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The Hound of the Baskervilles full cast audiobook

by Arthur Conan Doyle · Sherlock Holmes, Book 5

Released 14 October 2026 · Updated 14 October 2026 · 5h 29m · 19 voices

The story (no spoilers)

Dr. Watson, living in Baker Street with Sherlock Holmes in the late Victorian years, is drawn into a case when a country doctor arrives from Dartmoor with a frightening family legend. Dr. James Mortimer brings an old manuscript describing a spectral hound of monstrous size that has stalked the Baskerville line for generations, and he insists the curse is more than superstition. His friend and patient, Sir Charles Baskerville, has just been found dead on the grounds of Baskerville Hall, and the circumstances trouble him deeply. Now the heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, is arriving from Canada to claim the estate and take up residence on the lonely, fog-bound moor. Mortimer begs Holmes for protection and answers. Holmes, pressed by other business in London, sends Watson ahead to watch over the young baronet and report everything he sees. Among bogs, ancient stones and strange cries in the dark, Watson must discover whether a legend has killed one Baskerville and means to kill another.

The cast

13 speaking roles are listed; walk-on parts are not. Each voice was designed, or chosen from our library of designed voices, to fit how the book describes the character, and it stays with them from the first chapter to the last. Portraits are illustrated impressions of each character.

Sherlock Holmes
Male, about forty years old, an English consulting detective in London in the 1890s, a middle-class professional. He speaks with a crisp, clipped educated received pronunciation. His voice is a lean, dry, medium-low baritone, tall and spare in build, slightly nasal. He speaks precisely and quickly, dropping to a low murmur when tense. Keen, analytical, mischievous and impatient, with cool amusement.
Sir Henry Baskerville
Male, about thirty years old, an English baronet and wealthy landed heir in the 1890s who was raised partly in Canada. He speaks with a mild North American accent over English roots, plain and direct. His voice is a strong, warm, open baritone with a robust, outdoorsy build. He speaks at a brisk, hearty pace, frank and downright, puzzled but good-humoured.
Dr. James Mortimer
Male, about fifty-five years old, an English country doctor on Dartmoor in the 1890s, a middle-class medical man. He speaks with a gentle, courteous educated English accent. His voice is a thin, high, slightly cracking tenor, from a very tall, thin, stooping frame. He speaks in measured, earnest phrases, sinking to a near whisper at times. Mild, benevolent, self-effacing and scholarly.
Stapleton
Male, about forty-two years old, an English naturalist living on Dartmoor in the 1890s, a genteel middle-class gentleman of independent means. He speaks with a smooth, polite educated southern English accent. His voice is a light, pleasant tenor, of neutral, slight build. He speaks fluently and expansively at an easy pace, with a ready laugh. Friendly on the surface, guarded and watchful beneath.
Barrymore
Male, about fifty-two years old, an English butler at a Devon country house in the 1890s, a respectable servant. He speaks with a restrained, formal accent with a faint Devon burr beneath it. His voice is a deep, slow, dignified bass-baritone from a tall, upright frame. He speaks slowly and deliberately, often saying sir. Formal, deferential, pale and watchful.
Mrs. Laura Lyons
Female, about thirty years old, an English typist living in a Devon market town in the 1890s, a hard-pressed lower-middle-class woman. She speaks with a clear educated English accent. Her voice is a medium-pitched, slightly tight mezzo-soprano. She speaks at a quick, guarded pace that can tumble into a torrent of words. Independent, proud, nervous and defensive.
Miss Stapleton
Female, about twenty-seven years old, a tall, slim, elegant woman living on Dartmoor in the 1890s, of genteel middle-class background, with a soft accent from the Americas blended with English. She speaks with a curious slight lisp. Her voice is a low, warm, slightly husky alto. She speaks in a low, eager, earnest pace. Intense, sincere and urgently anxious.
Watson
Male, about thirty-eight years old, an English army-surgeon-turned-doctor in London in the 1890s, a respectable middle-class professional. He speaks with a plain, warm educated English accent, less clipped than his friend. His voice is a steady, mellow, medium baritone, sturdy in build. He speaks at an even, earnest pace, rising in amazement. Loyal, eager, good-natured and sincere.
John Clayton
Male, about forty-five years old, a London cab driver in the 1890s, a working-class man from the Borough. He speaks with a broad Cockney accent. His voice is a rough, hoarse, mid-range baritone from years in the open air, stocky build. He speaks in a quick, plain, colloquial way, with chuckles. Aggrieved at first, then cheerful and forthcoming.
Frankland
Male, about sixty-five years old, a Devon landowner and amateur astronomer in the 1890s, a well-off gentleman with a red face and grey whiskers. He speaks with a Devon gentry accent, a little burred and bluff. His voice is a loud, gruff, wheezy baritone from a stout frame. He speaks in booming, self-satisfied bursts with chuckles. Boastful, litigious, knowing and pleased with himself.
Lestrade
Male, about forty-five years old, a London police detective of Scotland Yard in the 1890s, a lower-middle-class professional, small and wiry. He speaks with a sharp, nasal London accent. His voice is a brisk, reedy, mid-high tenor. He speaks in quick, blunt, businesslike bursts. Practical, direct, slightly resentful of secrecy, yet respectful.
Cartwright
A fourteen-year-old English boy, an express office messenger in the 1890s, with a London Cockney accent. His voice is mid-high and still unbroken, light-framed, with bright, quick energy. He is brisk, obliging.
Mrs. Barrymore
Female, about fifty years old, an English housekeeper at a Devon country house in the 1890s, a working-class servant with a bulky figure. She speaks with a broad Devon rural accent. Her voice is a low, heavy, slightly breathy contralto. She speaks slowly, with a pleading, quavering quality when upset. Loyal, anxious and devoted to her family.

Chapters

15 chapter markers; each link opens the video on YouTube at that point.

Series

Book 5 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes. 5 released so far.

Previous: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Book 4)

About this recording

Narrator: Told in Watson's own character voice
Runtime: 5h 29m (complete and unabridged)
Voices: 19
Channel: Driving Audiobooks on YouTube
Released: 14 October 2026
Updated: 14 October 2026
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
First published: 1902
Kind: crime detective novel
Source edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #2852
Public domain (US): The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) by Arthur Conan Doyle is in the public domain in the United States; text from Project Gutenberg.