From late January to April, you can obtain a printed series of Sherlock Holmes magazettes as they appeared originally (with illustrations) in The Strand Magazine. The series is produced by Stanford University (http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu). From 26 January to 13 April, 12 selected stories are being reissued in magazette print format. The cost for subscribing to the series is $20.
Stanford in 2003 began publishing replicated reprints from its Special Collections. Three Dickens novels were produced first, followed last year by Stanford’s first series of Holmes tales. While you’re at the Web site, check out the literary archives.
Note that these are print productions, not audio-visual. Of course, after you download any text (PDF, HTML or word processing format) file of period literature, you can have your computer read it aloud to you. If you’ve yet to experiment with automated reader utilities, they’re worth testing. Read-aloud functions come free with certain popular software applications. The early (1990s-vintage) electronic reading “voices” sound horribly robotic—often to the point of incomprehensibility. Newer voices are much more “human”-sounding. Some voices can be downloaded free, others for a fee. In future blogs, we’ll examine read-aloud (text-to-speech) technology and its potential value for studying and enjoying the literature of Doyle and other classic authors.
Daniel Elton Harmon
d@danieleltonharmon.com
www.danieleltonharmon.com
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