The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton from 'The Innocence of Father Brown' - audiobook
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2023
- This is the penultimate tale from 'The Innocence of Father Brown' (1911) and is rather a curiosity in that nothing very much appears to happen, but we get to learn a little more about Father Brown's methods and the lines he draws etc. It's an atmospheric walk through the frosty woods with his old friend and former criminal Flambeau.
Father Brown seems less than sure that this event is an exception to the rule. Whereas in real life...
It is read by Greg Wagland for Magpie Audio in 2023. - บันเทิง
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Insomniac from PTSD here. Your stories are the only thing that I can drift off to. Thank you so much.
I sometimes take magnesium for a good night's sleep. (Not advising it for you of course!)
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audioNever had a youtuber respond to my comments. day made.
I'm not a youtuber, but I want to respond -- you are in my prayers.
Your narration is so relaxing and fitting here.
Thank you for your narrative excellence in bringing to life each & every literature treasure. 🤗💞💋
Thanks FS.
Thank you for the new story! Your faithful listeners truly appreciate it!
Cheers SL. I'm sure these FB stories are doing you the world of good!
I recognize the classically trained actor in your resonant, beautiful voice. Many, many thanks for Holmes and Brown! Kind regards from Austria.
Good evening Austria. Thank you for that - appreciated.
Oh, hello Austria, so nice to meet you! Grüsse aus Tschechien! 🙂 I live 60 km from the Austrian border, so Vienna is closer than Prague. You're the geographically closest fan I've found here so far 🙂
I haven’t watched TV in 8 years . I have listen to countless audio books and stories and friend Greg and you’re the MF G.O.A.T. 🐐
Cheers Joe. Appreciate it!
Really like Father Brown stories, but always found them a little bonkers!!😉
Bonkers, in a way that only human life on earth can be?
Greg, pounding them out like an exquisite, impossibly variable, infinitely talented machine! ps. The Shadow and the Flash, A Piece of Steak . . . . .
Love the built-up both story line and the (not-) metaphorical steep stairs, slopes, roads,...
It's a journey. Almost need a special effect gravel box to walk in!
Ah, old Chesterton certainly can stretch a simple tale into a Polar Exhibition!!! Argh! But it is always a joy to listen to your beautiful voice... Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for these wonderful readings of these great stories! God bless you!
🤤🤤🤤🤤 Thanks Greg! I hope you're well.
Thanks Greg! 🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️
Pleasure AS
Ever eloquence! Ever deliciously delivered- like a perfectly grilled medium-rare steak…melts into the senses! Truly, a diamond in carbon! Thank you!
Now then, that's just how I like my steak, Evelan.
Thank you for another masterpiece Greg 😊
Wow. This was riveting, chilling and precisely delivered. Thank you Greg. 👍❤💯
Thanks Patricia!
Greg Sir I’m on the Trail and Just started Listening with a Coffee ☕️ in hand and Headphones 🎧 on my Canister as usual.Ahhhhh Bisto 😜
Thanks Greg as always for your time and Effort doing these and also As Always a thumbs up to every Commenter to help the Algorithm 🙏
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@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I concur Greg as Proper Homemade Gravy can’t be beaten but an alternate option when you just need Some Royal Navy is always Bisto😜
You, sir, are an inspiration for my continued English speaking lessons.
On another note, this was a disturbing story. It's frightening to wonder how much of this goes on in real life. Stories of drugs shipped in bodies during the Vietnam War are just one possible example.
Your writen intro is spot on, while your reading lends weight to the homilitic (?) sub-text, which (more or less mutely) underlies all these tales. Masterly.
Thank you!
Brilliantly told.
Thanks Robyn
What a great morning Thank you
Cheers Gwen
I didn't know this story. Its complicated. I'll have to pull it out and revisit it.. I rewound it and listened. It seems I missed something. Chesterton, he knows humanity.
WOW!
That was an amazing story!
You never know where it goes, up to the bitter- and very enjoyable end! 🤭
Yes
Excellent story, beautifully read.
So so happy you are continuing audiobooks after reading all (?) the Sherlock Holmes! And GK Chesterton is a favourite. Do you have a website with options to download or anything like that?
I was also thinking, I'd buy the digital files if I could! I hate the thought that one day youtube or this channel might be no more and I won't be able to listen to the stories anymore.
Not that I would not want Greg to Make some ££££ off any digital Uploads he may have for his work but as another option you can save all of Greg’s Uploads (or anyones on TH-cam for that matter) easily into your own playlists (like I do)direct within TH-cam,
Or if you want your own copy to listen to at will just download them to your Computer it’s easy and the Software is free and out there for anyone to utilise.
Not available as downloads I'm afraid.
i’m late to reply but there are definitely websites out there that convert youtube videos to audio files. just be careful because i’m sure there are sketchy ones as well
Much thanks for making my Driver's Ed course more bearable. It was nice to hear Flambeau and Brown debating about the broken sword in the background of a reading that would be otherwise unbearably boring.
Is a Driver's Ed course when you get done for speeding or something else?
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Perhaps it is different where you live (or perhaps I am simply ignorant), but in the US, you are required to do 30 hours of reading an online guide to driving if you intend on getting your license before age 18. Although it can be informative, it is often about as exciting as a harmonic analysis of John Cage's 4'33 (which is to say, very boring), so I deeply appreciate your aiding me in these dull moments.
Thirty hours!!! Avoid other vehicles, understand junctions / lights, check your tyre pressures, understand & follow signage, don’t get mad or drunk. Job done 20 minutes. 30 hours? Maybe for flying a fighter jet. Ha! Good luck!
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio I wish you were in charge here, haha! I appreciate your sympathy. My best wishes to you, my friend.
This is, I think, some of the most lyrical, evocative, nature at night descriptions I have ever read, and you put me right there.
He's great on nature descriptions. The Scottish one with an old fashioned name in the title... is very atmospheric / pathetic fallacy rich.
Splendid.
Many thanks 🌹 🇦🇺
Glad you liked it, Gabrielle. Cheers
Comment count is way off! There are many many more than just one!!! TH-cam should adjust!
Odd sometimes.
I can't understand how anyone ever thought these were comedies. Especially this one. Not a whole lot of laughs, is it?.
I guess it's only because Fr. Brown himself, as described, could be construed as a somewhat comic figure.
More Father Brown, pretty please
Maybe.
so nice
Good.
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Will be catching up on recent Father Browns soon - I was waylaid by complete seasons of "I’m Sorry I haven’ a clue"!
Whaaaaat? Is this the Greg Wagland Marathon or what? 🤔 Oh! I forgot , You always disappear to the pub for the summer. Silly me 😜
And much of the autumn/fall.
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio 😑 I’m calling your Mother
I am wondering why these F Brown stories are so cherished? Their view of good and evil seems seriously twisted. I'm not buying this brand of philosophical morality. They don't deserve the thoughtful, expressive treatment you give them. Even you can't elevate them. Only one more to go. I can't wait till they're done.
Disagree, TM, except perhaps with this one. I can't quite follow his reasoning!
@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Do you know what I appreciate about you, GW? You're like a good teacher. Whether you agree with us or not, you encourage us to think and express ourselves. 😉
He was a Roman Catholic convert in the beginning of the 20th century in England and will be foreign to you ,I expect
I don't get it, twisted in what way? Father Brown's view of Asian religions sure is very 1920's and seems weird today and hard to grasp on the first hearing, but other than that... It's really mostly about thinking of other people x thinking only of yourself. And how the situations in life can become so complicated that you start thinking only of yourself without realizing it. They're cautionary tales "don't go too far on that path, look around and keep some down-to-earthness". Which is what a lot of people would tell you anyway, it's common sense.
The Eye of Apollo: someone shows off not to make other people laugh but to manipulate them, and turns out to be selfish. The Hammer of God: someone thinks he has the right to decide who gets to live and who gets to die - turns out they're the one who broke the law. The Wrong Shape: someone completely disregards other people's feelings. That one is a bit stretched, but they're murder mysteries, those are always a bit stretched. I don't know, but it mostly seems pretty straighforward to me. It's all wrapped in a huge tortilla of Catholicism, but it's really basic stuff 🙂
Btw, in case you wanted an answer, one reason they're cherished is that nobody else has been able to weave an imaginative murder mystery around so many other genres, all done well: art, psychology, theology, poetic nature descriptions, satire etc., plus a huge vocabulary and sometimes also witty, well-written dialogues. All that in just a few pages, with a very well-built mystery as a frame. Most mystery writers aren't able to construct such unusual-yet-fully-working stories even without other genres thrown in, let alone with them. I read some of the stories when I was a kid, and I remembered every single one of them. I remember being fascinated by the suspect-poet who spent hours staring at a garden because it was his job, by the suspect who had an unexpected alibi because he felt lazy and started reading a cheap horror novel, by the brilliance of the "aristocratic waiter" thief. All that speaks to Chesterton's qualities as a writer ☺️