After Midnight By Marthe Neville | Detective & Mystery | illustrated Audiobook & Discussion

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00:38 - illustrated Audiobook
1:00:40 - My Thoughts
Marthe Neville's "After Midnight," first published in The Black Mask magazine in August 1920, is a seminal work of pulp fiction that encapsulates the genre's essence with its suspenseful and psychologically complex narrative.
The narrative probes deep into themes of deception, the corrupting influence of power, and the ethical limits of scientific research.
the story shares traits with other mystery and thriller works, such as Agatha Christie's complex characters, Edgar Allan Poe's psychological depth, Arthur Conan Doyle's scientific intrigue, noir fiction's narrative structure, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler's themes of justice.

[@terrymitchell2533]

Thoroughly enjoyed, thank you very much 👍🥂

[@apace903]

I enjoy older literature as the tone and description is so well done. Thank you

[@sugarfalls1]

And the level of vocabulary in even penny dreadfuls like the ones on Bite Sized Audio Classics is so much more suited for people with a higher education, I think. But the great thing is, that they don't dumb down those short stories and therefore, take regular people like me. and hold them to a higher standard! Isn't that great! Now that's how you get a better vocabulary and isn't it a shame that because of the coarsening of society, we don't hold people to a higher standard of intelligence, even by just slipping in a few vocabulary words to broaden their vocabulary? Don't get me wrong, the quality of life we have is so much better than back then, but we have lost the expectation, imho, that regular folks can take in a few different words and learn their meaning, therefore expanding their knowledge of the English language. That, I think, is the essence of good literature.

[@sumazdar]

dziękuję

[@tashuys]

I feel like every time someone comments to complain about an AI voice on FREE content, they should disclose their age.

[@pakde8002]

I hope you're not an ageist. 😂 I'm 65 yo and I think ai narration is wonderful for folks like myself who need help falling asleep. The typical monotone voice of the urbane English gentleman is better than a bottle of wine for making me drowsy.

[@tashuys]

@@pakde8002 I'm 53, so I hope I'm not ageist

[@thomfarrell9567]

The AI reader isn't bad, I'm sure in time it will improve. Its just the lapse in the flow of a word or sentence that needs improvement

[@rhonaharker6358]

Don’t want a discussion with an AI reader

[@DMFiction]

You can skip it

[@donsurlylyte]

this ai is better than a whole lot of amateur readers, eg from librivox

[@marisamartin3664]

How do you know it's AI? He does this beautifully.

[@maxscherzer9521]

@@marisamartin3664 the cadance

[@sugarfalls1]

@@donsurlylyte I couldn't agree more! You nailed it on the head! And - his voice is just the right amount of scary, imho! But some A1 voices sound really crappy too! This is top notch!

[@jamesross5328]

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[@sugarfalls1]

In the middle of the book, they repeatedly go over the same points over and over again! It's really slowing down the plot and excitement! Ugh!

[@Royce-fw1du]

It's The Black Mask. This is what young clerks and page boys read back in the day. Today it is 50% entertainment and 50% history lesson.

[@JohmCronin-ig4fu]

It's just monotonic.

[@timgluckman8663]

Not well read! If there is a human being reading, he should make that clear