Thanks for sharing! We don't get enough Carroll John Daly.
@wherami14 сағат бұрын
So well spoken
@juliashearer784221 сағат бұрын
Very enjoyable reading and conversation. I have not heard this story before and i honestly thought i had heard them all.
@mijiyoon5575Күн бұрын
Luv this intro music
@LostSoulSearchingКүн бұрын
I am genuinely shocked by the quality of this podcast. The dialog after the story really captivated me. It is so vastly different than 90% of the podcasts I have listened to over the years.
@deekeller9562Күн бұрын
Oh thank you for Gervase! I do love Crispin
@xlrrutland1295Күн бұрын
Loved it
@MrsJanLongКүн бұрын
Lover the Holmes voice! Thank you for another wonderfully read story
@classicdetectiveКүн бұрын
I’m trying to keep it consistent over all the stories
@martin55042 күн бұрын
I don't understand why there are so many positive comments.
@classicdetectiveКүн бұрын
Luckily you’ve redressed the balance
@lunablue7452 күн бұрын
This is Chief's kiss! Now I have a craving to rewatch Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock on the BBC!
@classicdetective2 күн бұрын
How was the sound ? i re uploaded it so I hope it’s all good now
@lunablue745Күн бұрын
@@classicdetective it was great! 👍
@ritamartin47822 күн бұрын
The British always impose themselves on total strangers and 🤔 wonder why they die. Rocket scientist, not.
@janebrown72313 күн бұрын
Please don't misinterpret this sentence! - "He had made love to her, in a discreet, elderly, man-of-the-world fashion." In 1929, "made love to" simply meant "flirted with", usually light-heartedly and in a public place. To 'make' love meant to 'pretend' love, to flirt without any real feelings involved. Yes, it's still uncomfortable to us, a man approaching 60 flirting with a girl he knew was 17, but it's not nearly as creepy as it sounds! And Christie doesn't express approval; I think she is experimenting with an unattractive lead, and she opens with his inappropriate flirting because she doesn’t want us to find this character sympathetic. I wouldn't call him a sleuth... more a man with access to documents and a rational former profession. She makes it clear he won't be venturing out of his cul-de-sac again! Thanks again, Tony. 😊
@barbara987214 күн бұрын
Impressed how good the discussion is after the reading. 😊
@ritamartin47824 күн бұрын
Caligula was a demon 😈
@martiwilliams45924 күн бұрын
"PS: Thank you, Tony for your "ramblings" -longing for a flat Earth... .
@classicdetective4 күн бұрын
all the sea would run off if it was flat
@martiwilliams45924 күн бұрын
"Banked gleefully". Really delightful tale, made even more delightful with the very expressive, creative narrative, with all the American dialects and voices. So much fun! I am so used to hearing Creative English spoken in a variety of Danish accents :0) Thanks so much for the entertaining storytelling and some much needed giggles.
@Story-Voracious665 күн бұрын
Thanks Tony, thank you Michael, you put so much into this. But I can't get through it. I don't know if it's the story, or your style, or both but I've tried three times and can't grasp what's going on. I can't tell who is whom, and which ones are supposed to be hysterical. So sorry for a negative comment, it is meant to be conservative. The flow and pace just weren't there for me. But don't let my words discourage you. 😕
@evelanpatton4 күн бұрын
I have to completely agree. I’m back again for a third try now. It just feels “cut-up”. No seamlessness to the telling, so the information just comes off as pieced sentences cut together. Underwhelming & confusing. I come for Tony Walker level engagement & so the bar is high. Sadly, not many compare in narration but because they are Tony’s choice of work it feels like a loss I didn’t know I would have- again, expectations are extremely high. 😮😢💜🪭
@soundsilence26045 күн бұрын
I will respectfully disagree with you, Mr. Walker. 😉 Perhaps, Christie made a comment with the remarkable age gap (even for the era) and her emphasis on diminished youth. She and her husband divorced the year before this story's release. Are you familiar with the disappearance of Agatha Christie? I recalled Christie's use of Neele's name as I listened. Christie can be subtlety unsubtle when she wants to be. 😅
@classicdetective4 күн бұрын
I remember watching a drama made about her disappearance. I don’t mind being disagreed with. My ideas are only lightly grasped :)
@jugronaut5 күн бұрын
Listening to this was a big waste of time
@MaggieatPlay5 күн бұрын
Thank you, Michael! Thank you, Tony! Enjoyed the story and the narration; and the after-waffle.
@Renrose685 күн бұрын
I was listening to Ellery Queen's first novel earlier today. I was excited when this dropped. Great story! Great narration!
@johnthomasriley27415 күн бұрын
Roman dice do not look like modern dice. They are more rectangular than cubic. The various combinations were named after gods. Throw a Venus.
@LucicPower5 күн бұрын
Let the detecting begin!
@honesty34405 күн бұрын
WHO IS THE BRILLIANT READER WITH THE MOST PURE BRITISH ACCENT??? ❤❤❤
@user-ld6nq9mu8b6 күн бұрын
👏👏👏
@kathleenerikson28567 күн бұрын
I think this presentation is one of my favorite!! Love stories like this!! Great job ❤
@marlinthecreative1187 күн бұрын
You should try Story Engine to create your “prompt” instead of using a prompt. I do agree with the saccharine and bow tying that it does. tghe amount of loops (in Story Engine) can be frustrating, but if you take more control of stopping and starting and editing as you move forward might improve that.
@marymary54948 күн бұрын
Great stories here. Thank you.
@classicdetective7 күн бұрын
Very happy you are enjoying
@sleepychamaeleon8 күн бұрын
Enjoyable, thanks!
@m.-fp8rd8 күн бұрын
Excellent read. New subscriber+ notifications. Thanks!
@classicdetective8 күн бұрын
Glad to have you here
@Prof.Tarfeather9 күн бұрын
The Narration on this was excellent! What a Story!
@shelleymcafee81979 күн бұрын
Lol; I loved that, Sir Edward would have been a fine Character to use in further stories! Thank-You!!
@cuthbert25469 күн бұрын
I do enjoy the biographical details you give at the end of the stories.
@mijiyoon557511 күн бұрын
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@Story-Voracious6611 күн бұрын
I think that Mrs Christie nailed the great aunt character. The sort of woman who does "good", in order to control others. By being generous she holds the moral high ground, and expects the recipient to be beholden to her. Not a nice lady at all, so we don't need to reproach ourselves for enjoying her demise. Nor need we pity the murderer because he was legitimately illegitimate. A guilt free indulgence, better than chocolate.
@lunablue74511 күн бұрын
Oh to have the writing brilliance of Lady Agatha! Question: if I didn't know a woman wrote this, I would have most certainly thought a man penned this by the way the older gent sees Magdalen mostly as an object. It seems her youth and beauty made her more interesting. Does it seem lightly misogynistic? I don't mean the age difference or them coupling up. Somehow it seems a little discomforting. I think it is important to take into account the culture in which the story is birthed. I find it interesting. Sorry if my comment offended anyone.☮️
@soundsilence26045 күн бұрын
Perhaps, Christie wanted you to bristle at every mention of Magdalen's 'loss' of her girlhood 'charm'. 🙄 Christie's divorce from her husband, Archie, occurred in 1928 prior to this story's 1929 release. The divorce deeply pained Christie but not Archie-boy. A week after its finalisation, he married 24-year-old Nancy Neele (10 years Christie's junior). Perhaps, this story upholds contemporary culture. Or, betrays a bit of self-loathing. Or, maybe it serves as social critique.
@lunablue7454 күн бұрын
@@soundsilence2604 Interesting! I did not know that. Thank you for enlighting me!
@ajb778611 күн бұрын
I’m not going to pretend this was a good story just because it’s Christie. It’s not a good story. Thin plot, thinner characters with contradictory traits, no delight in language, the realizations are weak, the detective isn’t likable or even delightfully dislikable, and the twist is not telegraphed and simply functions to serve the author of the story rather than the audience. It’s a bad story, through and through.
@lunablue74511 күн бұрын
I wouldn't call it a "bad" story, but, I did feel a little uncomfortable with the way the main female character, in fact all the female characters are drawn.
@zaphodflys5 күн бұрын
I agree. Not only was it terribly structured, the main detective was annoying and unlikable. Honestly the only good thing was the narration. Please pick better stories to narrate because your voice is lovely but the story was grating af.
@janebrown72313 күн бұрын
You make some good analytical points. I've read worse from her... usually later works, when she was churning them out as if quality was no longer of any importance. She certainly had a great range, from the top of her particular niche a lot of the time, down to some pretty dire stuff, often the short stories, which sometimes feel like storylines for novels that she abandoned as simply not good enough.
@sheilakethley535112 күн бұрын
I enjoyed your commentary!
@classicdetective12 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@franken-pattern12 күн бұрын
Oh, this is a feeling similar to when the cake is just cool enough to cut! Yum!
@along592512 күн бұрын
Excellent Tony. I had read this many years ago but had forgotten it almost totally! Loved your reading of it and loved the after-chat. Thanks so much.
@evelanpatton12 күн бұрын
Just so lovely to continue to enjoy having a content generator who is HUMAN & has several hats that he wears so well- an educationally creative vaudeville of STORYTELLING. I love Agatha’s writing. Such genuine contributions to writing from what might be called a “singular narrative voice”; however, the creativity of logical imagination is supremely elegant & eloquent. And Tony…just a world communities’ “cup of tea”- Thank you! ☕️🫖🪭 of 🗝️🚪🪄🪅,🪆,🖼️ of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📝📚📖❣️
@classicdetective11 күн бұрын
Interesting how well Gates Of Imagination channel is doing . i’m not sure people realise it’s all AI. that’s why they can generate so many audiobooks so quickly . truth is that most people don’t mind the AI. We humans will become like an artisan etsy product !
@bayadere830812 күн бұрын
First time I've tried your channel; I stumbled straight into the spoiler in your fourth paragraph. What was also unnecessary was the boilerplate lesson in social dynamics. Next stop: trigger warnings I suppose.
@evelanpatton12 күн бұрын
Isn’t it lovely to have a whole World Wide Web to find things that you might find fits your particular enjoyment? Ta. 🪭
@classicdetective12 күн бұрын
i’m guessing you won’t be back
@willzimjohn11 күн бұрын
@@classicdetective Neither will I. Giving away the ending in your intro is beyond lame.
@classicdetective11 күн бұрын
Git ye gone. I don’t remember inviting you
@lynnhardaker546610 күн бұрын
I didn't find that a spoiler at all, as it's such a general comment. Guess this channel just isn't for you. There's loads of us who love it. To each their own.
@thurayya890512 күн бұрын
I think it was the comedy movie, "Murder by Death" in which many authors of detective fiction were roasted, where the Agatha Christie character was accused of "withholding clues from her readers." I had to laugh when I heard that, because who hasn't read Christie and at the end said,"well, if I had only known THAT . . ."?
@kevinlada401810 күн бұрын
Great movie. It is free on KZbin right now. I luv it. I remember seeing it as a kid.
@mariamcgee44628 күн бұрын
Such a funny film with so many brilliant actors.
@thurayya890512 күн бұрын
I believe she was 17 when she met Sir Palliser, so she'd be 27 now. He is sixty now, so he would have been about 50 on the cruise.
I agree. I enjoyed this story very much. Nice audio besides .
@terrymitchell253312 күн бұрын
Very enjoyable, thank you 👍🥂
@debra33312 күн бұрын
Hi, dear Tony! Wonderful selection, one of my favorite Agathas. Thank you!❤
@MaggieatPlay12 күн бұрын
Excellent, Tony! Wonderful hearing you read Agatha Christie in your indomitable style; all the different voices. Thank you! Enjoyed the end waffle and all the information about the story; history of the era; and all the bits and bobs thrown in for our consideration.
@colley196212 күн бұрын
Just an FYI: In the AI-generated picture of a detective, he has only 3 fingers. Love your channel! You’re my favorite narrator.