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Starting my journey woo!

Good job 👍 keep up

This will be my bed time routine commencing now! 😄

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Heck yeah!

Get on with it

Really enjoyed this!

And here we are at the final chapters! I'm so glad you enjoyed the book overall and were wowed by the ending. It's one of those endings that sticks with you for days. And we have the same reading taste: I, too, love dark endings, especially ones where there's a bit of hope and we're rooting for the characters to get out of whatever shenanigans they're in, but we know at the same time it's not gonna end well. I agree that this is one of his novels where Hugo could've just told us the story, with maybe a little context to ground the reader into the world, but yeah, we didn't need pages and pages about the history of the aristocracy, the torture chamber in England, entire chapters that take up five minutes of a character doing something, etc. And weeding through all that stretched-out context trying to decide what to keep and what to toss as a playwright has been quite a challenge as I write. But it makes getting to the scenes with plot all the more satisfying. Again, I want to thank you for this. It's such a joy to find fellow fans of this book, and that more and more people are discovering it. Thank you for a wonderful reading.

44:16--I was so excited for you to get to the scene where Josiana tries to seduce Gwynplaine, and I knew you were going to love it. It's a wild chapter indeed and is one of my favorites because of how twisted it is. When I sum up Josiana's character to people, I describe her as, "The dark side of Princess Jasmine. She wants a whole new world and sees and treats people like playthings in an effort to experience it."

Whenever I get to the part where Barkilphedro not only cheats Ursus out of the guineas but, even worse, lies to him about Gwynplaine being dead, I'm filled with as much rage as I was the first time I read it. He's such a slimeball! One of Hugo's greatest villains.

I like your enthusiasm. You can hear it in your voice. I have listened to a lot of audiobooks for Don Quixote and that always seems to be lacking. It made it really enjoyable and you did a great job! Thank you.

1:00:44--"Okay, so in this chapter, we have Gwynplaine realizing that Dea . . . might be hot." I KNOW, RIGHT?! I'm visually impaired, have been since birth, and I identify with and feel so much for Dea. She and Gwynplaine are my favorite fictional couple, but at this point in the story, I get so damn frustrated with him: "Gwynplaine, dude, you and Dea are crazy about each other, and you're both man and woman like any others. Make love already!" Also, as a Wiccan, I LOVE all the Pagan imagery and symbolism woven into the story, which are summed up in Dea's name: "Goddess". To have the character who represents the divine be not only a woman but a blind woman at that, in a book that was written in 1869 when people with disabilities are terribly underrepresented in fiction to this day, is freaking awesome. It's so wonderful to see more people discovering this book. "The Man Who Laughs" is my favorite Victor Hugo novel. I'm writing a stage play adaptation of it and have had your reading of the book on in the background as I work on my edits. These videos have been an absolute treat, and you have a wonderful reading voice. I can't wait to check out your reaction to the rest of the story! On to Part 10!

good as always! I‘m not in twitch mood lately but always down for the recordings😊

a very pleasant voice!

Hey - this is great!

I feel I came to hear a fictional story about the future to blow some time, but I left learning a little something about the past. Chapter four is exceptionally telling including the things you noted about the character's judgmental views. (I haven't finished yet so there may be more.) Edit: Whoops, you already address this 15 minutes after I hit post 😅

Nice

Was very fun to listen to ya reading that sci-fi classic. You have the perfect vibes for this genre, with your crazy astro nerdgirl hair style & your calm but also senseable intruged reading voice, that suits the deep going philisophical sci-fi aspect perfectly, & is likewise suiting for the listeners comfort.😊

Noice.

Had to chuckle at the "deer" discussion, there was a cheese and sausage holiday platter I was gifted once and on the packaging for the "cheese" was the description "cheese like product"... did not inspire confidence in me.

The recollection of making faces at people when Aunt Dot was younger makes me like her even more. But yuck on that... ending... I guess that is the ultimate tension game or nightmare. The story ends and the danger is still present. My fan fiction ending would be the house staff bundling Lucy up and shoving her out the backdoor to be whisked away by her Aunt. That said would Lucy have gone for it... or rebelled. Thank you Mooog for the read and discussion.

Agreed this is an important read, the more we explore Wemyss being the monster in his home environment... wow. That and Lucy's realizations that there is no right answer, logic, or reaction in the abusive relationship. Feels like this story can serve as an emotional abuse/relationship red flag guidebook.

Behavior control, emotion manipulation, and isolation = good marriage... nope yikes. Seriously though the ability of the author to create ongoing dread and tension is very solid. Mixed feelings where I want to applaud the skill and then worry about the author's life experience. Thank you Mooog as chat has mentioned for reading through this as I am not sure I could have.

Aunt Dot you in danger girl and Lucy too of course... so much eww lol. Mooog thank you again 😂

Mooog you have a talent for making hearing a concerning older piece of literature entertaining to experience. Thank you for this experience the knowledge of a novel and likely entire author's works to safely skip past on the shelf.

Don quixote just like me fr. Great reading but id recommend turning the volume up it is a bit quiet

I'm currently reading Don quixote in spanish, it's very nice to go along with your lecture to hear it in english. This novel it's surprisingly well fitted to be translated. Anyway, greetings from méxico

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