39 The Red Circle from His Last Bow: Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (1917) Audiobook

The Adventure of the Red Circle by Arthur Conan Doyle read by Greg Wagland for Magpie Audio. Video 2017.

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[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Mostly! Cheers Anjali.

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Hey! Nice observation!x 🇬🇧

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[@stylembonkers1094]

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[@Appasaurus]

Elementary deduction, Watson.

[@giorgioandreatini7332]

As an italian myself I found this story beautiful and amusing: it is always nice to recognise your own nationality in a foreign tale, even though the story talks about southern Italy (and it was obvious even before the woman said where she was born) while I am from northern Italy. However, it is really intriguing to see how foreigners saw us Italians in the past. Kudos to Doyle who, in a different time from ours, where all you need to do is get a little information on the web, managed to know a few words of Italian to make this tale even more realistic. And kudos to the reader who pronounced those few Italian words with an accent of remarkable accuracy for someone who is not a native Italian speaker. The only correction I would like to make to the story is this: if I have understood correctly, at a certain point the Carbonari are cited as the origin of this mafia-like criminal society, but the Carbonari were not a criminal organisation, but a liberal Italian political organisation of the early 19th century' which proposed the unification of the nation. Otherwise, it was all exquisite.

[@tamillajosi7100]

You know you're a true italian when you find the need to state you're from the north 😂

[@francescaemc2]

anca mi, tusa de Milan ;)

[@giorgioandreatini7332]

@@tamillajosi7100 definetely. Otherwise they would associate you with pizza and beaches while you actually live in the Alps.

[@veronicaandras4280]

This has become my go-to audio book thanks Greg for making cleaning easier 😊

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cleaning… Not my favourite thing! Glad if it helps 🍻

[@fahnikan]

Dark, tall, beautiful, and a bit crazy = Doyle's description of all foreign women

[@sjr7822]

Greg Wagland so an excellent narrator for us hard of hearing- appreciated

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad to hear. Thanks SJ R

[@ArizonaJoeHines]

I really enjoyed this. The reader does a creditable American accent for the Pinkerton man.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Joe. Kind of you to say so!

[@vsirrmk]

I am reading these stories to my children, but I can't play with my voice, so I have to explain "Homes says", "Watson replies". 🤦 But you are changing your voice marvelously - it's always clear who is taking!

[@alexapenn6399]

i am amazed how people then could just decide to see a concert or a show and just go. like us going to a movie! we have to get our tickets months in advance!

[@andocrates]

No phones to book tickets. No radio or tv and no recordings to gain a following.

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

suitable.! Now I am off to Covent Garden, I hope in time for the third act. 🎭

[@tasha6151]

Great fun - - wonderfully read (and written!) Thank you so much for this.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks tasha. Kind of you!

[@mauricestanley6859]

Excellent. Thanks!

[@mijiyoon5575]

I just watched this movie w/Jeremy Brett my favorite Sherlock Holmes

[@copernicus6420]

He is indeed the best.

[@upster1967au]

Hes in my top 2, with Rathbone, they look alike also

[@maryrichards8086]

Thank you:) 👍

[@christyd.2882]

Really enjoy listening!!

[@sylvainnouet6447]

At the beginning, I Know what' s going on. The man has covid 19. Elementary !

[@johnchalmers]

Holmes would have the deductive reasoning to realize that we are being played and the game is afoot !

[@elizabethjansen2684]

🙄

[@thomasfrye8351]

Spot on Watson. The government is playing these fools like a fiddle.

[@nessaf.279]

Amazing. Work!

[@Graycata]

I love hearing the same voice speak from British to American accent. It's so jarring

[@MrBawdry]

I'd ask for my money back if I were you.

[@alexapenn6399]

your accents are all so good :} i really don't like it when English stories use what ever their regular accent is instead of a real 'foreign' accent. a German speaking British or American English just sounds ridiculous.

[@asmarrahman4475]

great naration

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Asmar! Appreciate your comment!

[@Thora-i6n]

Apologies to all Nottinghill hooligans

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[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good oh!

[@thomasstevens1436]

Where's #38? Thank you for these.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Dunno.

[@micahfoley9572]

Curse you, Moriarty!

[@NickDiFroscia]

Back to reality ❣️.

[@ZmxnQaz]

Я русский

[@ktcooki276]

Hi, I'm English, pleased to meet you!! .🇬🇧 (Yes everyone, I Googled this and.it means, "I'm Russian")!! 🤓

[@blu3chick3n34]

raga ma l'accento italiano? ahahah sono morta.

[@susandombrowski6407]

it was the poetry of her expression not the accent that carries the tale. Lighten up.

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

I thought it was actually pretty good, & I’m Italian

[@tjgluckman4768]

I found it 2-dimensional; Conan-Doyle wasn't big on character either but the brilliant deductions compensate. This story comes over as propaganda; 'Red Circle' must = socialist network in the author's mind.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Some of these tales are much better than others, certainly. The playlist of Conan Doyle's own favourites is worth a look if you want to find the best.

[@willtheprodigy3819]

Because socialism has resulted in devastation, stagnation, and starvation wherever it rests its ugly head. And before you say “but Scandinavia” - those are not socialist countries; they’re capitalist with a few more social safety nets (which are, in fact, beginning to bankrupt the country). Conan-Doyle was right to lampoon socialism, and there is nothing “propagandistic” about it.

[@willtheprodigy3819]

By the way, after having listened to the story, you have to *really* be reaching to say that this is about socialism, just because “red” is in the title. To me, the group struck me more as the mafia than some communist group.

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

@@willtheprodigy3819 Exactly. The "Red" refers distinctly to a secretive, criminal band.

[@ronniesutton1652]

@@willtheprodigy3819 Agree It has nothing to do with socialism or your extraordinary views on it??Raises its ugly head? Surly your referring to fascism????????

[@rustyhook69]

❤

[@ronnyrono782]

The only negative I take away from these stories is that for a day or day and a half I walk around talking like it's 1890 London, England.

[@hangingwithmatty9465]

...that's the faintest of negatives, my dear sir

[@grace2ponies411]

I lost marks in a recent English exam because I phrased things in the slightly more particular order that is so catchy!

[@sarasmith99]

I believe you're right! This is where all the nice people on the internet hang out.

[@OrchestrationOnline]

A charming little story from Conan Doyle's later years - but it's rife with problems. For instance, the actual physical act of testing the time it takes to flash candle flames in order to spell out words has been tested, and it would take many arduous minutes to simply spell out "pericolo." The other problem is the alphabet. What Italian speaker would be using the 26-letter English alphabet? The proper Italian alphabet has no J, K, W, X, and Y in it. So to spell "attenta" would take a different number of candle flicks. Holmes, counting out such flicks and associating them with the English alphabet, would have come up with the word "arrelra." Conan Doyle didn't think all this through. Finally, while the mysterious lodger leaves single words like "match" for the housekeeper, at the end of the story we find that she's actually quite fluent in English, and wouldn't need an Italian-to-English dictionary at all. She would know to write the word "matches."

[@marieedwards9178]

I can’t thank you enough for these stories. I have a stomach disease that makes it difficult for me to sleep. These stories keep me company! Your voice is very soothing.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad they're helpful, Marie. All the best!

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What kind of disease that suffer you so much....asking as physician

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[@AmyLesemann]

I have chronic pain. Helps me sleep. Thanks.

[@TapeManX2]

Does anyone else look at that title on the screen and think of a Country Crock butter tub? Every time.

[@roringusanda2837]

😮yes! and old timey saloon music 🎶

[@diw2756]

Reading the Italian lady’s part with accent is just awesome! I love your narratives of these books👍You made all the characters sound so different and I thoroughly enjoy them! 😊thank you

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[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good question! Something to do with them being FREE I rather suspect.

[@micahfoley9572]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Like looking a gift horse in the mouth, finding gold teeth and complaining about the dentist.

[@ronniesutton1652]

Jealousy!!!👍

[@Appasaurus]

See Anjali Kandwal's comment. The thumbs-downers must've arrived here by mistake.

[@davidguerin1401]

I love Greg's voicings of the different characters, it's truly an art form. Thanks for each of these 🍀💚🤍🧡

[@QHarefield]

one further comment : i really enjoy jeremy brett's characterisation of holmes but nothing beats the original story, straight off the page; it cuts through all 'interpretations', melodrama, and over-dramatisations. again, thank you.

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Your biggest fan alert!! such an amazing voice you have. A brilliant narrator 💯

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you Mimansa! Very kind of you!

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Wonderful! I first discovered you when I needed something to listen to after a concussion two years ago. I'm totally healed now....but still listen. ❤️

[@alexapenn6399]

wonderful reader - character, tones of voice, accents, innuendo. . . and his voice is mellifluous and easy to listen to. (jeez, i misspelled mellifluous and it changed it to malicious!!!!!! i do wish they wouln't change words without permission - it is so rude. like i couldn't lookup the spelling myself >:\ )

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Innuendo? Puh-leeze!

[@dubchile]

As Ive mentioned before so much like the voices of the best TV adaptations of these adventures..and with bonus tales not before included in the 'Brett/Hardwicke' incomparable TV series. "Bravo Sir.. Bravo!"

[@AnOctopusProduction]

I’ve listened to these over and over again. Can’t get enough

[@aniaspafford5342]

I always love listening to audio books by him. He makes them very interesting. He has a great voice for them. It makes you think that you were watching a movie, he does a different and distinct voice for each character. I love his narraration.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers, Ania. Much appreciated!

[@rhondacampbell4186]

Enjoying the stories beats all the gloom boring News. Thank you🤗

[@cynthiaholland13]

This American is extraordinary impressed with your accents. What an extraordinary talent you are. Have you made your living in theater or possibly on screen?

[@sivanlevi3867]

While it ain't the first time Pinkerton was involved in a Holmes case, The Red Circle certainly tackles an amazing case.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Indeed.

[@catherine4092]

Hey Greg, my second listen and i think its better. I didn't provide comments back then however find it curious to do so currently. I know it's because you respond to your subscribers comments. I appreciate that as I'm sure others do also. I enjoy the cases Sherlock has exactly as this. Your voice is perfect for an Emmy my friend..🕵️ TYSM again Catherine from Tucson AZ 11/7/23

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you, Catherine!

[@nazhao3156]

I love listening to these Sherlock Holmes adventures. They’re so fun to listen to.. phenomenal job, Mr. Greg

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers nazhao

[@nazhao3156]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Ty Mr Greg

[@sunflowerz54]

I love Greg’s voice. Great job

[@QHarefield]

thank you. another superbly read episode! i used to read S.H. stories to my wife, and well understand how difficult it is to swap between multiple voices without adopting the wrong one - that, and sustaining one accent over a given length of time. you achieve both these feats without apparent difficulty, as well as narrating smoothly and well. i very much appreciate your making these stories available to us for free but, surely, aren't you undercutting your own profits?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers for that! Profits schmofits, I say!

[@QHarefield]

Ha ha! Good for you, sir! How very refreshing in these money-grabbing days.

[@raghav3093]

Excellent narration, great voice..it is as good as reading the actual book..suits it perfectly

[@jenniferkussner1043]

Lovely Story😂 I'm Italian so I can relate...💟

[@ArchibaldBagge]

This story must have taken Conan Doyle all of an afternoon to write. Very average tale, but well told as usual by Greg Wagland.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Perhaps not his best - agreed. Thanks AB

[@malcolmcrossley2618]

Thank you so much. I'm a lawyer in Cape Town and I am enjoying every story 😊😊❤

[@joeharoutunian1805]

Amazing reader. . Always seems like a cast performance. Perfect

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Joe.

[@KororaPenguin]

Rather hot down there, isn't it, Signor Gorgiano? You lived by the dagger, and you died by the dagger when one of your targets proved more than a match for you.

[@TanveerHussain-qt2di]

What a magical voice!!! For 40 minutes I thought I was in Victorian England far far away from my beloved Indian Administered Kashmir...

[@leoniegrosse9121]

your work is amazing. all the accents and voices are on point! truly admirable! xx

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leonie Grosse LoL. It’s not him.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Allen Parsens project. Yes it is. LoL.

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

Cannot believe how many accents you can do! And each one awesome!

[@moviemad56]

"Bleat, Watson, unmitigated bleat!" 😂 🤣

[@mwatts-riley2688]

Lovely. Just thank you for the time you took to upload this, and the others. Treasures. M, il. USA, West of Chicago.

[@johndrake3472]

Holmes meets the mafia in this one.

[@wmnoffaith1]

Amazing that you can do such a consummate upper crust British accent, and a spot on American accent as well. Honestly, other than Hugh Laurie, I can't even think of an actor that can do it convincingly; the Hollywood actors have deplorable British accents, and the British actors trying to do American accents usually aim for NY and sound like a gangster, or Southern, which is always laughable. They end up with some really campy Scarlet O'Hara effect. Did you train with a voice coach or is this just a hobby of yours? You're certainly better than most of the Audible narrators. (Your Italian is passable as well :)

[@cleopatraoatcake7364]

He's a professional actor.

[@moviemad56]

@@cleopatraoatcake7364 and a damn good one! ☺️

[@nickwilliams6062]

Michael c. Hall does a good British accent

[@micahfoley9572]

Don't forget stephen Fry.

[@ronniesutton1652]

But Americans doing Sherlock Holmes is horrendous! Also that blind detective Carrodos is terrible can’t bare to listen instead of Carr o dos Carrdus??

[@prateekshyaayushi4155]

Social isolation at its best!

[@shadetreader]

Pinkertons were strike-breaking monsters.

[@julesballe463]

Yeah, so ??

[@Leo-vq1mz]

you are changing your voice marvelously

[@jimmywayne9363]

masterful job!!!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Jimmy. Your support always appreciated.

[@sunflowerz54]

Greg Thank you again for this excellent presentation I enjoy your talents of these readings so much!! Be safe and God bless :)

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks La Q! Appreciated.

[@LearnEnglishEasy]

thank a lot

[@feralbluee]

wonderful reading - your accents are so good :)

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Best thing to listen to while I'm doing embroidery

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When I listen to these stories only one word I can utter "Insanely fascinating".And they speaker himself is a legend , And I suggest all parents. Should make their children listen to it it enhance the perspicacity and also will help them to stay away from pornograhy and this way we will build a strong Nation and Clearly lustless Ambience

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoyed them, Code. I think children can still enjoy these tales, too. Great for learning more vocabulary. Cheers.

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Help!

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ooh this is a great one!

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Excellent... Thank you!

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great narration. thanks!

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Nighty night

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Really very nice ..

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thank you! Cheers, Rajesh!

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@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio best audiobook I have ever listen to keep it up...folks...looking forward to more books probably rudyard Kipling stories.

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Many thanks! 🙏

[@benparkinson8314]

Too bad about being demonitized When I were wee me mum would read these. Nice to see this sort of cultural expression still out there too as there is a lot of crazy rubbish

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Yes. It's all about contemporary vapid stuff now, rather than the old school vapid stuff. Still, who doesn't like K Pop?

[@helen4542]

Another great read, you have a brilliant voice to listen too, thank you!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Helen.

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Thank you very much, I have throughly enjoyed your presentation!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Appreciate your comment Ruben

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Thank you very much , blissful.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks for listening Margaret. Kind of you to say so!

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thank you for doing these!! your readings are amazing :)

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers Theo.

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Thank you. Very enjoyable.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Cecelia. Appreciated.

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Amazing work.

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Great job! I have listened to three of your readings. Good characterizations and development of accents. Thank you for your talents.

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LOVE IT!! Thanks !! This is great!!

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Thanks

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Welcome

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Ur a 8th grader too?

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You're very talented, Mr. Wagland! Amazing performance! 👍 I've been listening one by one to your videos after discovering them a month ago. Can't wait to finish all of them!😁

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Kind of you Bits.

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Im loving it...

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

Another enjoyable one! :)

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Thankyou .

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

You're most welcome, Sassafrass.

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I love you :3

[@susanhepburn6040]

Thank you very much!

[@elizah2093]

Excellent! Thank you!!

[@subject2moodswings449]

I was certain you had recorded the story called his last bow I remember listening to it but I can't find it. Am I imagining listening to it or have you removed it?

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

No, I haven't recorded the short story His Last Bow published in 1917. I have two more short stories to record: "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" (1910) "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917) These are stories from the anthology, confusingly called His Last Bow.

[@subject2moodswings449]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Thank you for the quick response. I have been pondering this question all day. Maybe I'm remembering reading it .

[@ronniesutton1652]

I think it was the collective name of the last group of stories, or may refer to the episode that killed off Holmes? Conan Doyle only bringing him back 10 years later after much pressure, plus for financial reasons.

[@bhavya6189]

Someone please explain to me that how was this attack and story linked to Mrs.Warren and their lodger

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Hi Bhavya This synopsis on wikipedia will help: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Red_Circle Cheers Greg

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thank you :)

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Thank YOU