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Librivox recording of Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective by Frank Pinkerton, in the public domain.
Read by Sibella Denton.
Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best!
(Summary by Sibella Denton)
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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox
Author: Frank Pinkerton
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; adventure; crime; melodrama
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| dyke_darrel_railroad_detective_sd_librivox_128kb.m3u | 128kbps M3U | Stream |
| dyke_darrel_railroad_detective_sd_librivox_64kb.m3u | 64Kbps M3U | Stream |
| dyke_darrel_railroad_detective_sd_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 118 MB |
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 01 - A Startling Crime | 7.6 MB | 6.2 MB | 3.8 MB |
| 02 - Dyke Darrel's Trick | 8.8 MB | 7.1 MB | 4.4 MB |
| 03 - Professor Darlington Ruggles | 6.1 MB | 5.0 MB | 3.0 MB |
| 04 - Scalped | 8.2 MB | 6.7 MB | 4.1 MB |
| 05 - Elliston's Rebuff | 8.6 MB | 7.1 MB | 4.3 MB |
| 06 - Dyke Darrel's Danger | 6.7 MB | 5.6 MB | 3.4 MB |
| 07 - What a Hankerchief Revealed | 8.2 MB | 6.7 MB | 4.1 MB |
| 08 - A Plunge to Death | 6.2 MB | 5.1 MB | 3.1 MB |
| 09 - Words that Startle | 9.4 MB | 7.6 MB | 4.7 MB |
| 10 - Black Hollow | 7.3 MB | 5.9 MB | 3.7 MB |
| 11 - Poor Sybil | 8.5 MB | 6.9 MB | 4.2 MB |
| 12 - A Burning Trap | 7.5 MB | 6.1 MB | 3.8 MB |
| 13 - A Sad Fate | 7.8 MB | 6.3 MB | 3.9 MB |
| 14 - Dyke Darrel Astounded | 7.8 MB | 6.3 MB | 3.9 MB |
| 15 - A Baffled Villian | 10 MB | 8.4 MB | 5.2 MB |
| 16 - Nell Missing | 6.9 MB | 5.5 MB | 3.4 MB |
| 17 - Nell in the Toils | 6.5 MB | 5.2 MB | 3.2 MB |
| 18 - Beaten Back | 8.6 MB | 7.0 MB | 4.3 MB |
| 19 - The Detective Fooled | 9.7 MB | 7.9 MB | 4.8 MB |
| 20 - Overmatched by a Girl | 4.8 MB | 3.9 MB | 2.4 MB |
| 21 - A Bout In the Cellar | 9.9 MB | 8.2 MB | 4.9 MB |
| 22 - The Empty Seat | 11 MB | 8.8 MB | 5.4 MB |
| 23 - Dyke Darrel on the Trail | 8.7 MB | 7.0 MB | 4.4 MB |
| 24 - A Race for Life | 8.3 MB | 6.7 MB | 4.1 MB |
| 25 - Saved | 8.0 MB | 6.4 MB | 4.0 MB |
| 26 - The Mysterious Wart | 9.4 MB | 8.0 MB | 4.7 MB |
| 27 - The Story of a Wart | 6.6 MB | 5.4 MB | 3.3 MB |
| 28 - The Revelations of a Satchel | 7.6 MB | 6.1 MB | 3.8 MB |
| 29 - Retribution | 11 MB | 9.1 MB | 5.6 MB |
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| dyke_darrel_railroad_detective_sd_librivox_meta.xml | Metadata | 1.4 KB |
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![[3.0 out of 5 stars]](/images/star.png "[3.0 out of 5 stars]")
Reviewer: FNH - - May 19, 2008
Subject: Free Audio, Review
This is a story that follows the detective as he progresses through his investigation. It also spends few segments following the bad guys. The story moves swiftly and your not left idle waiting for action.
The characters are a little over the top, the bad guys are presented as evil and the good guys as very upright. A couple of times the main character gets into scrapes where he will die, only to be rescued in the nick of time by someone not heard of before or again latter. These stick out when you listen as the characters are not foreshadowed or followed up, making them obvious "plot-point" characters.
The main character was not really developed, I didn't feel much sympathy for him. In summary the story was ok and kept me entertained but I wouldn't say I was excited by it at all.
Reading 2/3
Production 2/3
Story 1/3
Total Score 5/9
See the rest of my reviews at http://freeaudioreview.blogspot.com/