The only known recording of the Sherlock Holmes creator. He would die three years later. Fascinating stuff. He explains what bugged him abo...

Few literary voices are as hard for me to reconcile with the author’s actual speaking voice as William Faulkner’s.  How could the man w...

Rudyard Kipling. Fount of manly fiction. Bearer of burly eyebrows. Speaker of… a surprisingly effeminate, mousy little voice. Have a listen:...

We often become so familiar with the distinctive literary voice of an author, that it can be somewhat jarring to hear their actual speaking...

Here’s one for all the linguists out there. I don’t know why I was so struck to hear the audio recording of Walt Whitman below. I guess s...

If you enjoy the sing-song cadence of a lilting Irish Brogue, then you’ll enjoy this recording of James Joyce reading from Finnegans Wak...

Sometimes we become so immersed in the distinctive   literary voice   of an author, that when we hear that same author's actual  speakin...

In the past we’ve explored the jarring disconnect between the literary voice of an author, and their actual speaking voice (see Hemingway a...

Sometimes we become so immersed in the distinctive literary voice   of an author, that when we hear that same author's actual  speaking ...

Sometimes we become so immersed in the distinctive literary voice of an author, that when we hear that same author's actual  speaking v...