'Silence' by Edgar Allan Poe, read by James Mason

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A lesser-known work, more of a prose-poem than a short story in the conventional sense.

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  • @missmartyjackson
    @missmartyjackson8 жыл бұрын

    Excellent reader. He doesn't just deliver the words but places the emphasis where you can follow along. FEW professional readers really do that.

  • @user-zw5sg5cv3p
    @user-zw5sg5cv3p10 ай бұрын

    Edgar Allan Poe and James Mason. Two of my favourite worlds converge. Sublime. Thank you so much xDebb

  • @DeviliciousNails
    @DeviliciousNails8 жыл бұрын

    His voice is so amazing. I love listening to him. It's like someone is pouring hot chocolate into my ears. Metaphorically, of course.

  • @josephschmeggins6311

    @josephschmeggins6311

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just said that to my wife. Like hot chocolate. Smooth and silky.

  • @schaerffenberg
    @schaerffenberg9 жыл бұрын

    Personal, deep thanks to youtube to posting this. The last time I heard it, exactly forty years ago, it made a profound impression on me that has lasted ever since. Only James Mason reads the text with all its proper nuances. What colorful imagery! I still do not know what Poe intended, but subconsciously feel, rather than consciously grasp its meaning. The old l.p. disc that featured "Silence" also had Mason reading, better than anyone else since, "The Tell-Tale Heart."

  • @Tsumami__
    @Tsumami__8 жыл бұрын

    This is now a permanent part of my brain.

  • @prateeksharan7949
    @prateeksharan79492 жыл бұрын

    Please also load - ‘The Imp of the Perverse’ read by James Mason

  • @jackshea6937
    @jackshea6937 Жыл бұрын

    HIS Imp of the Perverse is by far the best rendering; too bad it's not available, (well I can't find it in a web search).

  • @patavinity1262
    @patavinity12626 жыл бұрын

    I love the Castlevania-style intro music

  • @gnikcohs
    @gnikcohs10 жыл бұрын

    James Mason, although not the only one, has a magnificent voice for reading Poe. Although Poe wrote in a kind of poetic prose, this particular piece is one of the first prose poems in literature. Mason has read other Poe tales like Imp of the Perverse and Shadow but they mostly don't seem to be on YT, although Tell Tale Heart is. But YT has lots and lots of Poe readings, animations, films, and more.

  • @arumughamn
    @arumughamn8 жыл бұрын

    Very great reading

  • @philnewton3096
    @philnewton30962 жыл бұрын

    How can added non specific music [-Unsilence] help a verbal story ? Will I need music of my choosing when I open his book beside me? And a further question ; Might the visuals be needed ? At least the eyes can be shut

  • @vestibulate
    @vestibulate6 жыл бұрын

    The decision to attach a very poor, intrusive music track to Mason's reading was ill-advised. It's bad enough to gild the lily, but to apply a coating of dreck is an act of vandalism.

  • @markdemminii4035

    @markdemminii4035

    6 жыл бұрын

    But to fans of legendary theater organist Buddy Cole, his accompaniment to Mason's masterful reading is pure bliss!

  • @vallisdaemonumofficial
    @vallisdaemonumofficial5 жыл бұрын

    Oops, this isn't The James Mason the wrote Seige

  • @loganwhalen5560
    @loganwhalen55606 жыл бұрын

    This isn't the James Mason i'm looking for lol

  • @markdemminii4035

    @markdemminii4035

    6 жыл бұрын

    Logan Whalen, this is the British actor who most famously played Captain Nemo in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea!

  • @mwmann
    @mwmann Жыл бұрын

    The great late James Mason. Played the evil assistant to Barlow the nosferatu looking vampire in Salem's Lot. The original made for TV mini series from the 70s. Directed by Tobe Hooper of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We all know the author, Stephen King.

  • @miskatonic_alumni

    @miskatonic_alumni

    4 ай бұрын

    Very good miniseries. Tobe Hooper also directed an adaptation of "Dance of The Dead" by Richard Matheson for the first season of Masters of Horror.

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