[SOLO] The Reign of King Oberon, Edited by Walter Jerrold - kd

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » December 6th, 2024, 9:01 am

Hello, Bryn,

Section 15 is PL OK.

Best,

Jasna

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » December 9th, 2024, 12:03 pm

Hi, Bryn,

Section 16 is PL OK.

I might PL as bit more slowly these coming weeks. It's that time of year...

Kind regards,
Jasna

BrynRoberts · Post by **BrynRoberts** » December 17th, 2024, 12:07 pm

Hi Jasna,
Compliments of the season!
I've had a cold the last couple of weeks and my voice hasn't been fit for purpose. But I'm back now and only a little croaky.
Don't worry about the schedule. I've got some time off work for Christmas so might press on in my free time but there's no rush. I crawl along at such a slow pace in normal time, there's really no rush.
This is the tale from the German fairy and it's Hansel and Gretel. Now then, I have on my bookshelf, a much thumbed copy of Jack Zipes translation of the first edition of Grimm's tales, when they were in their raw form and more blood thirsty, bawdy and secular than the later revisions. So I know from that, that this version of H & G is what modern folk might call a mash up. It starts like the Foundling, goes into H & G then they escape the bad fairy (huh?) and there's a section of Sweetheart Roland and finally part of Little Brother and Little Sister before an ending that would send Jack Zipe's eyebrows into orbit. I was, you might say, in the process of reading it, discombobulated. It was like watching the burning of Atlanta from Gone With the Wind in the middle of Four Weddings and a Funeral, the version where Hugh Grant gets gunned down in a confrontation with Gary Cooper in a scene very reminiscent of High Noon.
Plus it's in a very bad German accent.
Hope it doesn't spoil your Christmas!

All the best
Bryn

https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_17_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time : 14:58
https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_18_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time : 16:53

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » December 19th, 2024, 9:35 am

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Hi, Bryn,

It's certainly a peculiar version!

Sections 17 and 18 are PL OK.

Wishing you a merry season,

Jasna

BrynRoberts · Post by **BrynRoberts** » December 31st, 2024, 5:58 am

Happy New Year Jasna!
Hope you had a nice holiday. Well, after fully intending to press on, the season got in the way and I didn't manage anything last week. But here we are and off again.
Here's the Magic Bottles.
All the very best
Bryn

https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_19_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time :9:48
https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_20_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time : 10:14

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » January 6th, 2025, 1:42 pm

A very Happy New Year to you too, Bryn! I hope the weather is not too bad in your area.

Sections 19 and 20 are PL OK. Loved the story!

We are already half way through the project!

Stay safe and well

Jasna

BrynRoberts · Post by **BrynRoberts** » January 9th, 2025, 4:15 am

Hi Jasna,
Here we go again, here's Princess Rosette, told by the French fay. I'm going to step out of sequence now while in French fay mode because she turns up again later in the book. So, next will be Riquet with the Tuft and the Benevolent Frog and by the end I might have got the hang of her

All the best
Bryn

https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_21_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time : 19:31
https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_22_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time : 20:47
https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_23_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time : 16:06

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » January 10th, 2025, 3:09 pm

Hi, Bryn,

These stories sound great!

Best,

Jasna

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » January 12th, 2025, 8:54 am

Hello!

Section 21 is PL OK.

Best

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » January 13th, 2025, 5:18 pm

Hello, Bryn,

Section 22 is PL OK. What an amazing job you do with voices and accents!

Have a great week.

Kind regards,

Jasna

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » January 14th, 2025, 12:17 pm

Hi, Section 23 is PL OK.

BrynRoberts · Post by **BrynRoberts** » January 18th, 2025, 7:48 am

Hi Jasna,
Thank you for being so kind about the accents, I've never done an accent before and this exercise is to find out how much I don't know and to learn a bit on the way. They sound terrible to me but I'm glad you're enjoying it. Things can only get better!
Anyway, here's Riquet with the tuft by the same French fay. The next one up is the Enchanted Frog. It's in three parts as it's quite long but what an epic tale! I feel Christopher Nolan ought to direct it!
Hope you enjoy this one, the star for me is little Fretillon.
All the best
Bryn

https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/reignofkingoberon_32_jerrold_128kb.mp3 Running time : 26:16

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » Yesterday, 4:00 am

Hi, Bryn,

Section 32 is PL OK.

That's a thoroughly enjoyable story!

Best regards,
Jasna