The Secret of Dunstan's Tower | A Max Carrados story by Ernest Bramah | A Bitesized Audiobook
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Published 2022-07-13
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00:00:00 Introduction and background notes, written and read by Simon Stanhope
00:04:09 The Story begins
01:06:04 Credits and thanks
If you'd like to hear more stories featuring Max Carrados, I have a playlist in development, available here: • Max Carrados stories by Ernest Bramah
Or for a selection of other Victorian and Edwardian detective stories, do take a look at the "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" playlist:
• Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Victorian...
About the author: Ernest Bramah (1868–1942) was born Ernest Bramah Smith, probably in or near Manchester, where he attended grammar school. An intensely private man, very little information is known about his personal life. His early career included a stint as assistant to Jerome K. Jerome; his first success as a writer came as a contributor of humorous sketches somewhat in the manner of Jerome, to newspapers and periodicals, and he later became editor of one of Jerome's magazines. As an author he is best remembered for creating two characters: Kai Lung, a Chinese storyteller who appeared in a number of humorous stories from 1900; and Max Carrados, the blind detective, created in 1913. He also wrote science fiction, and his 1907 novel 'What Might Have Been' (also known as 'The Secret of the League') is a dystopian story which was acknowledged by George Orwell as a major influence on his own 'Nineteen Eighty-four'. Orwell was also a great admirer of the Max Carrados stories, bracketing them with Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Freeman's Dr Thorndyke as "the only detective stories since Poe that are worth re-reading". The character of Carrados appeared in more than 25 short stories and novels between 1913 and 1934, and by the 1920s was more popular than Sherlock Holmes (whose later cases appeared alongside Carrados in The Strand Magazine). His blindness proves no obstacle to his detective skills; indeed his other senses are heightened and he regularly outwits criminals and fellow detectives alike.
Ernest Bramah Smith died in June 1942, aged 74, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. He was survived by his wife Lucy Smith.
‘The Secret of Dunstan’s Tower’ first appeared in two parts in The News of the World, on 2nd and 9th November 1913. It was subsequently published in book form as part of the compilation volume 'The Eyes of Max Carrados' in 1923.
Recording © Bitesized Audio 2022
All Comments (21)
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Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction and background notes, written and read by Simon Stanhope 00:04:09 The Story begins 01:06:04 Credits and thanks If you'd like to hear more stories featuring Max Carrados, I have a playlist in development, available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi95qAoufCZLjwoLUZBvPAF… Or for a selection of other Victorian and Edwardian detective stories, do take a look at the "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi95qAoufCZL5tiXECltwXU… Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me: * Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesizedaudio * Monthly support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bitesizedaudio * Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com/ * Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on YouTube, from $1 per month with various benefits: youtube.com/c/BitesizedAudioClassics/join
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Who here can’t wait for bedtime to turn off the lights and listen to this new story Simon has recorded for us?
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A classic detective who is blind?! How do I, who loves 1920s pulp and am blind myself, not know of this guy? A new favorite! Thanks!
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The ol’ ancient family curse - you’ve got to love it. I love this writer’s style - subtly and drily funny - and you Simon are just the one to do it perfect justice. As always - wonderful.
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How wonderful! I was hanging on every word! Simon, I can't help but wonder how much time you must spend rehearsing these readings. Surely you must. The vocabulary is so different from today's language and your inflection is so perfect. Surely you don't just start and read stories written like this through perfectly the first time. I can tell you are a perfectionist and would never put anything out that did not meet your exacting standards. Your work is recognized and oh so appreciated! Thank you again for the outstanding entertainment! ❤
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I am so glad I found this channel several months ago. Hearing his pleasant voice during my recent hospital stay was very comforting. And I've learned about new authors, new stories.
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If I may be so bold: WOW! A wonderful, novel story, perfectly narrated to bring it to life, and this after a dry spell, during which I'm sure we were all parched for a new tale. Thank you!
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I'm now convinced that the author was sternly told by his father or mother that he absolutely could not use the word anus in a respectable published work. 🤔 "challenge accepted " or"oh yeah?!" or "just watch me".
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Hi Simon , great story ,perfectly read as always with your wonderful voice . So happy to have you back on YouTube 👍👍 were you belong
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Ernest Bramah's lifespan saw so many changes, so many new inventions and technologies that he experienced from being brand spanking new amazing things to being just the ubiquitous stuff of every day life people were used to, telephones, airplanes, automobiles, and radio being such commonplace items by then. But when he was 10 years old none of them existed! Old enough to have been around for the Autumn of Terror, aka the reign of Jack the Ripper, Bramah saw all of the wonders of what I like to call VicEd tech, and others refer to as, I think, steampunk... and still lived to see the courageous, heart spirited, British homefront effort at Dunkirk, perhaps, even saw America enter the war. Incredible! And how l have come to love Max Carrados! Thank you, Mr Bramah and Simon, of course!
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Such beautiful and forgotten writing. Thank you Simon.
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Oh my. Max Carrados is fast becoming my favorite detective. Wouldn’t have discovered him without you. Thank you Simon! 🎩
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Oh What a lovely surprise after a stressful day! Wondrous stuff Simon..
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This is a great story and I'm glad you recorded it; I recently read all of the Max Carrados stories, but with my vision I always pay a price for reading with migraines. Now, I can listen to it over and over.
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How delightful to have you back and recording new stories! Your delivery, as always, is so beautifully precise and nuanced, and your choice of stories introduces us to writers who really deserve to be remembered and enjoyed. Thank you.
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Always thrilled to see a new Bitesized Audio. Thanks again Simon!
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'EYES IN THE NIGHT" 1942 - an excellent film noir featured Edward Arnold as Duncan "Mac" MacLain, the blind detective. And Allen Jenkins as his 'eyes" Marty. Mac also has a very charming guide dog, Friday, who nearly steals the film with his smarts and amazing antics. Great film. The idea of blind detectives goes back awhile, and is always fascinating. When one considers the 'other senses.." people lacking sight often have.
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Simon my hero. Thank you once again.
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Hello Simon, looking forward to this! The new intro is great if I have not said so before. It adds even more to your signature design with a picture of the author. Thank you!
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I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination but it is refreshing to listen to a story that has storyline without gratuitous violence/sex/foul language.
