The Rocking-Horse Winner (edition 2010)

I 'read' this on audio. I'm getting used to the medium and can see that the acting ability of the narrator is what makes all the difference. More difference that the actual text written by the author. This narrator, a woman, chose to give the little boy a thin, reedy voice, almost laughable, but written, I could see that this had considerably greater depth.

No matter what I read and hear, I have to say that still to me listening to an audio book is entirely synonymous to listening to a radio play and in no way has the depth of a written book - after all th e characterisation and emphasis have all been taken out of my hands and, like with a film, its someone else's interpretation that is feeding my brain.
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Lucky punt breakdown.

http://freesf.blogspot.com/2008/09/rocking-horse-winner-d-h-lawrence.html ( )

Nice short story. Ending was odd and unexpected and felt like an "I have to end this." The child was more adult than the adults.