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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

De: Julian Hawthorne - editor
Narrado por: Scott Woodside
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In the six volumes of the Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this 1907 collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the first volume, we find stories written by American authors.

Public Domain (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Clásicos Derecho Detective Detectives Tradicionales Misterio Ficción Emocionante Classic Detective

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This audiobook is from the fourth volume of a six-volume collection of diverse mystery and detective stories from around the world, assembled by Julian Hawthorne. From a letter to Roman Senator L. Licinius Sura written by Pliny the Younger in the 1st Century CE describing his experiences with the supernatural to tales from all over Europe throughout the early 20th-century that touch on tragic irony, horrific torture, Faustian deals and mystery, this audiobook has many rare gems. Most notable is Voltaire’s "The Babylonian", considered by some to be the primogenitor of the detective genre. Scott Woodside performs the collection lending this audio the air of a radio drama with his deep driving voice.
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Is there anything you would change about this book?

The first few stories were written by French authors. Unfortunately the reader had not learned French and he mispronounced such simple words as "monsieur" which he pronounced as "moan-sewer." As a lifelong mystery reader, some of these stories were predictable. So, I look for how the story is told. They were so-so overall.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Scott Woodside?

Anyone who knew how to speak French.

Was Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories worth the listening time?

Not really.

Reader should have learned French.

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The narration is odd and poor, completely unnatural, with odd pauses, and poor pronunciation. Disappointing.

Unfortunately very poor narration

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OK so the content was OK.. historical tales, many of which were not just detective tales but OK from a historical standpoint... and that part was good... but I had to wade through the gut wrenching mispronunciations of the storytellers narrator. Really Mon Sewer, and Zoo Roaster .. it just make the entire effort seem flawed...
If you are getting paid to read this stuff in English... then we expect you to read it in adult English not pedantic English.... really a bummer

When did Zoroaster become Zoo Roaster.. Mon Sewer.

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This was the slowest most boring book I have listened to in a long time. The title could not have been more misleading.

Library of the world's best mystery and detective stories

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The stories never captured my interest. I look for the unexpected and stories that keep me reading. When the stories are good I have a hard time putting the book down.

Not So Interesting Mystery Stories

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Would you try another book from Julian Hawthorne (editor) and/or Scott Woodside?

I don't know how the process of recording a book is done but if there is supposed to be an audio editor they did a very poor job. Scott Woodside has a pleasant, easily-understood voice but the glaring mispronunciations are disconcerting. Because I like short stories I was able to forgive the errors. Shouldn't someone be noticing these errors or previewing possible difficulties before the recording is made ? Not every narrator might be familiar, for example, with a "brazier" and would (understandably) pronounce it "brassiere", and "sow" ( rhyming with "now") is a perfectly reasonable mispronunciation of "sou."

How could the performance have been better?

As I mentioned, someone needs to preview and go over possible pronunciation problems before the recording session. I do not fault the narrator for this omission.

Can you ignore mispronunciations ?

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these are classic stories and would have been interesting to listen to but for the narrator who seemed hesitant and red the text like a child

did not finish

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Forget the terrible prononciation of the foreign text, Scott can’t even read basic English words. Poor quality and very distracting performance and overall not worth the time.

It’s as if the narrator has no idea what he’s reading

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Couldn't finish this book due to the narrator's bizarre style of reading. It sounds like someone asked a computer to read this out loud.

Narration too distracting!

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This was a rather erudite collection from the past with not so much. mystery but excellent classic writing with a very good performance

Idiosyncratic selection and variable

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