The Judgement of Paris | Leonard Merrick | A Bitesized Audiobook

[@along5925]

Simon, how wonderful. This is a great surprise...I know you've been busy. How is everything going on stage? Wishing you every success! Thanks for this gift; great to hear your voice.

[@BitesizedAudio]

It's all going well, thanks... just about to start technical rehearsals, which is very exciting, first performances in early September

[@elleeo1495]

How very delightful! Thank you, dear Simon, for gracing us with such a splendid performance in the midst of your busy schedule.

[@chrissy529]

These Old Stories Are One Of a Kind. The Writing The Wording Along With The Excellent ❤Narrating Is One Of Your Day Maker.

[@matthewbaxter6992]

You are an absolute gem Simon. Thank you for all the hard work, time and dedication.

[@saran3214]

Thank you Simon, always enjoy your elocution lessons. I go around properly pronouncing words, imitating you with my southern accent. Hope your play is a big success.

[@juliadia007]

I have to note that your French pronunciation is superb! I was so happy to hear a story I hadn’t before and this one was cute and clever. Thank you.

[@THEPAGEBURNER1979]

Master narrator, sir Simon, right on sign like always no certain time just a perfect time

[@BitesizedAudio]

Thanks PB, appreciated!

[@archmageguidla]

Bus ride with Simon today. Thank you!

[@neliaferreira9983]

Bus ride? I listened to this story in a small snack break between making yogurt and now about to pot a plant. We all connect thru different lives!

[@ShirleyPearl-n9z]

A great treat thinking of u on stage having a great time ❤

[@stevenverhaegen8729]

😂😂😂 That was great - truly a dramatic actor, Simon!

[@marciedewolff9357]

I had a really, really poopy day! 😣 Thanks to you Simon, I shall have a much better evening! Thank you so, so much for your dedication and hard work.

[@BitesizedAudio]

Glad to help! I hope today has been better...

[@marciedewolff9357]

@@BitesizedAudio Gave my self a little attitude adjustment and am having a much better day. Thanks!

[@hannahreynolds7611]

What a lovely surprise. Thank you for sharing this - it popped up just as I was looking for an entertaining listen, and this is certainly that. It's like a Woodhouse golfing story set in the French theatre. We've booked to see War Horse at Oxford after Christmas.😊

[@BitesizedAudio]

How wonderful! I've several friends and family coming to various performances at Oxford. Thanks for booking, it's shaping up to be a great show I think

[@shadownet3d]

Delightful as always. Thanks, Simon.

[@patriciaramsey5294]

Thanks!

[@GrandOldMovies]

enjoyed your suave reading of this odd tale, with a twist! Hope you can read more of his stories.

[@sonjawells4265]

❤Yay! Going to bed with Simon tonight!😊 Thank you.

[@kimbledunster]

Thank you, Simon. I appreciate that you always manage to find appropriate and period-correct artwork for the stories. Would you please consider adding details of the artwork to the description?

[@BitesizedAudio]

A very good point, I usually do put the details of the artwork in the video description (when it's an actual painting, like this one). In this case I forgot to do so as I was short on time... and I can't remember the details off-hand (I'm away from home right now and can't check easily). I'll add it in as soon as I'm able to look it up

[@stephaniealeman8522]

@@BitesizedAudio La première d'Hernani. Avant la bataille - The premiere of Hernani. Before the battle by Albert Besnard 1903, regarding a play by Victor Hugo…🧐💚

[@Frenchblue8]

I got this one!! KZbin didn't put me on the 'delayed start' cycle this time, yay!!!

[@BitesizedAudio]

Good to hear!

[@christyler975]

What a charming story. Thank you for digging out this little gem.

[@sandraelder1101]

Thanks for the story & best wishes for the play! 🎭🎟

[@karenzak6627]

Oh. My. Goodness! What a twisty short story and so will performed! Thank you Simon!

[@prince.mushroom]

Really delightful little story. Saki-esque! I am always struck by your thoughtful and sensitive approach to accents. This kind of story (I imagine) poses a particular challenge, and I thought the light touch was just right to provide color without impeding the characterizations.

[@TheHexCube]

Thank you Simon. 🫂👍

[@patriciaramsey5294]

Thank you Simon. I enjoyed this with my evening coffee and scones. Your narration is perfection!

[@crystalclear6864]

Oh gosh! I have to listen to this twice. Your narration is excellent and the story is absolutely darkly. Hilarious how do you find these? Thank you so much.

[@gisellebaptiste]

Such a twist and so beautifully read! This was perfect! Thank you Mr. Stanhope.

[@Lemma01]

I've had a long day. This is as a gift from the gods. Bless you. 💫

[@slow-lane]

Thank you for managing to post this at such a busy time in your life. This story was just plain fun!

[@reneelascala5050]

Cracking, Simon. And the 🇫🇷madman accordion music is extra.

[@terryleetv1]

Wonderful story Simon did not expect the test at all and as always your reading was superb ❤

[@waltercook4868]

Great story, well presented. Thank you!

[@kayi9236]

Excellent story and performance as always, thank you Simon, most appreciated when you're so busy!

[@stephaniealeman8522]

Many thanks 🙏🏽 Simon for the August Interlude 💚

[@ruthhase-gutierrez9830]

Ooh, I thought the end was going to make the winner come out first in a much darker way than it did. Whew!

[@amgroves76]

Wonderful story, thanks so much Simon

[@mariamcgee4462]

A superb story with superb narration. Thanks Simon.

[@beverlyadams7205]

Excellent story! One Of my all-time favorites.❤❤❤

[@BermanTaylor]

What a story! So many unexpected twists and turns.

[@taliabee8661]

What a lovely surprise…thank you!! 😀♥️

[@mjrchapin]

What a delightful--if that's the word--tale!

[@scm731]

Thank you so very much. I appreciate you more than you know.🤗

[@BitesizedAudio]

Thank you kindly 🙏

[@barrycrump6189]

Another gem. Thank you.

[@tammyhanlon3057]

Thank you Simon. I hope you are having fun with you acting job. I'm sure this will be great.

[@Stormlucy111]

Magnifique cher Simon ❤

[@JulieLevinge]

Another brilliant story ✊❤️

[@AlgernonGeorgie]

Excellent👏👏👏🎉

[@Gumblina1]

Thank you!

[@angelakyle4838]

Great story 👍

[@nataliya2641]

Dear Simon, Thank you. Hello from Moscow.

[@charlotteillustration5778]

Wonderful story, unusual and entertaining - thank you!

[@GradKat]

Terrific! What a cool story!

[@jacquelineharrod6386]

An author unknown to me. I shall now if l can find anything in the London Library, my only hope.😊 Thank you so much for posting this, as always.

[@BitesizedAudio]

Wonderful, I hope you manage to find some. I'd like track down a couple of his novels which sound especially interesting, when I have a bit more time!

[@nickybaker1338]

How marvellous! I wasn't expecting anything new, knowing that you have been occupied with your theatre role - how goes it? Thank you very, very much😍

[@BitesizedAudio]

All going well, thanks Nicky. I'll definitely keep going with the recordings, but while I settle into the run there may be a few longer gaps between uploads at times, or alternatively the stories may be a bit shorter, like this one. Still lots on my to-do list!

[@nickybaker1338]

@@BitesizedAudio thank you Simon-we'll take what we get & be very happy about it 😊

[@sandraelder1101]

How about The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins? I love that story! Have you recorded any Collins?

[@deniswilliams2212]

A bit of an easy plot to guess but the rendition was flawless Bon interprétation mon grand!

[@neliaferreira9983]

Ah and I was so proud of myself for guessing the outcome...

[@Shasta31487]

What a great story!

[@crystal-zx4fe]

Thank you! ❤

[@79personalities]

Yay!!!

[@eleshasmith6064]

Wonderful! 💖

[@SMichaelDeHart]

Another excellent narration!! Loved the story, too. Seriously considering becoming a Bigger Bite Member. Want to enjoy all of your efforts!! Hope your "real career" is doing well. If I recall correctly, you're doing a play at the present!

[@helenamcginty4920]

Delightful. Thank you.

[@johnnyrockabilly4962]

Great 🎉story

[@judikingsman6132]

Aaaah. ❤ Very amusing!

[@WadeWeigle]

Best one yet.

[@craigkelly4278]

Have you done a video for M R James short stories if not would love a video of his short ghost stories ❤❤ ah i see you did saw after i wrote comment lol keep up good work Christopher Lee does a fantastic job Reading his works in the early 2000's for a program on bbc worth a watch if you get the chance to see it.

[@thurayya8905]

Wonderfully done. I understand you are in the middle of a stage performance? Do break a leg.❤

[@paulacnote]

❤ as always so great

[@lynpryoraudio9868]

Great story Simon 😊

[@DeloresLowndes]

I had my suspension and I was right....fantastic story.

[@Gorboduc]

SPOILER maybe, but the final judgment is reminiscent of the Greek story of Zeuxis and Parrhasius, who "staged a contest to determine the greater artist. When Zeuxis unveiled his painting of grapes, they appeared so real that birds flew down to peck at them. But when Parrhasius, whose painting was concealed behind a curtain, asked Zeuxis to pull aside that curtain, the curtain itself turned out to be a painted illusion. Parrhasius won, and Zeuxis said, 'I have deceived the birds, but Parrhasius has deceived Zeuxis.'"

[@evelyn_seraphina777]

What's the music at the beginning called please?

[@code-52]

Simon, I had to switch my support to paypal. ❤ Kat.

[@BitesizedAudio]

I saw the notification, thanks so much for your support

[@terryleetv1]

Should be twist 😮

[@neliaferreira9983]

Hey Simon, would you help me find a story? 🥺 I think it is a short story. Or at least a short novel. Written in the person of a boy, or an adult man recounting his boyish memories. He tells of his parents, and how one poisened the other to death with some medicine from a bottle, for which they went to prison. However, it turns out, in the last paragraph, that it was the boy who innocently switched the bottles and hence caused the tragedy. I read it decades ago, around the time I was reading Somerset Maugham. But I am not sure he wrote this one.

[@neliaferreira9983]

I have been searching on google on and off for a long time, but I always just get recent stories or real crimes...

[@BitesizedAudio]

Hmmm, it does ring a vague bell, but I can't put my finger on the story I'm afraid. I wonder if it was Somerset Maugham, he was quite prolific (I'd love to read some of his stories for the channel, but unfortunately his work is still under copyright so I can't do it for KZbin). I'm hoping to do some reading while I'm on tour this year, so I'll keep an eye out for this one!

[@jamesross5328]

Thx

[@molsinghmarabi5289]

Thank you for your hard support for my music on Todas las Redes.

[@Clove71-0a8]

Well hello Simon

[@Frenchblue8]

I am repeatedly surprised by writings from over 100 years ago in some cases... In the United Kingdom, (these usually take place in England, and most often in London, though the characters, especially Sherlock Holmes and Dr watson, seem to do quite a bit of traveling to "the country", nether regions, and with some frequency)... at the use of terms of measurement, like miles and yards, and inches, even ounces(?) when I thought you guys more so did meters and grams, liters and kilometers. Or is that just Australia? In addition, I have noticed the use of the word 'vacation', the word we in America generally use for school breaks and scheduled time off of work, being used with exactly that meaning when I think I generally hear y'all say holiday/s, as in "school holidays"~which we refer to as 'summer vacation', 'Christmas vacation', etc. we also celebrate things like"Memorial Day weekend", which, formally, honors our war dead, but unofficially, always marks the beginning of Summer~the season~, although the third week in june, and school, for grades k-12, generally continues for another week to 10 days or so, depending upon the number of snow days, etc., which have to be made up, while "Labor Day weekend" which again, officially, celebrates the American labor force(by giving them a 'day off'), and bookmarks the end of summer, although not officially ending until around the 21st of September, kids are back in school either the Wednesday before or the Wednesday after Labor Day... Which always falls on a Monday, lol, While you have similar, with your May and August bank holidays, I believe. Anyway, meh~just a rather boring observance. Also, we've adopted so much slang/common phrases from you in the last several years, consequently, we all sound a lot smarter and a wee bit wttier!

[@BitesizedAudio]

Metres, kilometres etc are used a little bit here, but they're mainly a mainland European thing... traditionally Britain has used imperial measures and only adopted metric officially in the 1970s... but most people still say miles, feet, yards etc...

[@snippycutwell9878]

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[@blumiu2426]

Wow lol