8 ай бұрын
9 ай бұрын
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@robertharris5538 Ай бұрын
I am sorry the introduction of this video is so creepy I am afraid I had to turn it off
@withywheel 2 ай бұрын
Beautifully read 😊. Thank you!
@karin5211 2 ай бұрын
What a great read thank you so much. Pepper❤
@withywheel 2 ай бұрын
Beautifully read.
@karin5211 2 ай бұрын
Thank you enjoyed it thoroughly😊 and a pat for Pepper❤
@nibikikumori1373 2 ай бұрын
Tried to listen while driving to Austin, a little too soft for the road. 😁
@SoftStories 2 ай бұрын
The last thing I want is for you to fall asleep while driving!
@nibikikumori1373 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for another wonderful reading, Stratton! I was able to hear you much better this time for some reason. 🤷♀️ Would love to hear stories from the Grimm Brothers.
@karin5211 2 ай бұрын
Dear Pepper and Stratton thank you for a great read. I would love to hear Wind in the Willows
@SoftStories 2 ай бұрын
An excellent suggestion! I love the Grimm versions of those stories. Glad to hear that the audio was better for you this time; I'll keep an eye out for any production issues and do my best to remedy them.
@SoftStories 2 ай бұрын
@@karin5211 Such a lovely book! I have a copy on my shelf already, so that would be a good choice indeed.
@nibikikumori1373 3 ай бұрын
Another great reading. Thanks Stratton!
@SoftStories 3 ай бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it!
@withywheel 3 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@vishnu439 3 ай бұрын
Excellent
@thepatrusnostor5794 3 ай бұрын
Is very good
@withywheel 3 ай бұрын
This is a really hard story to read, (in my opinion) as it's pretty grim, and the confession is heartbreaking, sinister and gut wrenching. So I just wanted to congratulate you on your rendition. Your interpretation of the culprit (his accent, tone, everything) is really excellent, because you make him (wholly unjustifiable as his actions are, especially after they became deeply estranged) truly tortured and so that you can hear that he did have the capacity to be a good man, but was knocked by circumstance to be the worst person he could be instead of remaining a loving husband. Powerful stuff, and making a dark read as compelling, illuminating and fascinating as it could be. No mean feat! Impressive.
@SoftStories 3 ай бұрын
I am so glad you think so. I feel that Conan Doyle really does a good job of having his characters explain their motivations, even if they're abhorrent. I try to bring that same consideration to my readings to portray them in a fully realized way.
@karin5211 3 ай бұрын
O Pepper ❤
@SoftStories 3 ай бұрын
She's the best!
@withywheel 3 ай бұрын
Another excellent rendition 😊. Thank you for taking the time to give this classic such a fine and sympathetic reading.
@SoftStories 3 ай бұрын
Much appreciated! Thank you for watching!
@withywheel 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for recording this ! Very enjoyable 😊
@SoftStories 3 ай бұрын
Delighted to! So glad you enjoyed it.
@MarysAwesomeVideos 3 ай бұрын
Your videos make me so happy. Do yoi think you can do Petter Rabbit and the Beatrix Potter collection? One of my childhood favorites.
@SoftStories 3 ай бұрын
Gosh, what a wonderful idea! I can't believe I haven't done them before now. Definitely they will be on the short list to be read soon! Thank you so much for your kind words.
@karin5211 3 ай бұрын
Love Pepper and I love your stories
@SoftStories 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@wotanfuror 4 ай бұрын
Always glad to hear your rendition of a Holmes story!
@SoftStories 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! The memoirs contain some of my favourite Holmes and Watson adventures, so I'm excited to share them with you all!
@withywheel 5 ай бұрын
Oddly heartbreaking. Beautifully read as ever.
@4061earthabcdesong 5 ай бұрын
You're awesome, Straton. Thanks thanks thanks.😊
@4061earthabcdesong 5 ай бұрын
Thank you❤❤❤. I'm eternally grateful for your time and efforts. God bless you.🙏🙏🙏
@SoftStories 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@4061earthabcdesong 5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤
@withywheel 5 ай бұрын
These are great! Please record some more of Sherlock Holmes! (Radio 4's Clive Merrison and Michael Williams series are super but a dramatisation isn't the same as hearing it read well 😊.) This is a brilliant series and it would be excellent to hear more of your interpretations of these all time classic stories.
@sharonc7031 5 ай бұрын
I do however have the other four accompanying books. Can’t read them without you 😊
@SoftStories 5 ай бұрын
What a compliment! I only have the first book at the moment, but I promise I'll search out the others for everyone here.
@sharonc7031 5 ай бұрын
What a week it’s been. Thank you so much for your voice. No comment to share, just love.
@BradsPitts. 5 ай бұрын
Been a while but I’m back! 👑 Stratton
@SoftStories 5 ай бұрын
I've missed your positive energy! Welcome back, and hope all is well.
@withywheel 5 ай бұрын
A great rendition of a classic story, thank you 😊.
@SoftStories 5 ай бұрын
A favourite of mine! I'll definitely be back with more Holmes in the future.
@withywheel 6 ай бұрын
I doubt this book could be read/interpreted better! Excellent, thank you. Please consider doing the others in the series.
@sharonc7031 6 ай бұрын
Soft.
@sharonc7031 6 ай бұрын
Enjoyable.
@withywheel 6 ай бұрын
So few could be trusted to read this marvellous timeless classic, and do it justice, but this reading has just been a complete joy 😊.
@SoftStories 6 ай бұрын
I'm honored by your words. I hope you'll find something else to enjoy on the channel as well.
@withywheel 6 ай бұрын
This is the fourth of your series I have listened to 😊. I first discovered the channel while looking for Mary Norton's 'The Borrowers', which I only remembered vaguely from childhood, but was engaged by your sympathetic reading of it. Then 'Mary Poppins' and 'Mary Poppins Comes Back' which again, I hardly remembered and appreciated your interpretations of (I had never realised it's influence on my own work). And I have also listened to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' but it's so very trippy (listening in the evening) I'm afraid I always fall asleep so cannot give any proper review aside from it being relaxing. 'Emma' however, I have not reserved for trying to drift off to, but rather listened to at any moment during the day when I could, and will undoubtedly do so again! (As an aside these readings have helped me focus on something more positive through some difficult days this year so I am most grateful for your channel on that account also.)
@SoftStories 5 ай бұрын
@@withywheel I'm actually incredibly flattered that you can fall asleep to my readings! I hope that the difficult days will soon be in the rear view mirror, and am honored that I could be of some assistance in getting through them. 🧡
@withywheel 5 ай бұрын
Indeed yes, sometimes your readings have been the main bright spot in the days. I'm very glad of something so positive as your excellent, measured, thoughtful and meaningful renditions of favourite and other classic books to turn to. You have my heartfelt thanks.
@withywheel 6 ай бұрын
It's so lovely to not only listen to this marvellous book well read, but to hear that one's view of Jane Austen's genius is shared by another reader who is so thoughtful and with such very well expressed opinions. So glad to have discovered your channel and especially this series. Thank you!
@SoftStories 6 ай бұрын
You're too kind!
@withywheel 6 ай бұрын
How lovely to hear it rather than read it again - even knowing this fabulous book so well, it's such a different experience. And few people read it well, so thank you very much for this excellent rendition 😊.
@SoftStories 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your lovely compliment! I'm so glad you're enjoying the series.
@withywheel 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for choosing to read Emma! I love all Jane Austen's books, but this is one of the best. What's fascinating too (for myself, as I have read the book many times) is to hear it read well by someone who doesn't know what's coming next! Your annunciation and diction are so excellently correct in general, that it is a treat to listen to, and makes one more disposed to be attentive to what your opinion is in your role as reader. So while I have eschewed book clubs (being perhaps too picky about the books chosen), this captures something of 'the best sort of book club' if that makes sense? Mostly when readers of audio books give their musings on the text, I fast forward, but yours are so considered, refined and well expressed that I always listen to them. It gives Emma (perhaps the 30th time I have journeyed through the story) an additional interest this time, to hear what a well judging and thoughtful interpreter of the book is thinking as the book unfolds. So thank you again, I am very pleased indeed to have found your channel 😊.
@JurLLu 6 ай бұрын
I’m no expert in accents by any means, so it could just be my own ignorance, but I would never have guessed you were Australian! Do you change your voice for this channel? For that matter, are you an actor? You seem to have great ability there, so it wouldn’t surprise me.
@SoftStories 6 ай бұрын
You're quite right, I'm far from the quintessential Australian accent. This is my natural accent, though! My family moved around a lot when I was young, and my father grew up in England; I presume that has something to do with it. I acted in plays at school, but haven't really since. I'm auditioning for audiobooks right now, though, and enjoying that process. I also run a D&D campaign, which requires me to flex those acting muscles again. Thank you for your compliments!
@Querencia7779 7 ай бұрын
These craggy reefed commercials, are scuppering my Soft Stories smooth sailing buzz.
@Querencia7779 7 ай бұрын
I love how Pepper gets up, waltzes in a few circles and plops back down. It all helps with the ambience…
@SoftStories 7 ай бұрын
She is a character all of her own!
@Querencia7779 7 ай бұрын
Just…. Wow. What a blessing this man is.
@SoftStories 7 ай бұрын
You're too kind!
@Querencia7779 7 ай бұрын
I just discovered you, and am happy I did. Thank you!
@Querencia7779 7 ай бұрын
Fabulous. So thankful.
@Querencia7779 7 ай бұрын
You’re soooooooooooooooo soothing, as your voice is always on point!
@SoftStories 7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@MellowAmelie 7 ай бұрын
One of my childhood favorites! 🥰
@mshabiy 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for reading this book, one of my favorites. Very soothing!
@SoftStories 8 ай бұрын
An absolute delight! So glad you enjoyed it.
@MellowAmelie 8 ай бұрын
I would love if you read Jane Eyre at some point 👀
@SoftStories 8 ай бұрын
It is absolutely on the list!
@liambrownpianoproductions3445 8 ай бұрын
I on purpose waited a while to come back until you had read a good chunk for me to watch, one after the other and I am so in love with the book right now. I have always loved the stage version but hearing the books is wonderful becuase it gives you an insight to what PL was like in the way she writes. I cannot hold the attention to read the books myself as it does not go in my mind but hearing them is so wonderful and stress free.
@SoftStories 8 ай бұрын
So glad that you're enjoying the series! I will have to search out the stage show; I haven't seen it, but it sounds delightful!
@liambrownpianoproductions3445 8 ай бұрын
It is breath taking, the end is the most magical thing you could see on stage and it happens right above your head @@SoftStories
@Tis_Joe 8 ай бұрын
Hey mate. 😊 I hope you never stop uploading. I genuinely love your content so much! You deserve far more recognition and subscribers. Thank you so much for your work. 🪷
@SoftStories 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Joe!
@CookieWhisperer 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your content! Much appreciated!
@BradsPitts. 8 ай бұрын
I love the film but I just can’t give it a perfect score due to twin erasure
@apppleina 8 ай бұрын
How do you not have more subs!?! Love this!
@SoftStories 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for saying so! I appreciate it.
@BradsPitts. 9 ай бұрын
😼🕶️
@SoftStories 9 ай бұрын
The cat knows his place, and it's at the top of the pile!