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The Solitary Cyclist | A Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle | A Bitesized Audiobook

One of the best-known Sherlock Holmes stories, in which Miss Violet Smith, a young teacher of music, is disturbed by a stranger who follows her on a bicycle as she cycles along a lonely stretch of road on her way to the railway station... The story begins at 00:01:30 Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me (and get access to exclusive content): * Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesize... * Monthly support on Patreon:   / bitesizedaudio   * Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... * Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: https://bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com/ * Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on YouTube, from $1 / £1 / €1 per month:    / bitesizedaudioclassics   Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:30 The Solitary Cyclist 00:51:14 Credits, thanks and further listening The music used at the beginning and end of the story is an extract from 'Duet for Two Violins' by Luigi Boccherini, Op 5 N2 Larghetto. If you enjoyed this recording, you may like to listen to some of my previous Sherlock Holmes readings: The Cardboard Box:    • The Cardboard Box | Arthur Conan Doyl...   The Bruce-Partington Plans:    • The Bruce-Partington Plans | Arthur C...   The Blue Carbuncle:    • The Blue Carbuncle | Arthur Conan Doy...   The Problem of Thor Bridge: About the author: Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish doctor and author, celebrated for his world-famous creation Sherlock Holmes, the consulting detective who set the standard for crime fiction into the 20th century and beyond. In addition to his Holmes stories, Conan Doyle is also remembered for his fantasy and science fiction novels and stories, including 'The Parasite' and 'The Lost World' series of novels, his historical fiction, and for numerous short stories contributed to magazines over a 40 year period. He was knighted by King Edward VII in the 1902 Coronation Honours. From his debut in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, in 'A Study in Scarlet', Sherlock Holmes established himself as the first, the best and the most famous of all private consulting detectives. His serialised adventures in The Strand Magazine, starting with 'A Scandal in Bohemia' in 1891, developed the character into a literary sensation and in the 20th century he was to become the most portrayed character in screen history. The enormous impact of the character of Dr Watson should also be noted: the narrator/companion figure became a staple of detective fiction in future generations. Significant and influential portrayals of the duo have included: Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce; Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock; Jeremy Brett and David Burke (later Edward Hardwicke); and most recently the contemporary take on the characters by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. 'The Solitary Cyclist' was the 33rd Sherlock Holmes story (of 60) written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in London in December 1903 in The Strand Magazine (in the issue dated January 1904), with illustrations by Sidney Paget, and in Collier's magazine in the United States (26 December 1903 issue), with illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. It was subsequently printed in book form as part of the short story collection 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes', published in 1905. Like 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', which appeared two years earlier, 'The Solitary Cyclist' is notable for a sequence where Holmes deputes Watson to travel into the country to do some investigations in his stead. Unlike in 'The Hound', though, Holmes is not impressed with Watson's efforts, telling him "You really have done remarkably badly", before stepping in to take charge of the case himself. Legend has it that this was at the insistence of the editor of The Strand Magazine, Herbert Greenhough Smith, who rejected Doyle's original draft of the story because Holmes didn't feature enough in the case. Textual note: If you're following along with the book, you may notice minor differences between the text read here and your edition. Most of the Sherlock Holmes stories have multiple versions of the text available, with mostly minor differences, usually reflecting changes made between the magazine printing and book publication, as well as differences between British and US editions. Recording © Bitesized Audio 2024