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Old 06-27-2025, 11:11 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
I remember when I wanted a comfort listen while recovering from eye surgery and got The Prisoner of Zenda narrated by Bernard Mayes. That crotchety old man voice couldn't have been wronger for the dashing Rudolf Rassendyll! Back it went to Audible. I ended up with the Librivox version which was fine.

There was an article in the Guardian today about The Simpsons which observed how many of the voices have gotten too old for the characters.
I'll be experiencing this as I get into more audiobooks. I was trying out one the other night for The Swiss Family Robinson. The voice was good on it but realized a few minutes into chapter one that it was a female narrating when it was a man telling the story. It just ruined it for me, it didn't make sense to me at all
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