The Firm of Girdlestone Preface
The Arthur Conan Doyle Library
September 27, 2026
In which the groundwork is laid for a tale intertwining commerce and character, marked by an expression of gratitude to a trusty informant whose knowledge illuminates distant lands.
Speakers Ashton Hoffman
TopicsFiction
Ashton Hoffman (0:00)
Preface of The Femme of Girdlestone This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org. Read by Ashton Hoffman The Femme of Girdlestone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Preface I cannot let this small romance go to press without prefacing it, with a word of cordial thanks to Mr. P. G. Holgrave of 28 Millman Street, Bedford Row.
To this gentleman, I owe the accuracy of my African chapters, and I am much indebted to him for the copious detail with which he finished me. Arthur Conan Doyle End of Preface
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