Narrative of John Smith (CD)
Published Date:
26 September 2011
Publisher:
The British Library
ISBN:
9780712351157
Bibliographic Details:
5 CDs with booklet, running time: 270 minutes
Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his first novel The Narrative of John Smith in 1883 when he was just 23, living in Portsmouth and struggling to establish himself as a doctor and a writer. Never published before, it has exceptional value as a window into the mind of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, and many of the themes and tropes of Conan Doyle's later writing can clearly be seen.Through John Smith, a 50-year-old man confined to his room by an attack of gout, Conan Doyle sets down his thoughts and opinions on a range of subjects – literature, science, religion, war, politics – making it a work of considerable biographical importance.Read by BAFTA award-winning actor Robert Lindsay.
