagland's youtube. Read the about tab.

    • @ranlom
      @ranlom 3 года назад

      6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666

  • @Brumsey99989
    @Brumsey99989 3 года назад +6

    Apparently Americans loved saying "By thunder!" every 2 minutes in 1895.

    • @spo616
      @spo616 2 года назад

      🤕🤣

  • @micah140
    @micah140 5 лет назад +400

    How is anyone giving these videos a thumbs down, they are absolutly brilliant best narrations ive ever listened to.

    • @amanitamuscaria7500
      @amanitamuscaria7500 4 года назад +49

      Jealousy, boredom, bad taste, idiocy....for starters

    • @baruchben-david4196
      @baruchben-david4196 4 года назад +20

      Very simple. People have different tastes. It would be boring if we all agreed.

    • @WildeFyre69
      @WildeFyre69 4 года назад +5

      @@baruchben-david4196 I agree.

    • @donmoore1413
      @donmoore1413 4 года назад +18

      It seems odd that everyone wouldn't appreciate these fine readings, but it only exemplifies how diverse our human tastes are and how challenging it is for us to understand one another. It is easy to dislike those who aren't in agreement with ourselves and our "excellent" preferences. It takes a lot of patience and consideration. It still makes you wonder where the scoffers heads are.??? Young perhaps.

    • @karenwaters1926
      @karenwaters1926 4 года назад +39

      Elementary. Moriarty has agents everywhere.

  • @claudiachurch4285
    @claudiachurch4285 2 года назад +151

    Greg Wagland is one of the best narrators I have ever heard , pure delight

  • @corerythmsfrontversionfair4093
    @corerythmsfrontversionfair4093 4 года назад +102

    As an actor, I understand how much talent it takes to read, so eloquently, from a book.

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 Год назад +8

      Indeed ! A friend of mine made a short film which needed a narrator . This would cost around £400 .
      I said I could easily do it for half that amount despite having no experience . I in fact remarked that " anyone could do it " !!
      I began speaking too slow : then too fast : then my throat tightened and my voice rose an octave !
      Then I made breathy sounds and mispronounced several words .
      After an hour we had not completed one page !! It was a nightmare . ! Anyone who thinks that they can simply turn up and talk into a microphone is completely deluded . I learned my lesson that day and my admiration
      for professional voice artistes
      has only grown since that day !!
      It is a real Art !!

    • @thehangingparsiple5692
      @thehangingparsiple5692 Год назад

      @@2msvalkyrie529
      Haha! I am a member of a writing group and I thought I'd have a go at recording spoken word homework one week.
      I discovered I have a bad habit of 'rounding off' my words and running them together. "Falling in" becomes "fallininin". In fact, somehow entire words seem to vanish like this. I do not enunciate my T's very well at all. Nor my D's unless they're at the beginning of the word. Nor words ending in LE or words with double letters in such as middle or mitten or gladden.
      Funnily enough I did record a voice message for a company I worked for when the professional artist cancelled. I had to fit everything in between two 'markers' , and even though I only had to say "thank you for calling blah blah. For books and audio, please press 1" etc etc I kept forgetting my words! I also had to 'smile happily' as I spoke, which made me look like an absolute psycho, lol.

  • @DasnarkyRemarky
    @DasnarkyRemarky 5 лет назад +73

    Revisiting this iconic book after 13 years gripped by nostalgia. The quality of the narration is marvelous. Thank you!

  • @doot1745
    @doot1745 5 лет назад +248

    _"They all agreed that it was a huge creature. Luminous, ghastly and spectral."_
    'twas a patronus

  • @TheMysteryandSuspenseStories
    @TheMysteryandSuspenseStories 9 месяцев назад +8

    I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone who enjoys mystery and detective stories. The narration of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' is top-notch, making it a delightful experience for both new and seasoned fans of Sherlock Holmes.Thank you!

  • @Solomon42069
    @Solomon42069 3 года назад +4

    Did no one else make it to 5:49:33? 😂

  • @arlenehutchinson9259
    @arlenehutchinson9259 4 года назад +9

    Brava brava👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Standing ovation. Thank you so very much. You have kept me company for at least a week now, as I wound my way through your excellent collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Merci mille fois. You have the most beautiful voice, excellent diction and delivery. If the devil is in the details, you sir must be the very devil. I thank you sincerely, 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
    Ps I don't know who gave any of your marvellous recordings a thumbs down, but i can only assume....deaf?🤷🏾‍♀️

  • @tommydickenson9583
    @tommydickenson9583 5 лет назад +29

    I've been listening to Holmes and Watson s adventures to go to bed for the last few months and I seem to be going to bed earlier and earlier just so I can chill and listen to your brilliant story telling

  • @CKBrooke
    @CKBrooke 6 лет назад +33

    I love your voice. Thank you for keeping me company during my insomnia.