alanmapstone wrote: ↑January 11th, 2021, 2:08 am
Section 79 - Byron
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/englishlitboysandgirls_79_marshall_128kb.mp3
22.30
This writer, like so many in Victorian England, has obviously allowed her moral dislike of Byron to cloud her judgement of his literary work. To describe as "almost worthless" the work of one of finest poets in the English Language (IMHO) shows a lack of literary judgement as bad as her lack of knowledge of English history, as shown in her other books.
Quite sorry a offered to read this as it annoyed me so much. That probably shows in the quality of the reading.
Allan this was a WONDERFUL reading! There is nothing like a British speaker reading old English writing. Thanks for doing it despite the authors dislike
I do have a couple of pieces of feedback for you -
8:54 – I did not hear Footnote Moore End Footnote here. You can also put it at the end of the paragraph (where I did not hear it either) however I think in the text would be more appropriate.
16:41 – please say Footnote and Endnote around Mazzini
17:57 – same for Scherer
18:05 – repeat with 18:07
18:44 - please say Footnote and Endnote around Arnold
18:58 – same with Swinburne
19:17 – same with By Pope
19:23 – same with Mcaulay
Lynda