Beautiful reading. The emotion you gave Greta at the end was especially moving. You did not muff a single word and found meaning in every sentence. Thank you Elizabeth!🥇
Is there a way to make requests for books? I really need to read The Commitments by Roddy Doyle but it has been a hard read and I learn better from hearing. Thanks!
Not my cup of tea. I have read other critically acclaimed writers & found a title or 2 from each that I could sincerely enjoy. Im disappointed in myself, but just cannot find the groove with James Joyce.
While it is laudable that people volunteer to read books for those who are either too lazy to read them themselves or visually impaired, the art or craft of reading aloud is only really successful when done by an actor. Simply rattling off the text like an indifferent schoolboy anxious to get through it quickly is not good enough. It is a long time since I read this and hardly recognise it from this performance. Perhaps Irish prose is best read by an Irish man - Joyce was the perfect choice for reading Joyce.
I don't care about the professionalism of the reading, but the quality of the narrator's voice is everything. About half the Librivox narrators sound great (sound pleasing, soothing, etc.), and the other half are absolutely terrible. There doesn't seem to be anything in between.
For some people, narrators with strong Irish accents can make it difficult to listen for nuance within the text. Some listeners need these audio recordings for literary analysis papers where they need to pin point quotes, themes, and literary elements to apply to their work. Deciphering devices through a heavy accent is more work than some are willing to go through. Here, we can listen with a little more ease to dig deeper.
Thank goodness for this audio book. I would not have been able to read this story by myself.
Thank you for this extraordinary reading. What a gift you have given us.
Beautiful reading. The emotion you gave Greta at the end was especially moving. You did not muff a single word and found meaning in every sentence. Thank you Elizabeth!🥇
I liked this story very much. I had to read it for an assignment and this audio really helped.
an excellent reading of a beautiful story. thank you
This is the highest level of fiction.
Joyce reached for something of value and got the golden apple.
she realy brought the story to life. nice
I learn English with this book. I listen and read at the same time and use dictionary.
Beautiful reading.
Very well read. Thank you
This was a LIFESAVER!!!!!
Mil gracias!!
I loved your voice. I also listened to Bliss, by Katherine Mansfield.
The last part was very emotional
Very well read.
That was great! Thank you so much!
Thank you, this was very helpful!
Playing this over Skrillex, calling it Dublinstep.
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Oh my GODDDDDD
listening to this as i write a 13 page paper on this book. its good for inspiration :)
I need to write essay on it too. I have no idea if what to do. :(
Thank You!
this was very helpful! A book worth reading! ☺☺
Is there a way to make requests for books? I really need to read The Commitments by Roddy Doyle but it has been a hard read and I learn better from hearing. Thanks!
Damn I feel like Elizabeth has recorder a LOT of audiobooks, I hope she's doing well.
Seeing Joyce was never really alive, I'm not surprised he wrote about what he knew...the dead.
Bookmark @ 41:20
You even sing well 💙
Not my cup of tea. I have read other critically acclaimed writers & found a title or 2 from each that I could sincerely enjoy. Im disappointed in myself, but just cannot find the groove with James Joyce.
Bookmark @ 1:23:34
Sweet voice)
bookmark @ 20:32
Cheater Cheater, Pumpkin Eater
It's easier to get through this way.
Wow it's almost like someone has a life outside youtube
ADD pathetic soup brain
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What a terrible story
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Drinking Carlsberg and listening to this audio. Is Joyce the most boring writer ever. . . Probably!
While it is laudable that people volunteer to read books for those who are either too lazy to read them themselves or visually impaired, the art or craft of reading aloud is only really successful when done by an actor.
Simply rattling off the text like an indifferent schoolboy anxious to get through it quickly is not good enough. It is a long time since I read this and hardly recognise it from this performance. Perhaps Irish prose is best read by an Irish man - Joyce was the perfect choice for reading Joyce.
I've heard worse.
Lmao shut up
I don't care about the professionalism of the reading, but the quality of the narrator's voice is everything. About half the Librivox narrators sound great (sound pleasing, soothing, etc.), and the other half are absolutely terrible. There doesn't seem to be anything in between.
For some people, narrators with strong Irish accents can make it difficult to listen for nuance within the text. Some listeners need these audio recordings for literary analysis papers where they need to pin point quotes, themes, and literary elements to apply to their work. Deciphering devices through a heavy accent is more work than some are willing to go through. Here, we can listen with a little more ease to dig deeper.
Also, it isn’t lazy to consume audiobooks.
I think I love you Elizabeth from Houston, Texas.
This comes a bit late, I know, but she read lots of other books:
librivox.org/reader/1259?primary_key=1259
(go for the ones labeled "solo")
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