18 The Musgrave Ritual from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) Audiobook
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- The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is read by Greg Wagland.
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Absolutely the only reader who can do female voices without making them preposterous. It’s his most amazing skill (of his many).
Thanks EP.
Yea Mr. Wagland is like a voice wizard.. the first couple times I listened to these I thought it was like an older bbc radio broadcast w/ multiple people. Until I listened to the credit at the end then I was a bit dumbfounded lol.
Absolument vrai!
Greg Wagland is indeed an extraordinarily fine actor, but I cannot let this remark pass without mentioning the equally fine Hugh Fraser, of Agatha Christie fame. He creates dozens of completely credible female characters, the most astonishing being Jane Wilkinson in "Lord Edgware Dies".
Of course Holmes gets out of his chores by distracting Watson with his kryptonite, a good story.
Having a rough evening. I have listened to several of these stories in the midst of a challenging situation and you have helped me immensely
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The combination of Conan-Doyle's lucid prose and Greg's superb reading make this a rare treat. Thank you.
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Proper story teller.
More than ever, I am completely devoted to this voice
Thanks Elizabeth... Hope to do some more soon.
Have I made this comment before? Probably, because I have listened to all of Mr. Wagland’s narrations multiple times.
I can’t help but wonder if Conan Doyle twitches in his grave remembering his elm tree blunder. As if it would have been the same height in the 17th century as it was when young Musgrave was doing his math lessons. 🙄😆
Still a FANTASTIC story with equally fantastic narration. 👍🏻
I have always felt it was silly to use trees as landmarks, obviously they grow or are cut down!!
Was about to write tha same comment.
"Having foolishly taken a cup of Cafe noir, after my dinner. "
I can say I share your misery, sir.
The only reason I sleep at night sometimes....your voice is so soothing😊
Crafty Artist my husband left me because he said Me! Or Greg Wagland in bed! I said Greg Wagland
This playlist gets me through many of a sleepless night. Amazing readings. Thank you.
Ta!
Ditto
So.. I'm not the only one who never sleeps?
Also, I love how gangster this dude is. The corridor leads to the library and gun room. He suspects a burglar and instead of grabbing a gat from the gun room he tools up with a medieval battle axe. DAMN!
Ah, the battle axe.
Another euphemism for the trouble and strife.
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Though I doubt the customs regarding firearms were the same as are today's, I would suggest that grabbing a battle axe would be quicker than searching for ammunition for a gun mounted and unloaded.
What language are you speaking? You are un- understandable. .
Fantastic use of your voice. Thank you. I love this tale.
I’ve listened to the entire Sherlock Holmes collection read by Stephen Frye a few times and thought it could never be topped. But after listening to a few of your readings I’m hooked on listening to them all also. Thanks for these
Everyone brings something different out in them.
I hear Mr Fry is pretty good and I'm sure they bought his lunch everyday so he was well rewarded.
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I prefer these!
Greg you rock bro. I honestly have listened to you just about every day for 2 or more years. Listening here in CT USA. Thank you muchly sir.
Greetings CT person!!!
Thanks for your comment(s)!
Muchly?
The opening paragraph of this story is delivered as elegantly as it is written.
I have just listened to it five times (it will be six, actually, by the time I finish writing this).
Thank you Greg, you inspire me to do Good Things (and likewise make them freely available).
Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers Ian - kind of you.
Marvelous as usual.. I forgive Don Juan...at 11:12 being pronounced Don "jewen" although a suave character in my mind was momentarily lost...
I was thrown off by that too. I was trying to figure out what a Don Jewen was and it took a few seconds to realize the text must say Don Juan ("wan"). I haven't read the story for quite some time. Must say I am thoroughly enjoying listening to Mr. Wagland's recordings.
That troubled me too. I can't imagine the infamous Don Juan is pronounced differently in England.
I honestly took it as a character moment; Musgrave is either a) so insular/incurious that he never bothered to learn how to pronounce this common Spanish name, or b) he read about Don Juan, but because of his shyness, never talked about the story with anyone who might have corrected his pronunciation. Think of the misled = myzled problem.
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This has to be some kind of K2 for voice work. Almost the entire story is Watson quoting Holmes, including his conversations with Musgrave, where Musgrave recounts _his_ comversations with Brunton. So you (Greg) are voicing Watson, voicing Holmes, voicing Musgrave, voicing Brunton - in the book that's three layers of quotation marks. Bonkers.
Bonkers indeed.
Genius! Sheer Genius!
Well that’s what you get with Mr. Wagland, excellent voice work truly a treasure.
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Thankyou for these ! We listen to them every night 🙌👏
Excellent! Please keep up the brilliant work; You bring joy to my heart - and I love your accent!
My dad was listening to this & he goes “can u imagine if Musgrave got to the end of his story & Holmes went “im sorry I wasn’t listening could u repeat that?” Lol
If Sherlock weren’t so apt in his listening skills, I would definitely want to see that!
😂😂 but I don't remember Holmes saying that is it in this story?
Amazing read am so hock, I can't sleep without these wonderful stories. Before I discover your channel
I had too many sleepless nights.
Thank u
Good night, Cindy. Glad they're helpful!
You never disappoint, Mr. Wagland. Exceptional voice & story telling as always 👏🏻🎉Thank you
Cheers Felene!
Great story, the British accent and pronunciation a must. Well done that man.
A wonderful presentation. My family was host to Charles #2 while he was in exile on the Isle of Jersey. Carteret family. Here is a verse for you Nehemiah 13:3.
Cheers. Interesting stuff re: Charles II. Related to Anna Carteret?
As for the text: I love a mixed multitude, me!
I love these, it's so cool it's actually you narrating to, you do so well with making the characters so distinct. :)
You were made to narrate Sherlock Holmes 🕵️♂️! 🦇
Just ♥️everything Conan Doyle did, whether Sherlock Holmes( brilliant 🤩) or all the other fantastic stories he wrote.
Congratulations you’ve covered the very best✊🌹
The Most beautiful writing.
Indeed. Great descriptions of nature, land and skyscapes.
The poor beast in
'The Hound Of The Baskervilles'
and this story, are my favourites - the old country manor world of Holmes!
An ivy, litchen covered building, book lined study, crackling fire, two rescue greyhounds asleep in front of it, a cat on my lap, a glass of something good for me and a good book/audio book.
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Also, some little ratties enjoys a bit of cheese in the skirting board!
They are little lives too❤
Beautifully read. Very nice. Thanks.
Thank you, Sanjib - I appreciate your comment. Greg.
another beauty!! good work
I love ur the way accent changes in some certain characters
Thanks landofmyth
Thank you for reading these. It makes the stress and problems of lu3fe go away for awhile.
Glad to hear it helps, Patricia! I enjoy doing them!
Excellent. Thank you.
Amazing love it.❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thank you💖💖
"something of his birthplace seemed to cling to the man, and I never looked at his pale, keen face or the poise of his head without associating him with grey archways and mullioned windows."
I would LOVE to have someone say this about me....
Another fabulous narration thank you 😊
Stories are getting better and better.
Finally, after 40 years, a third form trigonometry and ratio problem I can get my teeth into (and it comes with the answers already done)!
I was glad to put aside all thoughts of maths as soon as possible. Like today's politicians.
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio : Math was absoluely fine, not a worry for me, until they messed it up and started using numbers.
Why would ANYONE vote to dislike this?
Never mind 29 people 👀😮
Yes, curious, at first glance, but obvious when you consider that this media is FREE to the end user and executed to a reasonable standard.
I said in a previous story that there's no pleasing some people. If it's a radio dramatisation they want an audiobook and if it's an audiobook they want a radio dramatisation. I was listening to a _lovely_ recording of the music of Richard Rogers a few days ago and some idiot commented in highly unflattering terms on the effect that Richard Rogers' 'fundamentalist Christian' outlook had on his music...
Darryl Green because they don’t have good taste.
Another great presentation!! Thank you, I enjoy these recordings.
Glad you like them L Q McC!
You do great work.
I love the riddles of The Musgrave Ritual. It's certainly fun when Holmes has to solve a puzzle and a crime all in one.
I've always wondered why the elm tree was the same height in the 17th century as it was in the 19th century.
Subsidence?
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio At exactly the same rate as it grew? Well, having eliminated the impossible...
Did you not wonder about whether the sun was in the same position? The month was specified in the ritual -- was it the same month in which the action took place? Then there is the issue of paces, which are not the same length for all men. All told, there should be several feet of uncertainty in the final location.
Maybe it was cut to stay the same height as it was in the 17th century as soon as it grows they cut back it back down
*Watson:* _(narrating)_ An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was the neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also he affected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was nonetheless in his personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction. But, of course, I could not blame him for it, for his current form had made him heavily reliant on people for his daily needs. I would've pitied poor Mrs. Hudson if she had been doting on him long before my arrival.
*Reginald Musgrave:* _(recounting)_ “So!" said I. “This is how you repay the trust which we have reposed in you. You will leave my service tomorrow.”
*Salem Saberhagen:* _(as Holmes)_ Good on you, Reggie! Turn your back for a few minutes, and the hired help will start sneaking coal into the fire. All 'cuz their "assets are frozen." Pah! Next thing they'll be pickin' your-
*Musgrave:* Ahem. I am not yet finished, Holmes.
*Salem:* Okay... So how did the creep take it?
*Musgrave:* He bowed with the look of a man who is utterly crushed, and slunk past me without a word.
*Salem:* He-he-he...
_(Musgrave stares at Salem, who quickly subsides.)_
At the end:
*Salem:* Watson, you've seen photos showing me back to when I was human. You think that, if it wasn't a rusty pile of scrap, that crown would've looked good on me?
*Watson:* I've yet to measure the circumference of your head in human form. For now, I'm free to imagine you trying to exit through the cat door while wearing it. That is, if you can _find_ the door with it on.
*Salem:* Mean!
By the way, you've mispronounced "Juan." Plus, that's not the British way of saying "Ralph." ;p
It was not Greg that pronounced "Juan", it was the character of Reggie Musgrave. Listen again!
Thanks
Thanks for listening hjander 09
I was thinking about the absence of sense of smell in Doyle's descriptions when it comes to discovery of a dead body. The visual descriptions are often so vivid that you can imagine the scene in front of you, but there is no smell. I wonder if it has something to do with the smelly streets and the unhygienic ways of life at the time that Doyle didn't want to replicate in fiction.
foolish comment !
Social climbers, such as this faithless butler-- with his ridiculous demand for severance pay, simply because he has loyally served for twenty years-- must be crushed. As must seducers. The deeply conservative ethos drives this story, just as it drives Sherlock himself. Excellently read, as always.
This is brilliant... Fucking brilliant!
very standard and excellant ..
I was listening to this in Czech ...to learn it (Czech) so I thought it wise to know the story in my own language. Story learning is becoming very popular now as grammar and vocabulary are acquired not studied. Children don't study grammar and vocabulary before they learn their mother tongue. It's kind of an experiment. I'm also watching videos in Czech. Medivek and Pelíšky are great movies if anyone is interested. Watching with Czech subtitles is better. Studies have been done that say you learn almost nothing with subtitles in your mother tongue.
I have found the last two questions meaning. First it took me time to find out sherlock didn't mention them. So first i needed to find out the questions 😂 then the answer was already obvious. Anyway I felt happy when I solved the case and find out the ritual's last two questions' meaning. It was sad for that butler that he didn't get the all questions' meanings.
Thank you very much.
thank you for posting
Thank you sir.
Most welcome
thank you :)
In my book, there is no "what was the month " question among the questions. It is very weird... Why would someone remove it from the story....
“He was a well-grown, handsome man with a splendid forehead.”
Huh. I wonder if my forehead is any good.
They were a bit obsessed with all that stuff, the Victorians/Edwardians. Didn't end well.
In other words, not a lowbrow.
So happy I’m not the only one who loves these nuances.
That Butler was very quaint
Nice job 🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆🎖🎖🎆 greg
Thank you
All these hours of free content make living in this tiny secluded town less excruciatingly boring.
Superb.
amazing
Glad you think so!
I'm six or seven stories into this series and I find it odd that there are scarcely any comments about the books/mysteries. Nearly everyone seems to comment on the performance of the reading voice and related matters.
Interesting thought. Maybe because the stories are already so well known?
Here’s one. I think Reginald Musgrave is a jerk.
The elm wouldn’t have grown since the 17th century when the ritual was written??
I made that argument the first time I read it. I don't know much about trees.
Frank McGovern there are some extremely old trees in England.
A very old Yew in Scotland - going back to Macbeth's time?
Sherlock Holmes Stories Magpie Audio the oak in the story would most likely still growing.
Yes, which makes it ridiculous for Holmes to use the modern height of the trees to solve the mystery, as if they were unchanged. Very disappointed in Conan Doyle.
I read the Adventure of 'The Musgrave Ritual' has been dated to Thusday June 23rd 1881. The month before 'A Study in Scarlet' (July 16th 1881). Does any SH officinardo know if those are the dates of publication in 'The Strand Magazine'? As there is a later publication date of 1893 which may be in the 2nd collection book entitled 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Wikipedia lists it as originally published in the strand Magazine 1893.This is where I got my 1881 reference from: bakerstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Sherlock_HolmesOf about 25 other references about the publication date, it was the only one listing the date as 1881. Any help? TY.
Your too good.
I listen to your renditions at least once a day. Its the pronunciation of Don Juan that worries me.. roughly pronounced 'wann' ..
Try not to worry. Bad for the health ;-)
I think it's being pronounced the way a country gentleman like Musgrave might himself have pronounced it.
I love ur worksss pls keep doing
Way to much fun. Thank you sir
Cheers B KP
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audioGeneva audiobook! You could do it justice Greg !
Back to reality ❣️.
Love it! All except the pronunciation of “Don Juan” as “don jew-in”
Sorry.
However it is the most likely pronunciation at that time.
See Oxford English Dictionary.
I thought exactly the same thing when I heard it. The part that that’s probably how it was pronounced, I mean.
I just realized he meant Don Juan. 😳
See OED
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Poor Mr Wagland. I twitched at it too, but I’ve also listened to enough of your narrations to assume you did it with reason. Thanks so much for all your stories. You are my absolute go-to in the event of a really awful day.
Don Jewin???!!! XD
Sir!
Vivat!!!
Don Juan lol
More than one way, old fruity 😎
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Not in this context :)
I bow to your qualifications.
;-)
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Yes indeed. An A level in English many decades ago has left me qualified to speak on many subjects....
One thing I did not understand of the story. If the cellar was known to the Musgrave family, why such round about directions to it's location?
What's a billet? I've looked it up...I already had the definition to do with soldier's lodgings.
A situation, as in position, job ☺️
A billet in this case is a small piece of wood made to a standard size, often used for fuel. Billets can also be made from steel.
A classically-trained, former teacher can mark the trigonometry of the shadow of an absent tree, but doesnt understand the use of a lever in a room full of sticks???
Pshaw, Mr Doyle, pshaw.
And Holmes doesn’t realize that the height of trees changes over time!? Not the cleverest story.
Very true. That definitely bothered me. But I figured maybe the family had a tradition of trimming the tree every year, just so. I really want to believe that Holmes is always right. XD
Firstly... really big fan loving these sherlocks and some of the Arthur conan doyle stories id never read before... Just to point out " hes a bit of a don juan" don juan is a spanish name(he is the spanish casanova) and pronounced "whan" not "ju an".... first mistake ive heard you make and im at least 20 stories in to your series.
Do consult the Oxford English Dictionary. Both forms mine and yours acceptable but I thought mine was the correct one here. The name Juan was used so regularly here that it was anglicised to ‘joo-en’. Glad you’re enjoying the stories Neil. I’m sure I’ve made lots of mistakes but not in this case 😊
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio yes i understand, however he describes him "as a bit of a don juan" he is referring to a specific person. The guy was a famous rogue and womaniser, so surely you pronounce him in his Spanish much like you would chorizo for example.
Look up Don Juan in the OED. Two pronunciations for Don Juan. Two pronunciations. Byron wrote the poem Don Juan. He anglicises the pronunciation, as here. The eponymous poem was known by all - Don Juan.
In Byron's poem it's pronounced "Don Joo-un." We know that because of how the poem scans.
Here is an example of how he rhymes it.
Mine's Johnson, and my comrade's Juan
The other two are women, and the third
Is neither man nor woman.' The chief threw on
The party a slight glance, then said, 'I have heard
Your name before, the second is a new one:....
It isn't rhymed like 'wan'. English knowledge of Don Juan came via Bryon.
Byron was huge. This pronunciation is how most 19th century English (and 20th century) would pronounce it, via Byron. That's why I chose to pronounce it the way I did.
I hope this helps.
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio i enjoyed the response thanks!
Why do you only have 9000 subs
It's a gift.
He's only got 9000 subs because some people have no taste or discrimination.
And its not 'only 9000' - it's 21 000.
39,000+ woohoo!
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Why did he pronounce Don Juan that way ? 😳
I wonder who Don Jew-an might be??
Pob clôd i'r eneth ifanc am llofriddio Brumpton ac ddianc y gyfraith heb her
A chware teg iddi am twli'r goron hanesyddol yn y llyn hefyd 😂
That's easy for you to say.
An excellent narrator although it's really irritating the way that Brits massacre Spanish words - like pronouncing Don Juan "Don Jew-un". Ugh.
It’s the correct pronunciation at this time
Time to learn English
Eat the rich.
Too fatty
Knj
"Don Jew-an"
Yep. That's correct.
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio That must be a misprint, as the term is Don Juan, pronounced [doŋ ˈxwan] or don wan (as in someone of a a wan complexion).
Far too many archaic British terms in this story, which are obscure in their meaning and irritating to have to deal with. Not one of Doyle's best.
Archaic terms in a book written about a hundred years ago. I understand your irritation 😃
It is really just appalling that the British insist on pronouncing Don Juan "Don Jew-un." Disgusting.
Care to elaborate? What exactly are you finding disgusting here? I’m fascinated by such comments/commenters. Cheers
OMG the mispronouncing of
Don Juan as “Don Jew-Ann” caused me to stop listening
Oh dear 😅
Still enjoyin your entertainin portrayals right much. 11:12 Don Hwahn (one syllable). God you are so parochial! No knowledge of Spanish. I guess that comes from not havin Mexico as a neighbor. Nobody in USA would get that one wrongly, I suppose. You couldn't possibly be a dweller in an international city. That is to your credit, but, still...
See Oxford English Dictionary
dɒn ˈdʒʊən
Who is parochial? Seems I don't need a knowledge of Spanish, as the name was anglicised, with the pronunciation above.
But still...
Son, you caught me in the middle of an ethical dilemma. I'll have to give to you the point on this one.
There are three arguments:
a bit of me wants authenticity
...but since you were readin an Englishman's speakin, the authenticity would consist in Anglicization
...moreover, Anglicization helps to squelch the tendency to "go native", and helps us to stay rooted in who we are.
In USA the use of Skraelin (native) names of places has holpen to dilute our sense of identity, and to give too much sway to alien forces who do not fully share our interests.
Alien forces? Whose interests is 'our interests'?
Aren't most US folk aliens pretty much? I don't really want this channel to be hosting whacky divisive viewpoints. Please elaborate.
Greg I am Smollett to your Abraham Gray.
But the metaphor is not quite apt in that, in USA and England, Silver has already taken the ship. Smollett is tryin to raise a new ship's company and Gray says, "Mr. Smollett why not just ship under Capt. Silver?".
You'll come around, but in how many years?
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Hey, listen. I'm American, and even I have no idea what Tru Keesey is trying to say. I think it's that bizarre vernacular s/he's putting on. I've traveled all around the United States and have never run across anyone who talks like that, much less writes like that. Just ignore him/her.
One of my favorites. The Case of How to Get Out of Cleaning Up by Distracting Roomie with. A Good Yarn.
Ha
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