7 The Blue Carbuncle from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) Audiobook

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  • čas přidán 19. 12. 2017
  • Perhaps the most festive of stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon. There are turkeys and geese if memory serves and of course a fabulous gem. Whatever happened to our coveting of fabulous gems: it's all bitcoin nowadays. Anyway, sit back, pour yourself a sneaky glass of Manns Brown, and enjoy this Yuletide tale of fowl goings-on.
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Komentáře • 165

  • @robertsmock5044
    @robertsmock5044 Před rokem +114

    I love the fact that in all these stories. every medical treatment is. give him some Brandy

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před rokem +22

      Imagine if the NHS prescribed brandy instead of rem desivir etc!

    • @rosehagood3146
      @rosehagood3146 Před rokem +6

      Except for women-then it was wine and water

    • @albie7581
      @albie7581 Před rokem +1

      That's great😂

    • @bjs3380
      @bjs3380 Před 11 měsíci

      All spirits, at this time, were considered treatment for some condition. If you were wealthy and a hypochondriac you might feel it necessary to have a dozen or more drinks every night. Ha!

    • @bananahanderson
      @bananahanderson Před 9 měsíci +5

      Sometimes it’s ammonia and brandy (praying the ammonia was used as a smelling salt and not as a mixer)

  • @hyperphenomenal4360
    @hyperphenomenal4360 Před rokem +41

    " I have no doubt that I am stupid" I burst into laughter at watson's tone

  • @naimeshach5565
    @naimeshach5565 Před 3 lety +15

    This and the Hound of Baskervilles are the two stories I read when in school and what a vivid memory i have of Mr.Henry Baker’s hat 😄 Thank you for bringing this story back to me and the memories attached.

  • @js8039
    @js8039 Před 3 lety +24

    A perfect rendition with perfect timing.

  • @kevinpaul180
    @kevinpaul180 Před 6 měsíci +4

    One of my favorite adventures...well written ...I listen to the story every Christmas 🎄

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 Před 2 lety +20

    My favourite will always be
    “The Speckled Band”
    Just love “ I raised his snakish temper!”😄😄

    • @h.calvert3165
      @h.calvert3165 Před rokem +2

      Mine, too! And ACD's, so we are in good company. Dr. Roylott is the worst of all Holmesian fiends. He raised those young women from infancy. Yet he thought nothing of slaughtering them in the foulest manner, just for a few extra pounds for himself. 🐍

    • @robertnavetta4419
      @robertnavetta4419 Před rokem +1

      If anyone ever asks me what story I recommend they read first I always say The Speckled Band. The Copper Beeches would be the 2nd.

  • @instinctivelychelsea2905
    @instinctivelychelsea2905 Před 5 lety +66

    Still listen to these nightly. I put them on a playlist and just let them play all night long

    • @cross56818
      @cross56818 Před 4 lety +10

      Chelsea, you and me both. 😂🤦‍♂️

    • @pameladigaetano8119
      @pameladigaetano8119 Před 4 lety +5

      @@cross56818 all of us thrice!!! 😛

    • @billpiechocki
      @billpiechocki Před 4 lety +5

      It's nice to hear that somebody (perhaps many somebody's!), do the same thing! Listening to these throughout the night 🌃 brings a certain comfort in these crazy 🤪 times in which we find ourselves.

    • @PrincessShiloh21
      @PrincessShiloh21 Před 4 lety +2

      Same here

    • @jointhearumanati8065
      @jointhearumanati8065 Před 3 lety +2

      Same

  • @gordanamagdalena4149
    @gordanamagdalena4149 Před 3 lety +3

    My favorite S H story & my favorite narrator !

  • @crochetedlace2838
    @crochetedlace2838 Před 3 lety +46

    Geese don't have crops and they digest and pass their food in 2 hours. So it's not very plausible but ACD didn't know those fun facts about geese. (I have lots of geese.)

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před 3 lety +9

      Interesting. 2 hours? Blimey!

    • @gordanamagdalena4149
      @gordanamagdalena4149 Před 3 lety +1

      Interesting. Thanks, good to know.

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Před 2 lety +2

      Spoil sport! Their are many things you can pull apart example why did poor old Henry Baker get some of the reward? Why did they leave obviously innocent man in prison whilst allowing the snide guilty man to go completely free???

    • @royleneshaffer3669
      @royleneshaffer3669 Před 2 lety +8

      No my good man,In the days of Sherlock all things are possible! Please refrain from pointing out known professional facts as it distracts from my enjoyment of things I am ignorant of…😂😂😂😂

    • @alyssaw9062
      @alyssaw9062 Před rokem +3

      This explains why the Canada Geese behind our home absolutely LITTER the walking paths with their business haha

  • @GH-bv4pg
    @GH-bv4pg Před 4 lety +27

    Loved it!
    I'm surprised that The blue carbuncle wasn't on Doyle's favorites list, it is an enjoyable and clever story.
    "Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences."
    Honestly, Who wouldn't be hesitant to tell his inferences to Sherlock Holmes?
    Despite what he said, Dr. Watson wasn't stupid he was, after all, a medical doctor and he was often able to follow Holmes's reasoning.

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před 4 lety +5

      It's one of my faves!

    • @riggs20
      @riggs20 Před 3 lety +7

      Plus Holmes never hesitated to tell Watson how completely wrong he was whenever Watson would dare try to make a deduction! As brilliant as Holmes was, it would have been a challenge to be his friend. ☺️

    • @johnmoesche3959
      @johnmoesche3959 Před 2 lety +1

      @@riggs20 I wouldn’t have been as gracious as Dr. Watson.

  • @Vates104
    @Vates104 Před 2 lety +5

    My second favorite Holmes story after The Hound of the Baskervilles.

  • @leoniegrosse9121
    @leoniegrosse9121 Před 6 lety +61

    Loved it. I am really getting into the habit of listening to your audiobooks regularly, they are so magnificent.
    It always cheers me up. Thank you for the many hours of joy!

  • @gmsviewer6716
    @gmsviewer6716 Před 3 lety +7

    Thank youu sooo much!! This really helped me with a book report. It actually helped me enjoy the story having the voice acting be so amazing!

  • @stewartlancaster6155
    @stewartlancaster6155 Před 9 měsíci +1

    during my Navy days based in Portsmouth I used to walk past the site of Doyles GP surgery on Elm Grove, it is now the site of flats. Not sure how much use of Brandy he prescribed though !

  • @bhagyashreedubey3892
    @bhagyashreedubey3892 Před 4 lety +10

    Your voice reminds me of David Burke delievering his dialouges... beautiful.. thank u

    • @movingpicutres99
      @movingpicutres99 Před 3 lety +1

      Bhagyashree Dubey The slight regional accent is very similar.

  • @nc7547
    @nc7547 Před 2 lety +7

    Great as usual. I'm reading again my SH collection and listening to your audiobooks. Makes it much more pleasant

  • @waytoviditgujrathi9524
    @waytoviditgujrathi9524 Před 3 lety +4

    You guys got me an A+ in my exams cuz of this audiobook

  • @CahynJackson
    @CahynJackson Před 5 měsíci +1

    I listen to the stories for both relaxation and for knowledge. Sherlock holmes has taught me a lot which has helped me in my own cases. Thank you mr Holmes for teaching me.

  • @BeesWaxMinder
    @BeesWaxMinder Před 10 měsíci +3

    Just saw the Jeremy Brett version of this on TV and I was a little disappointed that he kept the carbuncle!
    So I decided to listen to the original, here, only to find that the only mention Holmes makes is that it stays in his "Museum" and that, unlike Brett's Holmes, he doesn't even get up and free the accused!
    Would the readers, back in the day, be rightly expected to assume that he would do the right thing; return the jewel in some way to make it appear was never stolen in the first place and we're just not sophisticated enough in this day&age to make those connections?

    • @garethmorgan3665
      @garethmorgan3665 Před 7 měsíci

      Love the Jeremy Bret series. Absolutely spot on !

  • @bobhostetler8548
    @bobhostetler8548 Před 3 lety +4

    What a wonderful story.

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před 3 lety +1

      One of my favourites and I think one of Doyle's as well.

    • @mckavitt13
      @mckavitt13 Před rokem

      Except for the “poor” goose, v. affectionate creatures, not to mention their beauty.

  • @karenwaters1926
    @karenwaters1926 Před 5 lety +17

    Great reading. One of my favorite stories.

  • @rizzgod2000
    @rizzgod2000 Před 4 lety +24

    This helped me with my book report. Thank you so much!

  • @jazzman3196
    @jazzman3196 Před 5 lety +19

    Good job! I really enjoyed this audio book!

  • @patriciaapetrone
    @patriciaapetrone Před 3 lety +4

    This always makes me wonder--what about the police who found the stone? If Holmes wanted to keep it as a souvenir, would the policeman ever get his thousand pound reward?

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Před 2 lety +6

      He would never do that, the reward went to the doorman mr Baker mistook as a policeman hence he ran! Always thought poor Mr Baker should have had least half the reward? Sure his wife may have loved him just a little???

  • @mrbike5765
    @mrbike5765 Před 4 lety +3

    This channel helps me keep up with book discussions each week.

  • @AgentMidnight
    @AgentMidnight Před rokem +1

    A lovely little story

  • @karenwaters1926
    @karenwaters1926 Před 4 lety +22

    I never before noticed how many times Watson ejaculates. I've relistened this playlist from the beginning the last few days. This is the third or fourth time. It's amazing how words usage changes with time.

    • @BigLeggedEmma
      @BigLeggedEmma Před 3 lety

      I've thought the same thing!

    • @ariannamyrie9520
      @ariannamyrie9520 Před 3 lety

      Whattt??? Sorry, I always fall asleep to this....

    • @emmamitchell66
      @emmamitchell66 Před 3 lety

      It’s quite distracting

    • @jimreily7538
      @jimreily7538 Před rokem

      I ejaculate twice as often as Watson. I even ejaculated after I read your comment. It was an especially loud ejaculation

    • @kennethboyd6935
      @kennethboyd6935 Před rokem

      That's so funny. 'Ejaculate' only means the male orgasm nowadays. Mary Morrison was the reason that Watson ejaculated so much.

  • @kennethboyd6935
    @kennethboyd6935 Před rokem +1

    Don't know the stories Doyle thought were his best. This one belongs to his best.

  • @ryandoubleu.
    @ryandoubleu. Před 4 lety +18

    Poor guy and his wife that actually found the stone didn’t even get the 1000 pound reward money. Would have been life changing for them. I remember thinking that decades ago when I first read this tale and still think of that when I hear it told.

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před 4 lety +6

      Is this what they call a spoiler, Ryan? ;-)

    • @movingpicutres99
      @movingpicutres99 Před 3 lety +6

      Ryan W. I assume that Holmes got the reward plus some extra --he said he knew that the owner would give half her fortune to have it back--and then did pass along the reward money to the actual finder.

    • @helenamirian908
      @helenamirian908 Před 2 lety +1

      Did Peterson get the reward?

    • @johnbullard902
      @johnbullard902 Před rokem +3

      You can’t conclude that from the text. You are ‘assuming’. And, based on what we learn about Holmes in this and other stories I’d bet he DID give them them the money.

    • @kennethboyd6935
      @kennethboyd6935 Před rokem

      Blame Doyle. It's fiction.

  • @moviemad56
    @moviemad56 Před 4 lety +19

    You are one of very few who bring out the forgotten or overlooked humour in the Sherlock Holmes stories. The very title of this one is a joke! :)

  • @josephhebert3073
    @josephhebert3073 Před 3 lety +5

    One of my favorite Sherlock stories. I guess because it's centered around Christmas. Fyi - Peter Cushing plays Sherlock in a tv adaptation that I like to watch every year around this time.

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před 3 lety +3

      Cushing and Lee... Both great! I loved the Hammer films as a youngster.

    • @josephhebert3073
      @josephhebert3073 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Totally! Lee was an awesome actor too. I love the old Hammer Films.
      And, who can't forget those Vincent Price editions of Edgar Allan Poe stories.
      Ahh, the good old days of film making.

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Před 2 lety +4

      But theirs only one perfect Sherlock Holmes
      “Jeramy Brett” part was just made for him, I believe he became Sherlock Holmes!!!

  • @karenwaters1926
    @karenwaters1926 Před 4 lety +7

    It's the time of year for this!

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 Před 2 lety +3

    Why didn’t poor old Henry Baker get some of the reward? He really needed it! Plus they allowed that poor innocent man to remain in jail despite having proof he was completely innocent? Yet let the guilty man go Scot free???

    • @waynemarvin5661
      @waynemarvin5661 Před rokem

      If he had a Scot, he probably would have been released.

  • @NorazlinaMdYasin
    @NorazlinaMdYasin Před 5 lety +4

    I keep listening to the story....love the audio....

  • @emmanem574
    @emmanem574 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you!!!!

  • @b.neighbors8249
    @b.neighbors8249 Před 5 lety +4

    Love these mysteries, thanks!

  • @claradenev
    @claradenev Před 8 měsíci

    So well read! Thank you!

  • @thomasstevens1436
    @thomasstevens1436 Před 2 lety +1

    “My dear Holmes!” Lol

  • @HitroLis
    @HitroLis Před 5 lety +3

    Thanks for your work.

  • @DizGuys
    @DizGuys Před 5 lety +9

    Such quality, had to subscribe 👍

  • @vanessajyrwa3368
    @vanessajyrwa3368 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow

  • @MsPepperbelly
    @MsPepperbelly Před rokem

    I don't know if these are in order but you would think the Watson would have been able to deduce that the hat was of good quality.
    After all they were as familiar with hats as we are with sunglasses or something similar. A modern person can usually tell a quality pair of glasses over cheap ones especially if one wore them every day.
    The mistake Holmes makes is to assume a large head signifies a large brain and that a large brain signifies high intelligence. Einstein had a smaller than average brain.

  • @NickDiFroscia
    @NickDiFroscia Před 15 dny

    Back to reality ❣️.

  • @lolagabrielle2671
    @lolagabrielle2671 Před 6 měsíci

    Good evening everyone, some months ago, I wrote a comment asking help to find a story, I got some answers but no one can identify it, so I decided to listen to all the stories in order to find it. Here I am, 6 months later and I did not find it!!! I am truly starting to think that I dream this and it doesnt actually exist!!! It starts describing a very cold and foggy day, sherlock its at the basement making a lot of noise and watson is reading something, then at dinner sherlock tells watson something about a very important experiment (something about bullets being fired, i think) and tells him that if he wants to know about this he must promise to stay at home and not talk to anyone, watson accepts this and sherlock goes back to the basement; then in the middle of the nigth a friend of watson arrives at the house and ask him to receive him. Thats the part where I always felt asleep. If anyone can help me with this I will be forever grateful!!! I am sure that im not creative enough to dream the story by myself but I listened to all the stories here, even the pastiches and I CAN NOT FOUND IT, maybe I dont remember correctly or I dont know... help please!!

    • @paulreilly3904
      @paulreilly3904 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I know the story you are thinking of. But it's not an ACD story. It's one of many written about Holmes and Watson by other authors. It's here on CZcams, or at least was until recently. Try listening to ones read by Benedict Cumberbatch, I think it's read by him. Hope this helps.

    • @jaybee9552
      @jaybee9552 Před 2 měsíci

      Commenter below is correct, it's one of three read by Benedict Cumberbatch. Not original ACD stories but extra Holmes stories written by another author. They're here on CZcams if you search, I just listened to them yesterday :)

  • @harishchalam5861
    @harishchalam5861 Před 3 lety +1

    Jephero rucastle and the mastiff

  • @ByVegaz
    @ByVegaz Před 5 lety +8

    Extra comment because someone said there weren't enough

  • @user-wx9hw2to7t
    @user-wx9hw2to7t Před 5 měsíci

    Was ACD an early adherent to the Kalergi Plan? Two stories with that theme makes it seem just so.

  • @helenamirian908
    @helenamirian908 Před 2 lety +2

    I called on my best friend in the two whole days AFTER Christmas to tell him Merry Christmas. He is all alone in the world; has no other friends and just one reclusive brother. Holmes was looking intensely at a hat when I entered. He looked busy, so I almost left.

    • @helenamirian908
      @helenamirian908 Před 2 lety +2

      Whereas, on another occasion, having received a letter from an old friend who was mopey, I walked in on Holmes who was at the crucial point of a chemical study that was about to decide the fate of a man's life and I plopped right down to wait.

    • @waynemarvin5661
      @waynemarvin5661 Před rokem

      Thank you so much for reading and writing this. I had no idea what was actually being said.

    • @johnbullard902
      @johnbullard902 Před rokem +2

      You’re reading with American eyes/mindset. We tend to think Christmas is one day and its OVER on Dec. 26.
      Other cultures look on Christmas as a span of days/weeks. “12 days of Christmas” etc

  • @ValkyraDrakkar
    @ValkyraDrakkar Před 5 měsíci

    13:31 don't mind my bookmark

  • @lcarole3131
    @lcarole3131 Před rokem

    Did I really hear him say_ jollification? 😆

  • @RasheedKhan-he6xx
    @RasheedKhan-he6xx Před 4 lety +2

    But what about the maid? 🤔

  • @lakshaydewan4976
    @lakshaydewan4976 Před 4 lety +1

    What is the turning point in it ??? Please tell

  • @walky_talks5576
    @walky_talks5576 Před 5 lety +2

    16:23 good minecraft oof dude

  • @littlerose3159
    @littlerose3159 Před 3 lety

    I thought you were David Burke for a second

  • @timmy18135
    @timmy18135 Před 2 lety

    10:31🍭

  • @kristicajthaml-webb5581
    @kristicajthaml-webb5581 Před 5 lety +1

    Only 3 comments there should be more

  • @sakshamsinghyt
    @sakshamsinghyt Před 2 lety

    Day 1: 21:46

  • @walky_talks5576
    @walky_talks5576 Před 5 lety +1

    thicc with ice crystals

  • @ringpop6177
    @ringpop6177 Před 5 lety +8

    Greatest voice in the whole world except Sam Elliot Lol!

  • @user-sk4yf2vz1q
    @user-sk4yf2vz1q Před 3 měsíci

    So sad for what the U.K. has become.

  • @stockastroaddiction
    @stockastroaddiction Před 5 lety

    unable to understand exact meaning?

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před 5 lety +2

      Nikita - hi!
      There's a useful summary or precis of the story here:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle
      Maybe that helps?
      Cheers!

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 Před 2 lety

    Why O why does Holmes let the little creep who set up another man to take the blame go free?
    Yet leaves the innocent man behind bars???

    • @waynemarvin5661
      @waynemarvin5661 Před rokem +1

      He knew the case would "collapse".

    • @midwesternviolet8768
      @midwesternviolet8768 Před 6 měsíci

      Holmes explains both those points at the very end. (If you listen at night, you may fall asleep before that bit.)

  • @walky_talks5576
    @walky_talks5576 Před 5 lety

    also 39:36

  • @walky_talks5576
    @walky_talks5576 Před 5 lety +1

    10:14 UMMMMMMMMMMM

  • @walirehman4598
    @walirehman4598 Před 4 lety +30

    You guys got me an A+ in my exams cuz of this audiobook

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Před 4 lety +16

      Well done! But I just want to say that YOU got the A+ and no one else. How you access the text is up to you😀
      Congratulations Wali

    • @copernicus6420
      @copernicus6420 Před 3 lety

      How ?

    • @davidjunto1008
      @davidjunto1008 Před 3 lety +4

      @@copernicus6420 youll need to use some of Holmes powers of deduction if you wish that to be answered. Why would a student get a good grade for listening to the information found in this story written by Sir Doyle?