I really need to subscribe to Classic Tales. I keep hearing good things about it.
I remember reading the Yellow Wallpaper in high school. It was an incredibly creepy story.
DK,
It's really good. The narrator is VERY vocally talented and manages to breathe life into stories that would have seemed 'musty' to me previously. It's good stuff. Get thee over there!
I concur. It's amazing how interested I get in the stories. The Yellow Wallpaper was incredibly done. B.J. Harrison is incredible. I even like his female voices.
In his reading of
Bernice Bobs Her Hair, I was so emgrossed I barely noticed most of the reading was from a male in a female voice. That's another thing. If you gave me a choice of what to listen to, and included a story about clashes of social femininity in the 1920's (Bernice), I probably would have passed. But I was completely into the story. I think that is due to the talent of B.J. and also the power of classic literature.
My only slight quibble about Classic Tales is that B.J. only keeps the last two or three episodes available on the website and feed. The older stories are available at Audible.com for a small price. On the other hand, I don't begrudge B.J. making business decisions especially based on the popularity of his work. It's just not what I'm used to in podcasting. He's not asking for donations so...
He also recently started a promotion where he will record audiobooks for unpublished authors. Check out the
site.