Well, for the younger narrator, ``irreparable'' is pronounced ``irREParable,'' rather than, ``irrePAIRable.'' And even Losh mispronounced ``intimated.'' He pronounced it ``intimidated,'' but one could tell from the context that he meant that when he said, ``he intimated that his case was at an end.''
I like the way the authors develop the characters as the story evolves. A nice technique and skill. Wonder what their relationship was. Mr. Rees died the year that I was born. For some reason I noticed that. Enjoying. Will write more later
Lars Rolander was a wonderful actor. I love his voice. He sounds like my grandfather. I wish Hollywood would realise this is what a Swedish accent sounds like.
What a shock it was when the women reader came on after the perfectly modulated voice of the man who was reading before. Damn! I’m struggling to finish this section while she screeches and mispronounces words and stutters along. I’m hoping the man will return like he did previously. Good Lord this is painful
@@leebelcher3798 This is a Librivox audiobook. The readers are volunteers and one book can be recorded by multiple people. Sometimes we are lucky and a professional reader volunteers like Lars Rolander (the male voice). He was Swedish (died in 2016).
I appreciate this upload. I truly love the older books. They are just about Impossible to get here in USA. Many bookstores have been closed. There are very few stage plays; certainly nothing as abundant as in England. Without the generosity of these readers, this book would be Lost to Americans. THANK YOU!
I'm greatfull to all readers for I know they did it for free for Librivox but it is great when a professional does the job. Lars Rolander has a wonderful voice and rythm.
so far I'm only on the first reader... But I think he has a very sweet voice... It makes me think of somebody's grandfather from off the boat reading us story when we were kids... not that I'm old enough to have had that happened but... I can believe it could have
Such a shame. A wonderful start but when the soft voice of Lars is replaced by the second reader, I had to give up (audio quality of the recording has not been worked on, diction, pronouncation are awful). Not that Lars' pronouncation was perfect or at all times correct; but it was very very beautiful. I do understand this is created by volunteers, but personally I had to stop and now I wish I had never started the book. My suggestion to listeners: check for just a minute if you can handle the female reader (around the 2:11 mark) If you can - go ahead, it is a great story.
I think fate or the cosmos is playing a trick on us in that John R. Watson an Australian author of this mystery has a name close to John H. Watson of Sherlock Holmes' fame.
That Nordic accent was lovely but rather faint-and the voice pleasing and musical. The American lady got a bit shrill and mispronounced some words-I would have preferred the first reader for the whole book.
Damn ! All was going well til ???? I had to recheck the title to make sure I hadn't switched. Sticking a jet reader in there really freaked me out. Talk about speed reading woman ! She deserves a badge for the speed, but for nothing else.
Chapter 9 'read' by a semi-literate (gaol = gool, vagaries = vaggharris....) mad woman ignoring punctuation, line breaks, paragraphs, emphasis. Ruinous, and shame on Librivox.
I really like his voice. I always have trouble with female readers as they just don't suit detective stories which generally have male main characters. Sometimes females have nice voices, but they read as if they were reading to first graders.
Yes, it is hard to reconcile the female voice when the detective is male. But some ladies are good. Can't remember her name right now but she is from MN, maybe Dawn.
Was thoroughly enjoying the gentle narration untill the load female voice absolutely murdered it. She'd make a fine town crier but unbearable for the subtleties required for any sensitive book narration
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Does nobody check these recordings? American lady keeps pronouncing gaol as ghoul. Drove me crazy, along with her poor, disjointed reading. Enjoyed the story though.
Can someone please tell me the story name and author, The first chapter includes: a frenchmen detective/inspector who helps a farm girl with her cow give birth to a calf.
Yes, this recording is free, and the readers are volunteers... but if it's worth doing a project, it's worth doing it well. Allowing people who are poor, careless, or unprepared readers to participate detracts from your endeavor, and that's a shame, because they make themselves, and you, and worst of all the books they read, look bad.
Of course the beginning reader is qui e wonderful. When I got over my surprise at the second reader, I gave her a chance and she was pretty good. Unfortunately the third reader read as if she was reading silently to her self and the pace suffered. I could not go on.
Having multiple readers is distracting and they get worse as it goes along. I had to give up as the third reader is abysmal, she does not know how to pace, stumbles ridiculously over words as she has obviously done no preparation prior to the read and does not understand how to use volume. Great shame because the story is interesting.
The thing is: the readers are working without any pay. It is not a commercial production, it is a Librivox. You should not complain. You may listen or not, your choice, but complaining is just ridiculous. You are not entitled to a free audiobook, it is a privilege to be able to listen for free. If you don't like it, buy a better version.
@@marinaugo4069 Regardless of whether they are paid or not, they make these recordings to be listened to. They therefore want as many people as possible to listen to them. A poor reading will not encourage listeners.
+Alexa Penn I think it's "Lars Rolander". I live in Norway, so I'm sure it is "Lars", because he says it like they would here. "Rolander" would be a surname more typical for Sweden.
+Fräulein Krause Hi Fräulein - danke shön! i really appreciate your taking the time to let me know - the way he says his name in Norwegian is interesting. i wish people in other countries would pronounce words they sound in the original language. Like we say, "Porsh" ugh - and it's "Porsche" Paris is Paree. Moscow is Moscva. it wouldn't be so hard to do that, i think. I'd love to visit "Norge" someday. thanks again :} alexa (New York City)
Alexa Penn, from reading your numerous posts I gather noting pleases you. Most all of this tape is worth listening to and enjoyable. Why not can the negativity and enjoy it.
The reader has a lovely voice, but I find that beginning and ending every chapter with the book information took me out of the story to a degree that I had to drop it at chapter 3. Bummer.
Jessica Brookes yes, i couldnt get past 15 minutes, I know that they are volunteers, but it's like American Idol.There are people whom no one has told they can't sing. I feel someone should tell some of these people they can't read well. They seem to be of the opinion they read well
i've gone ahead and at the end - the bad readers are back - at the end?!!!!! the last chapter, seems to be a decent reader (only heard a second). . . but the whole thing is ruined!!!!!
Oh my Goodness! The narrators of all these audiobooks are absolutely dreadful! Tried about 6 and just cannot bear it! They must be able to find something better - Perhaps I'll volunteer! Let me know ....
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Ah, finally a reader with a low, calm voice, who reads like... like he's reading a book, not announcing a horse race. Peace at last.
yes but sadly doesn't speak English with words like Zoo, and others which just spoils the otherwise good reading
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I love your reading of this Lars. It has charecter and humour.
Learn how to spell
Beautifully paced reading, and great intonation.
12:15:10 bye Lars - beautiful reading - your understanding of the characters is just wonderful. . .
Thanks for posting. This is a good Narrator. I appreciate the time and effort required to produce this program. Cheers !
Well, for the younger narrator, ``irreparable'' is pronounced ``irREParable,'' rather than, ``irrePAIRable.'' And even Losh mispronounced ``intimated.'' He pronounced it ``intimidated,'' but one could tell from the context that he meant that when he said, ``he intimated that his case was at an end.''
Lovely reading in a soft, mellow voice! Thank you!
I like the way the authors develop the characters as the story evolves. A nice technique and skill. Wonder what their relationship was. Mr. Rees died the year that I was born. For some reason I noticed that. Enjoying. Will write more later
Just adore this reader's voice and inflections!!
Surprise!!! I did read your comments. Glad you got so involved in the book. That is always such fun.
why do people complaining i in joyed all the books i have listed to ,as i have not good eye sight thanks to all the readers
Lars Rolander was a wonderful actor. I love his voice. He sounds like my grandfather.
I wish Hollywood would realise this is what a Swedish accent sounds like.
As soon as I heard him introducing the book, I told my husband that he sounded like my Farfar (Swedish). It's fun to know I'm not the only one:)
What a shock it was when the women reader came on after the perfectly modulated voice of the man who was reading before. Damn! I’m struggling to finish this section while she screeches and mispronounces words and stutters along. I’m hoping the man will return like he did previously. Good Lord this is painful
The man mispronounces many words and has a welsh lilt at times and English is not his first language
Why does the woman reader come in . It has ruined it and I cannot finish- unbelievable. Has it been hacked- cannot understand why this has occurred
@@leebelcher3798 This is a Librivox audiobook. The readers are volunteers and one book can be recorded by multiple people. Sometimes we are lucky and a professional reader volunteers like Lars Rolander (the male voice). He was Swedish (died in 2016).
A year later and I totally agree.
@@frankcass3485 the fellow is a Scandinavian not Welsh.
I appreciate this upload. I truly love the older books. They are just about Impossible to get here in USA. Many bookstores have been closed. There are very few stage plays; certainly nothing as abundant as in England.
Without the generosity of these readers, this book would be Lost to Americans.
THANK YOU!
Thank you. A perfect delight.
Sadly, Lars passend away in 2016. I do apreciate his reading even more!!!
I'm greatfull to all readers for I know they did it for free for Librivox but it is great when a professional does the job. Lars Rolander has a wonderful voice and rythm.
Grateful
This is the MOST delightful reader !! !! !!
His name sounded like Losh Renondo.
so far I'm only on the first reader... But I think he has a very sweet voice... It makes me think of somebody's grandfather from off the boat reading us story when we were kids... not that I'm old enough to have had that happened but... I can believe it could have
This is a very good book.. Thank you so much
Sounds Danish/Swedish lovely speech pattern.Well read and he breaths while reading.more please x
Thanks for the upload
Narrator? -- Top Class!! So enjoyable, thank you, fingers crossed you read book from start to finish. Your rendition first rate, much appreciated
I like how he sounded, has mystery and suspense.
thank you!
Wonderfully read, Thank You!!!
Such a shame. A wonderful start but when the soft voice of Lars is replaced by the second reader, I had to give up (audio quality of the recording has not been worked on, diction, pronouncation are awful). Not that Lars' pronouncation was perfect or at all times correct; but it was very very beautiful. I do understand this is created by volunteers, but personally I had to stop and now I wish I had never started the book. My suggestion to listeners: check for just a minute if you can handle the female reader (around the 2:11 mark) If you can - go ahead, it is a great story.
I think fate or the cosmos is playing a trick on us in that John R. Watson an Australian author of this mystery has a name close to John H. Watson of Sherlock Holmes' fame.
That Nordic accent was lovely but rather faint-and the voice pleasing and musical. The American lady got a bit shrill and mispronounced some words-I would have preferred the first reader for the whole book.
Hugh Fraser is a very good narrater.
Damn ! All was going well til ???? I had to recheck the title to make sure I hadn't switched. Sticking a jet reader in there really freaked me out. Talk about speed reading woman ! She deserves a badge for the speed, but for nothing else.
Great narration but is it necessary to advise the names of the authors, the narrator and the LibriVox info before every chapter? Very annoying.
Narrator isn't a Brit. Sounds like a Swedish accent or maybe from Norway.
Excellent
Lars is wonderful
Oh no, at 6.13 the woman again.
Excellent. Love the mysteries. Espec. British AND all the different narrators did not take from the story nor bother me at all! 👍
Ms. Karl is okay to listen to. She knows phrasing and has a good voice. she reads 30 and 33. .
The narration is good, the gentleman reading is Swedish.
The basic plot/premise sounds like Dorothy Sayers Lord Peter Whimsey books.
What happened to the gentleman who was reading chapter 1-7 ?? He was great!!!
Chapter 9 'read' by a semi-literate (gaol = gool, vagaries = vaggharris....) mad woman ignoring punctuation, line breaks, paragraphs, emphasis. Ruinous, and shame on Librivox.
I really like his voice. I always have trouble with female readers as they just don't suit detective stories which generally have male main characters. Sometimes females have nice voices, but they read as if they were reading to first graders.
Tony Yeah, you
Tony It's the same with me
Yes, it is hard to reconcile the female voice when the detective is male. But some ladies are good. Can't remember her name right now but she is from MN, maybe Dawn.
"females have nice voices, but they read as if they were reading to first graders."
Funny and true.
Depends on the person , June Whitfield, Joan Hickson 😍
Was thoroughly enjoying the gentle narration untill the load female voice absolutely murdered it. She'd make a fine town crier but unbearable for the subtleties required for any sensitive book narration
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Replace the sing-song female's voices with males and you have a winner
Does nobody check these recordings? American lady keeps pronouncing gaol as ghoul. Drove me crazy, along with her poor, disjointed reading. Enjoyed the story though.
she doesn’t know. She’s never been to Colonial Williamsburg, VA where the jail is labeled ‘gaol’
Yea, this is my second time trying this and I just can't
Can someone please tell me the story name and author, The first chapter includes: a frenchmen detective/inspector who helps a farm girl with her cow give birth to a calf.
I think it's one of the series of the Maigret books. Something like Maigret and the Flemish house...........!?
Ms. Rhode is improving :} Ch 30
i'm sure everyone is just hanging on my every word LOL
Way to many readers in this story and not all knew how to read it to make it interesting!!
This is a Librivox audibook. Done for free by non-professionals.
Yes, this recording is free, and the readers are volunteers... but if it's worth doing a project, it's worth doing it well. Allowing people who are poor, careless, or unprepared readers to participate detracts from your endeavor, and that's a shame, because they make themselves, and you, and worst of all the books they read, look bad.
The reading is a good one, the sound quality is excellent. Many of these are painful to listen to.
Try 1.25 speed I was starting to feel hypnotised
Of course the beginning reader is qui e wonderful. When I got over my surprise at the second reader, I gave her a chance and she was pretty good. Unfortunately the third reader read as if she was reading silently to her self and the pace suffered. I could not go on.
Love your accent Scandinavian? Lovely timbre of voiceThsnk you
Having multiple readers is distracting and they get worse as it goes along. I had to give up as the third reader is abysmal, she does not know how to pace, stumbles ridiculously over words as she has obviously done no preparation prior to the read and does not understand how to use volume. Great shame because the story is interesting.
The thing is: the readers are working without any pay. It is not a commercial production, it is a Librivox. You should not complain. You may listen or not, your choice, but complaining is just ridiculous. You are not entitled to a free audiobook, it is a privilege to be able to listen for free. If you don't like it, buy a better version.
@@marinaugo4069 Regardless of whether they are paid or not, they make these recordings to be listened to. They therefore want as many people as possible to listen to them. A poor reading will not encourage listeners.
Like the first reader - couldn't quite get the name . . .
+Alexa Penn I think it's "Lars Rolander". I live in Norway, so I'm sure it is "Lars", because he says it like they would here. "Rolander" would be a surname more typical for Sweden.
+Fräulein Krause Hi Fräulein - danke shön! i really appreciate your taking the time to let me know - the way he says his name in Norwegian is interesting. i wish people in other countries would pronounce words they sound in the original language. Like we say, "Porsh" ugh - and it's "Porsche" Paris is Paree. Moscow is Moscva. it wouldn't be so hard to do that, i think. I'd love to visit "Norge" someday. thanks again :} alexa (New York City)
nooooooo -- why?????? 6:13:05. another grating voice without phrasing!!! can't listen!
He's back - whew 6:41:25. . .
Alexa Penn, from reading your numerous posts I gather noting pleases you. Most all of this tape is worth listening to and enjoyable. Why not can the negativity and enjoy it.
The reader has a lovely voice, but I find that beginning and ending every chapter with the book information took me out of the story to a degree that I had to drop it at chapter 3. Bummer.
Ms. Karl is perfect for Ch.27 :}
and, as i said, no one is going to read this :}
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O.K. 8:08:00 - she's good - thank goodness!!!!
If you need o fall asleep fast then listen to this. There is no inflection in his reading and is very monotone.
I listen for all of 30 minutes ,enough for me.
Jessica Brookes yes, i couldnt get past 15 minutes, I know that they are volunteers, but it's like American Idol.There are people whom no one has told they can't sing. I feel someone should tell some of these people they can't read well. They seem to be of the opinion they read well
Story was good but the reading of it could have been better plus not sure why the reader should be swapped?
god, this is sooooooooo slow. . . . . 9:29:00
+Alexa Penn Just right for people whose English is a second language
You can adjust speed. Click on the 3 vertical dots at top right of screen.
too ponderous
fell a sleep with this shit on, woke up shit was still on. didn't realize it was 12+ hours!
Second female voice around chapter 9: as bad or worse than the previous one! Who in the world puts emphasis on the word OF??!!!!
ohn Reay WATSON -1944
This is a librivox recording...
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Reader can't seem to settle on accents for the characters. All over the place.
Sounds like Sherlock Holmes, his voice is alright, heard worse.
i've gone ahead and at the end - the bad readers are back - at the end?!!!!! the last chapter, seems to be a decent reader (only heard a second). . . but the whole thing is ruined!!!!!
Very funny voice
Reader is SHOCKING.
1.25x
Oh my Goodness! The narrators of all these audiobooks are absolutely dreadful! Tried about 6 and just cannot bear it! They must be able to find something better - Perhaps I'll volunteer! Let me know ....
Yes, why don't you try. These people have at least tried to do good.
Yes, please volunteer to read and record for LibriVox. These free audios have been very helpful for me and I'd like to see more readers.
Terrible female reading voice around chapter 8
I can't bare the woman's reading. It's absolutely bland and boring. I can't follow the story.
i know no one is going to read these - LOL
TERRIBLE
The narrator's voice is jarring and unpleasant.
Ghis story is dull & boring & the reader is just as bad.
Awful reader. Perhaps we have been spoilt by actors such as Hugh Fraser. Couldn’t bear this so switched off after just 2 minutes