Story timestamps: 00:01:02 The Open Window 00:10:14 The Lumber Room 00:25:37 The Hounds of Fate 00:45:29 Tobermory 01:06:03 The Story-Teller 01:19:51 Sredni Vashtar 01:34:01 The Music on the Hill 01:50:49 Credits and thanks (Story teasers and more details in the video description)
I listened to all the stories by Saki on your channel and couldn't get enough. I went to some other places on the Internet but I really couldn't get into their reading and decided I would have to wait until you decided to do some more Saki. I take this as a good omen that the rest of my 2022 will go exactly as I hope! Cheers from Jamaica!
The open window is also one of my favorites. May I suggest you listen to The Open Window, brought to life on Alfred Hitchcock's "Ghost Stories for Young People". Please enjoy.
I love these! I can't help wondering if the wonderful "Lumber Room" provided the inspiration for the "Just William" stories. Such similarity in the very funny, childlike cunning of the two boys cleverly winning freedoms from adult control.
Poor Tobermory! Deserved better - would have loved to have heard that he and the Stable Puss had escaped and were sending brutally honest pieces of information to a variety of newspapers :D
Marvelous Saki, marvelously read! Thank you for being the messenger of the text, your fine voice and knack for children's and women's voices always in character and not forced. Your delivery never calls attention to itself but communicates the essentials. I'm not a Brit, but I really appreciated the rustic dialect in "Hounds of Fate." It reminded me of some of the country speech in "The Secret Garden."
Wow. What a great collection of stories. Wonderful work Simon. Shame the author only lived until 44. I believe World War one was when they realized if you lit three cigarettes off one match, it gave the snipers time to aim. Yes, you can see where much of his background leaked into his storytelling. Absolutely fantastic narration. Short story anthologies is one of my favorite forms of book reading. So..., now I'm off to keep an eye on my cat. Stay well and thank you again.
For some reason, I always think Saki is the run-up to Christmas listening no matter what the subject. I think it's because I first listened to a Saki story during this period and it's kind of lodged that way in my thoughts.
Funnily enough, the one Saki I've recorded which I didn't include in this compilation is 'Reginald's Christmas Revel', because its so specific to the season. He did a few festive-themed stories and I'll aim to do some more around December
Now here's a happy Snippy! My favorite audiobook narrator is reading me to sleep tonight! I hope you are well, and thank you for all the lovely stories.
Hello Simon, I hope you're well. I finally found the time to listen to this highly entertaining collection of Saki short stories. The Open Window has always been a favorite of mine but tonight I added others to that list. Great job dear Simon as always. ❤😊
Here I am again at 4am unable to sleep and searching for your soothing voice to help me unwind. Thanks Simon, you are the best! Hope your holiday is going well.
These are wonderful stories and I have never heard them read as well. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us. I am so, so glad to still have you on UA-cam!
Hi Simon, these stories by Saki are some of my favorites you've done. I first have to listen to all of your work in the daytime to enjoy it to the fullest. Only then can I listen to them to fall asleep. Thank you for your exquisite presentation!
Doggie and I tried to listen to other story narrators, but…Simon, you have spoiled us. We always come back to you. And now to be able to listen to a Saki collection! Why, Doggie is wriggling with contentment, because he knows I can now relax before I sleep. Heartfelt thanks to you.
Simon I have been very busy lately and I am so glad to have seen this one accidentally. I have just discovered Saki through you and I love him! And you- your channel is amazingly entertaining as are you… genuinely! Good luck & best wishes! 🙏
Such a pleasure to be hearing such beautifully pronounced and clearly enunciated English, without sounding overdone. It's something becoming increasingly rare. Delightful stories too, and Saki was a master story-teller. Thank you.
I swear to god, Simons voice belongs in the 1880's! It's weird just to hear him mention "timestamps" and "patreon supporters". I'd say he's the best ghost story narrator on youtube, but then Christopher Lee might come and haunt me..
I felt sorry for the gentleman in THE OPEN WINDOW. The 15 yo went too far. My favorite, by far, was THE LUMBER ROOM. I smiled throughout as I could imagine our son being Nicholas.
@Sharon Whiteley. I hold a contrary view on the Open Window. I think the young lady a delightful minx, great imagination, fit to be a little sister of Saki 🤩 Tobermory is my other favorite. Always leaves me laughing 🤣🤣
I love love love Saki. I discovered him as a young man (18? 19?) and there is a postcard of him in The Wild Birds' recording studio, Sweet & Low. I have given a copy of the complete stories to everyone as someone, ( probably Chesterton), said it is the greatest compliment to be handed Saki without comment. My favourite? Tobermory, Gabriel-Ernest, Sredni Vastar, but I was always a weirdster. Thank you for this.
Glad I covered two of your top three here. I've several more of his stories I'd like to record at some point, so will keep Gabriel-Ernest in mind for the next compilation
@@BitesizedAudio Well that's very kind. Saki is inimitable. Ironic yet serious, frothy yet deeply grim. I thoroughly enjoyed these today and shared them with my sister too. Thank you Simon.
Hi Simon superb, as always these stories are wonderful.but I think the story teller has a lot to do with it😁, I feel so spoilt today sunshine, strawberries, & you 👍
Thank you for the reading of these wonderful stories, 💐I discovered stories of Saki, many years ago, I stil have the Penguin copy, yellowed pages, it is a treasure. Your voice is perfect for these stories.Thank you once again 💐💐may I make a wish? Please could there be an upload of more Saki🌻
@@tomcurran8470 great story! Theres so many good ones. I love the twisted stories within the "Parenticide Club" but his most universally recognized stories are probably An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Moxons Master. But they're all good, can't go wrong with Ambrose.
Yum. Adore Saki. Excellent reading. Thanks so much. Inexplicably can't sleep at the moment and my brother, who my children call 'Biggie' although his name is Stephen, shared this with me... Happy insomnia ensures
Thank you so much for this! Saki has been one of my very favorites since I was a girl, and you read him so beautifully. There's a certain nuance of diction that his work demands, and I know he would be proud and pleased by your rendering. I enjoyed every moment of it!
Oh Simon! How delightful! Wonderful stories read by my favorite narrator. There is just something so magical about your readings. I close my eyes and am transported to another time and place. I count you among my many blessings. ❤
Enjoy all Saki’s work but Tobermory has to be my absolute favourite😂😂😂 if a cat could talk it would be exactly that! (Plus have also struggled with German irregular verbs🤣) ✊♥️
My late father and I were big fans of Saki. The Story Teller was our favorite. One time nearly 50 years ago for his birthday I bought him a big hooded sweatshirt. I had happened upon a packet of iron-on transfers designed to look like medals. There was also lettering which I used to spell out GOOD MEDALS. He loved that garment and wore it for decades. After he died I reclaimed it and wore it until it was nearly unrecognizable , suitable only for yard work or cleaning the garage. Thanks for reminding me of the happy times I had with my father the bookworm.
mmm - everyone got a "star" but me. humph! I'm not speaking to you! :) 🌹😜 what an odd sense of humor he had. and you read these stories with a wonderful droll wit. the only one i didn’t get was the wandering young man they thought was Tom. that one seemed just plain mean to me. my favorite story is the one about the boy and the gooseberry garden. very clever lad. thanks much :) 🌷🌱
My body has suddenly stiffened are you me or are you you who are we I was there where were you. I think there's a song title there I'll work on it have a good evening
Not closely, if at all! There's some geographical proximity between his and my branches of the Stanhopes two or three centuries back, but I've not discovered a definite connection...
Still catching up on your wonderful narrations, Simon. I had a cat, a stray that adopted me, that I named Scruffy (because initially he was)!! He could convey the views of Tobermory in a specific 'look', totally withering to be on the receiving end. I just love Saki's writing, this is a delight, have a great day.
The mockery of Victorian morals with all their hypocrisies has lost some of its edge in 2022 in the horrific wake of the sexual revolution with all its ensuing casualties. Bring back the Sunday School lessons and all the inevitable hypocrisies that come with social rules, religious instruction, and the restoration of propriety. Even misbehaviour and naughtiness is no longer thrilling without overarching morality.
I haven't read "Tobermory" since I was a little girl! It was in a collection of animal stories by great authors. Your reading is marvelous and means more now that I'm an adult 😉😼 Whoo, "Sredni Vashtar" had a dark twist!
"The Open Window" was and still is my all time favorite when I first read it more than 5 decades ago. I often wonder that it was not made into a Twilight Zone or Suspense episode.
Only having read when William came I had not heard anything else by saki till now,thought all the stories wonderful and loved the narration,will have to see whats available in book form.
Story timestamps:
00:01:02 The Open Window
00:10:14 The Lumber Room
00:25:37 The Hounds of Fate
00:45:29 Tobermory
01:06:03 The Story-Teller
01:19:51 Sredni Vashtar
01:34:01 The Music on the Hill
01:50:49 Credits and thanks
(Story teasers and more details in the video description)
Thank you. I had a read up oh H H Munroe. What an ironic death he had. I love reading up on all the old authors
A warped and perverted soul.
Time stamps are a great convenience. Thank you for the effort! I recognise one of them from your channel before.
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The genius of Saki merged with narrative talents of Simon. It doesn't get better than this.
It certainly doesn’t!👍✊♥️
I listened to all the stories by Saki on your channel and couldn't get enough. I went to some other places on the Internet but I really couldn't get into their reading and decided I would have to wait until you decided to do some more Saki. I take this as a good omen that the rest of my 2022 will go exactly as I hope! Cheers from Jamaica!
Me too, enjoy many authors I’ve been introduced to on this channel, but narration just doesn’t compare to Simons??
The Open Window is one of my favorites. Thanks!
The open window is also one of my favorites. May I suggest you listen to The Open Window, brought to life on Alfred Hitchcock's "Ghost Stories for Young People". Please enjoy.
Excellent rendition of old favourites , soothing like a beloved blanket. ❤️ Thank you for this effort. Love it.
From India.
I've always loved his macabre and humorous stories. Thank you so much for this terrific narration of a Saki smorgasbord!
I love these! I can't help wondering if the wonderful "Lumber Room" provided the inspiration for the "Just William" stories. Such similarity in the very funny, childlike cunning of the two boys cleverly winning freedoms from adult control.
You receive the Victoria Cross for doing this, I ADORE YOU :) wonderful!!!!
I am saving this for my bedtime but I already gave it a thumbs up because Simon you’re always good
Poor Tobermory! Deserved better - would have loved to have heard that he and the Stable Puss had escaped and were sending brutally honest pieces of information to a variety of newspapers :D
Marvelous Saki, marvelously read! Thank you for being the messenger of the text, your fine voice and knack for children's and women's voices always in character and not forced. Your delivery never calls attention to itself but communicates the essentials. I'm not a Brit, but I really appreciated the rustic dialect in "Hounds of Fate." It reminded me of some of the country speech in "The Secret Garden."
This collection proves that Simon is not the narrator we deserve, but the narrator we need.
Thank you sir. Excellent!
Wow. What a great collection of stories. Wonderful work Simon. Shame the author only lived until 44. I believe World War one was when they realized if you lit three cigarettes off one match, it gave the snipers time to aim. Yes, you can see where much of his background leaked into his storytelling. Absolutely fantastic narration. Short story anthologies is one of my favorite forms of book reading. So..., now I'm off to keep an eye on my cat. Stay well and thank you again.
Thanks Tim. Yes indeed, be careful what you say in front of the cat...
I've heard that the "three on a match" idea originated with and was promoted, with no basis, by a big manufacturer of matches .....
I am very pleased to see such a giant bunch of Saki, whose only weakness, is that stories must end.
Thank you William. I've several more Sakis I'd like to do, so will put together another compilation at some point
For some reason, I always think Saki is the run-up to Christmas listening no matter what the subject. I think it's because I first listened to a Saki story during this period and it's kind of lodged that way in my thoughts.
Funnily enough, the one Saki I've recorded which I didn't include in this compilation is 'Reginald's Christmas Revel', because its so specific to the season. He did a few festive-themed stories and I'll aim to do some more around December
1hr 50mins worth from the maestro. Quantity and quality - the perfect combo. ❤
Now here's a happy Snippy!
My favorite audiobook narrator is reading me to sleep tonight!
I hope you are well, and thank you for all the lovely stories.
I am well, thank you Snippy. I hope you are too!
Hello Simon, I hope you're well. I finally found the time to listen to this highly entertaining collection of Saki short stories. The Open Window has always been a favorite of mine but tonight I added others to that list. Great job dear Simon as always. ❤😊
Here I am again at 4am unable to sleep and searching for your soothing voice to help me unwind. Thanks Simon, you are the best! Hope your holiday is going well.
These are wonderful stories and I have never heard them read as well. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us. I am so, so glad to still have you on UA-cam!
That's very kind of you to say, thank you!
You have a good singing voice, Simon. Figures!
Hi Simon, these stories by Saki are some of my favorites you've done. I first have to listen to all of your work in the daytime to enjoy it to the fullest. Only then can I listen to them to fall asleep. Thank you for your exquisite presentation!
I thoroughly enjoyed one of my favourite authors read by a wonderful voice! Thank you!
Saki's gift is that one pleasing word he injects into every sentence.
Great!! I love his stories ♥️♥️♥️♥️✌️
We read The Lumber Room at college in 1990 so it was lovely to hear it again! I was really surprised to see the title! How lovely 👍
Lush. Discovered Saki far too young, and adored his short stories then and now. Masterful.
Thank you Simon, I really like the new intro. Nice to see your face 😊
I LOVE Saki. His stories are blunt, hilarious, and just plain entertaining.
Doggie and I tried to listen to other story narrators, but…Simon, you have spoiled us. We always come back to you. And now to be able to listen to a Saki collection! Why, Doggie is wriggling with contentment, because he knows I can now relax before I sleep. Heartfelt thanks to you.
Thanks for this perfect selection of Saki short stories,each one a classic,perfectly narrated by yourself, now all together✊♥️
I'm SO happy 🥰
Looking forward to a relaxed day now as your story telling really chills me out
Best wishes xxx
Glad to know that. Best wishes to you
Simon I have been very busy lately and I am so glad to have seen this one accidentally. I have just discovered Saki through you and I love him! And you- your channel is amazingly entertaining as are you… genuinely! Good luck & best wishes! 🙏
WARNING:
'Tobermory' plot spoiler alert...
"Nine lives? I'll be back!" 🐈
Such a pleasure to be hearing such beautifully pronounced and clearly enunciated English, without sounding overdone. It's something becoming increasingly rare. Delightful stories too, and Saki was a master story-teller. Thank you.
Beautiful stories, beautifully read. Thank you
I swear to god, Simons voice belongs in the 1880's! It's weird just to hear him mention "timestamps" and "patreon supporters". I'd say he's the best ghost story narrator on youtube, but then Christopher Lee might come and haunt me..
yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great selection! I love Saki’s stories.
I felt sorry for the gentleman in THE OPEN WINDOW. The 15 yo went too far.
My favorite, by far, was THE LUMBER ROOM. I smiled throughout as I could imagine our son being Nicholas.
The girl went on to be a great short story writer, LOL.
@Sharon Whiteley. I hold a contrary view on the Open Window. I think the young lady a delightful minx, great imagination, fit to be a little sister of Saki 🤩
Tobermory is my other favorite. Always leaves me laughing 🤣🤣
I think Saki must have had some ghastly aunts!😉
He did! Augusta and Charlotte, rather an austere pair by all accounts
I love love love Saki. I discovered him as a young man (18? 19?) and there is a postcard of him in The Wild Birds' recording studio, Sweet & Low. I have given a copy of the complete stories to everyone as someone, ( probably Chesterton), said it is the greatest compliment to be handed Saki without comment. My favourite? Tobermory, Gabriel-Ernest, Sredni Vastar, but I was always a weirdster. Thank you for this.
Glad I covered two of your top three here. I've several more of his stories I'd like to record at some point, so will keep Gabriel-Ernest in mind for the next compilation
@@BitesizedAudio Well that's very kind. Saki is inimitable. Ironic yet serious, frothy yet deeply grim. I thoroughly enjoyed these today and shared them with my sister too. Thank you Simon.
@@BitesizedAudio just read your reply, Srendi Vastar must have heard our prayers, 🌻
@@tinapeters5725 ...and his thoughts were "read" thoughts 💭
Mr.Stanhope, I just want to thank you for not giving up on UA-cam since I so enjoy your tales. Your narrations are beyond wonderful!
Hi Simon superb, as always these stories are wonderful.but I think the story teller has a lot to do with it😁, I feel so spoilt today sunshine, strawberries, & you 👍
Thank you for the reading of these wonderful stories, 💐I discovered stories of Saki, many years ago, I stil have the Penguin copy, yellowed pages, it is a treasure. Your voice is perfect for these stories.Thank you once again 💐💐may I make a wish? Please could there be an upload of more Saki🌻
It's been a while since I listened to you. So happy I found you anew. 💗
What great stories! Thank you!
This is my very favourite collection of SAKI stories, listen to them over & over again.
Thank you very much.✊♥️
Great work again! I'd love to hear anything from the great Ambrose Bierce.
How about "Chickamauga"? We use this at our community college in conjunction with Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried."
@@tomcurran8470 great story! Theres so many good ones. I love the twisted stories within the "Parenticide Club" but his most universally recognized stories are probably An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Moxons Master. But they're all good, can't go wrong with Ambrose.
@@Rick_Riff Of course, the Twilight Zone version of "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a classic.
The absolute best collection. Thank you!😎
Delightful. Thanks for the anthology, they really do work well as a compilation.
Yum. Adore Saki. Excellent reading. Thanks so much. Inexplicably can't sleep at the moment and my brother, who my children call 'Biggie' although his name is Stephen, shared this with me... Happy insomnia ensures
As an occasional sufferer from insomnia myself, I sympathise. Glad to help! Thanks for listening, and taking the time to comment
Thank you so much for this! Saki has been one of my very favorites since I was a girl, and you read him so beautifully. There's a certain nuance of diction that his work demands, and I know he would be proud and pleased by your rendering. I enjoyed every moment of it!
Oh Simon! How delightful! Wonderful stories read by my favorite narrator. There is just something so magical about your readings. I close my eyes and am transported to another time and place. I count you among my many blessings. ❤
Great. Again. Thanks, Simon.
Enjoy all Saki’s work but Tobermory has to be my absolute favourite😂😂😂 if a cat could talk it would be exactly that!
(Plus have also struggled with German irregular verbs🤣) ✊♥️
Such a fantastic voice you have sir! I am hopelessly hooked beyond redemption.
Thank you for this fine reading. Made me realize what a brother he is to Salinger, but more witty and definitely more succinct.
Thank you Emma, glad to know you enjoyed it! I'll be doing some more Saki before too long I hope
I shared The Lumber Room with a friend. She said, "This child, Nicholas, is my spirit animal."
A very nice selection of Saki's stories. Thank you!
My late father and I were big fans of Saki. The Story Teller was our favorite. One time nearly 50 years ago for his birthday I bought him a big hooded sweatshirt. I had happened upon a packet of iron-on transfers designed to look like medals. There was also lettering which I used to spell out GOOD MEDALS. He loved that garment and wore it for decades. After he died I reclaimed it and wore it until it was nearly unrecognizable , suitable only for yard work or cleaning the garage. Thanks for reminding me of the happy times I had with my father the bookworm.
That sweat shirt sounds awesome
You, Mr. Stanhope, could play H.H. Minor in a movie about him. The resemblance is amazing!
Thank you! Macabre with charm. Delightful presentation,👍👍👍
Love a bit of saki. Lovely work Sir.
mmm - everyone got a "star" but me. humph! I'm not speaking to you! :) 🌹😜
what an odd sense of humor he had. and you read these stories with a wonderful droll wit.
the only one i didn’t get was the wandering young man they thought was Tom. that one seemed just plain mean to me.
my favorite story is the one about the boy and the gooseberry garden. very clever lad.
thanks much :) 🌷🌱
Adore... Thank you!
Loved these! Thank you Simon. Your channel is brilliant.
Love Saki, love your reading!
Many decades ago when I was so cool it hurt I had the saki collected in one pocket and Jerome k in the other....whilst wearing shades in a nightclub
My body has suddenly stiffened are you me or are you you who are we I was there where were you. I think there's a song title there I'll work on it have a good evening
Many Thanks. Absolutely Splendid 🇦🇺 🌹🖤🌹
Wow, this is great! Thanks Simon! All my best from across the pond! Btw, love the piano music! Saki's dry humor is hilarious! lol
A wonderful reading! I'm curious, Mr. Stanhope, are you related to Lord Stanhope who wrote the great "Conversations with Wellington"?
Not closely, if at all! There's some geographical proximity between his and my branches of the Stanhopes two or three centuries back, but I've not discovered a definite connection...
@@BitesizedAudio Your accent sounds very posh to this unsophisticated American's ears.
Spoiler alert ...just listened to the Storyteller, loved it, got a relative like Bertha so I thought her demise was hilarious.
Saki can be rather brutal, can't he! Thanks Sara
Loved these stories. Having had an experience in the wilderness with Pan, I gasped when Sylvia snatches the grapes from the alter.
Thank you, Simon - superlative as ever :)
Thank u Simon 💓
Saki is quite wonderful with a wicked sense of humour. I'll call him Sarki.
Indeed. And I see you've recently joined as a channel member, thanks so much for your support.
Beautifully read. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.
Still catching up on your wonderful narrations, Simon. I had a cat, a stray that adopted me, that I named Scruffy (because initially he was)!!
He could convey the views of Tobermory in a specific 'look', totally withering to be on the receiving end. I just love Saki's writing, this is a delight, have a great day.
I know that look! I have a soft spot for Tobermory... Thanks Dawn
Thank you so much. Saki wrote such extraordinary stories!
Mr.Stanhope,you are a light in my life☯️☮️❤️
This is your best one yet, so good!!
Totally agree. This made my day.
It's great when you find a narrator who does full justice to such an excellent writer.
I surmise that this author had a mean Auntie when he was little 😆
0:19 Simon morphs into Saki! 😳
The mockery of Victorian morals with all their hypocrisies has lost some of its edge in 2022 in the horrific wake of the sexual revolution with all its ensuing casualties. Bring back the Sunday School lessons and all the inevitable hypocrisies that come with social rules, religious instruction, and the restoration of propriety. Even misbehaviour and naughtiness is no longer thrilling without overarching morality.
I haven't read "Tobermory" since I was a little girl! It was in a collection of animal stories by great authors. Your reading is marvelous and means more now that I'm an adult 😉😼
Whoo, "Sredni Vashtar" had a dark twist!
Terrific writer - with, it seems, a lot of empathy towards and understanding of children. The Lumber Room is one of my absolute favourites.
Thank you for your high quality narrations. Appreciate the info about the author, music and and the time stamps. bravo!
"The Open Window" was and still is my all time favorite when I first read it more than 5 decades ago. I often wonder that it was not made into a Twilight Zone or Suspense episode.
Only having read when William came I had not heard anything else by saki till now,thought all the stories wonderful and loved the narration,will have to see whats available in book form.
Literary ambrosia. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. Pls pls more Saki? I love your performances of him! 😁🙏
Thank you for the additions to the Saki collection! 💚🐸
Thank you for sharing, Simon. Happy Holidays! 🌲😊
Such a perfect voice 🙂
Im afraid l was very much like the girl in the Open Window as a girl ..lol .
Dear Simon you are an angel in times of trouble x
What a lovely comment, thank you!
hello from across the ocean in nashville, tennessee usa.😄thank you for your uploads! i am enjoying these very much! well done!
Glad you like them, thanks for listening!
haha, I read your comment in my mind with yr voice! 😀
What a treat! Thank you! I especially love 'The Story-Teller. I can imagine being one of the kids on the train and you telling all these stories :)