Mr Smith, how lovely to be with you again. I just finished listening to your reading of The Mysterious Island. I am ready, tea cup in hand...let us begin.
Hi Mark, I’ve listened to you since several years ago in a direct link to Librivox. The reader is as important as the story, and your skills are superb, thank you. Susan. ❤️
Great job, your vocal abilities to change your voice for different people in story is done well. Your diction is clear., and tone of your voice is very pleasing . Thank you so much you do a great job .
I’ve loved Verne ever since I was 12 years old. Have reread and listened to his major works many times. However this was the first time I came across “The Master of the World”. At first I assumed it was a “naive” early work for magazine serialization. It feels “simple minded” in its portrayal of its characters and the workings of government. To discover it was written at the end of Vernes life and in his decline reframed how I listened to it. I strongly suggest reading the Wikipedia entry. I very much liked the tone adopted in the reading. It had the right “ring” for the sort of magazine stories of the period. The “hero” is definitely a creature of industrial/commercial civilization in a way that Holmes is not. Yet not as sophisticated and cynical as the detectives of Hammet and Spillane. As with all Mark’s readings it is very well done. Authentic. Pleasurable to the ear..
Great narration! Really sad with the high pitched whistling in the background though, makes it hard to sit through the whole story. Probably not within everyone's hearing range, but quite impactful if it is...
I read this Verne novel as an adolescent, then a few years later, whilst in a theatre, in between the first movie, (yes there were double features back then, along with a Newsreel and two or three cartoons. Spending an afternoon "At the Movies, meant exactly that!) Well anyhoo whilst seating through the obligatory trailers, the one that immediately caught my attention was titled "Master of the World" starting the great Vicente Price. Immediately l recognized the singularities between it and the novel l had read as a child, only the novel was titled "Robur the Conqueror"...
I love, love all of Jules Verne's stories!❤
You help light the darker patches of old age, Mark Smith. Many thanks.
Mr Smith, how lovely to be with you again. I just finished listening to your reading of The Mysterious Island. I am ready, tea cup in hand...let us begin.
Ah the mysterious Island what a great reading Mark did with that .
Same here. I love Mr Smith's audio recordings!
The channel provider isn't the reader mark Smith all these are ripped from librivox
Thanks Mark for making these classics come alive!
The channel provider isn't the reader he's just ripped it from librivox
Thanks a lot for this wonderful reading. I enjoyed it very much!!!
Hi Mark, I’ve listened to you since several years ago in a direct link to Librivox. The reader is as important as the story, and your skills are superb, thank you.
Susan. ❤️
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Mark Smith isn't the channel owner... these are ripped straight from librivox
Hi Jules, Thanks so much for this story. You have a knack for fantasy. Keep it up!
"keep it up" ??? jules died in 1905 🤔
@@HOiNARHello world! I'm Jules, and I'm still operational as the world's first steampunk cyborg 🤖
Thanks for the reading & posting.
Great job, your vocal abilities to change your voice for different people in story is done well. Your diction is clear., and tone of your voice is very pleasing . Thank you so much you do a great job .
The channel provider isn't the reader these are all ripped from librivox
Well read.
Thank you for posting this.
Thank you so much for sharing this! You are a superb reader!
He's not the reader
@@jonshepherd2550 I was referring to Mark Smith, who does the reading. He does a wonderful job!
@@virginia7191 he is. He's a volunteer for librivox where these are all ripped from
@@jonshepherd2550 I KNOW he is a reader! And he does a wonderful job! He brings life to anything he reads! Have a good day!😁
Thank Mark Smith. Love the book and your reading of it.
Absolutely, each and every book he read.
The channel provider isn't the reader all these are ripped from librivox
Thank you Mark Smith, you did a great job on the narration, very smooth delivery!
CCP Virus brought me hear. Just finished 1984, but I love Jules Verne stories.
I’ve loved Verne ever since I was 12 years old. Have reread and listened to his major works many times. However this was the first time I came across “The Master of the World”. At first I assumed it was a “naive” early work for magazine serialization. It feels “simple minded” in its portrayal of its characters and the workings of government. To discover it was written at the end of Vernes life and in his decline reframed how I listened to it. I strongly suggest reading the Wikipedia entry. I very much liked the tone adopted in the reading. It had the right “ring” for the sort of magazine stories of the period. The “hero” is definitely a creature of industrial/commercial civilization in a way that Holmes is not. Yet not as sophisticated and cynical as the detectives of Hammet and Spillane.
As with all Mark’s readings it is very well done. Authentic. Pleasurable to the ear..
Terrific narration. Thank you.
Great narration!
Really sad with the high pitched whistling in the background though, makes it hard to sit through the whole story. Probably not within everyone's hearing range, but quite impactful if it is...
When does it start?
I appreciate the amazing story. Thank you so much 😊
Thanks man for narrating ❤
Awesome 👍 have you ever considered doing The Golden Book of Saint Germain?
If you like this, read Michael Moorcocks novel The Warlord Of The Air
I read this Verne novel as an adolescent, then a few years later, whilst in a theatre, in between the first movie, (yes there were double features back then, along with a Newsreel and two or three cartoons. Spending an afternoon "At the Movies, meant exactly that!) Well anyhoo whilst seating through the obligatory trailers, the one that immediately caught my attention was titled "Master of the World" starting the great Vicente Price. Immediately l recognized the singularities between it and the novel l had read as a child, only the novel was titled "Robur the Conqueror"...
I wonder if there is any sort of connection to the brown mountain light phenomena
This is Mark Smith?..Does he do Odins man channel? Uk 🇬🇧
They all rip the stories from librivox
Better than the movie.
There is a movie? Can you tell what year and if the title is the same. What a great remake with all the great CG we have now.
@@josephrosano4830 Released in 1961 with the same title and it starred Vicent Price and Charles Bronson. It is uploaded on You Tube.
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This is a dated and extremely boring story.
And you are a dated and extremely boring person 😔
identical in fact to your comment Bill !
I prefer to read it in french.
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I read it in Morse Code
I prefer to read it in smoke signals!
I prefer to read it in North-Sentinelese.
I prefer chinese braille. But hey that's just me.