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The Tales of Max Carrados

By: Ernest Bramah
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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Exclusive audio collection. Eleven Max Carrados stories - narrated by national treasure Stephen Fry.

Max Carrados featured in a series of mystery stories that first appeared in 1914. Carrados featured alongside Sherlock Holmes in The Strand magazine, in which they both had top billing. The character often boasted how being blind meant his other senses were heightened.

  • 'The Coin of Dionysus'
  • 'The Game Played in the Dark'
  • 'The Holloway Road Flat Tragedy'
  • 'The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes'
  • 'The Secret of Headlam Height'
  • 'The Mystery of the Vanished Crown'
  • 'The Ingenious Mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome'
  • 'The Strange Case of Cyril Bycourt'
  • 'The Crime at the House in Culver Street'
  • 'The Bunch of Violets'
  • 'The Missing Witness Sensation'

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"[Narrator Stephen] Fry gives Max a perfect plummy voice and has equal fun with colorful supporting characters and ne'er-do-wells. His lovely mix of realistic conversation and pacing, as well as the occasional slow wink, encourages listeners to succumb in pleasure." ( AudioFile)
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These are really good stories whose slightly archaic but cerebral language is a perfect match for the voice of Stephen Fry.

Awesome Fry performance which brings slightly archaic text to life

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Can not fault the narration of Stephen Fry, almost made the stories interesting with the skill of doing voices etc. but sadly the stories themselves were a bit dull. It was like they were trying to be Sherlock Holmes and just failing. I found myself zoning out at times. would have scored lower but I just love listening to Fry!

great narration, ok stories

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Well worth a listen. Might be a little on the ordinary side if not so well acted by Fry.

Like Agather Christie read by Fry. Brill.

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This has been the best gem I discovered in a while! I can't believe I didn't know about Max Carrados before. I recommend this to everyone looking for mysteries, new or old, and especially fans of oldie but goldie detectives.
The narration was flawless and brought everything into focus. From now on Stephen Fry's voice for Max will forever be associated with the character.
Such a brilliant listen I found myself stopping and simply listening instead of doing whatever I was doing at the time. Cannot recommend enough!

brilliant

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I like to play my books in the car as they make my traffic filled journeys more bearable. But I found the content in these short stories to be demanding too much of my attention which is not good when you're driving. Example, the stories are written in Old English and so sometimes I'm left there translating what was said to follow the story, as words used are not used in current dialect these days. These are good stories but i needed something with more humour and less thinking done on my part.

I love Stephen Fry when he narrates, however...

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