Beyond

Lovely story

(5 stars)

1spigot

I had a tear at the end of the story! Great story, but I believe the reader Simon Evers is the one that brings it alive... One of the best readers... The only thing is I'm now running out of books he has read!... Thanks for you time!

Beyond

(5 stars)

TheBookworm

A beautiful, tragic, and complex love story, excellently read. These are complex characters and Galsworthy's restrained writing style doesn't reveal them in a rush. As the father of a daughter, i found the story line hit close to home. It's hard to believe that the author was in fact childless. Perhaps it was his personal longing that makes the story pull so at the heart. It was initially difficult to get over the setting of this romance and to concentrate on the character studies. The mores of Edwardian high society with its retired majors and baronets' ladies are as foreign to us as those of a different species. And the hyperbole! Did anyone ever actually speak like that? Yes, i think they probably did. As usual, Simon Evers does a superlative job of putting over this emotional piece. I particularly like the sound of gulls in the background of the recording and envision his studio somewhere on the south coast... did i get that right, Simon? TheBookworm (Manchester, UK)

Tragedy was this:

(4 stars)

dahszil

Mr. Summerhay nor Gyp took account of one another's traumas that shaped themselves, especially Gyp's traumas . When their situation came to a peak, if only Summerhay would have told Gyp he understood what she has been through, i.e. the psychological approach, her mother's death due to her birth, the awful marriage to the Swedish Violinist , and so on, and that he understood or wanted to understand. Gyp's salvation: Gyp with her father Winton's help would do charity . So i guess we can all vicariously feel good without compunction, because Charity uplifts the poor, NOT ! Charity uplifts the charitable but it cannot lift enough poor and workers...... Gladstone started to do the right thing , and so did following liberal and labour governments . The liberals and labour were pushed from the grass roots worker and women's struggles. The Tories have rolled back the democratic changes the workers movement and women movement fought for . I will be relieved when old labour wins and nationalizes essential services, put banksters in jail , and kick out the privitization vultures in the NHS.......

A Deep and Realistic Portrayal

(5 stars)

Scott in Sandy Eggo

This is a beautiful story about the many flavors of love and its consequences. The characters are drawn with unblinkingly honesty, playing to their better and lesser humanistic traits, antagonisms, and possibilities. The view into the world of musicians of the day was intriguing. The most accurate relational drama, the father daughter narrative, was as well told as any in literature; and that is in the case of those whose love is selfless and forgiving, loving a child or a parent for whom they really are and not who we want them to be, and the benefits in the whole of life that such tolerance and acceptance brings peace in the later years of old age and reflection. Thank you Simon Evers for bringing this wonderful gift of literature to the Librivox catalog.

Sad story, but a balanced ending

(5 stars)

Ana

i love Simon Evers reading! I found the story interesting, but the ideologies of the prmary characters a little one dimensional. The author made me think about the complexities of the man women relationship, commitment, and selflessness. I was very happy that the ending displayed the maturity and the coming to terms with life of the main female, so that even though the story on the whole was a sad one, it did not end tragically.

Very good, thanks

(4 stars)

Mali Taus

I found the story a little long winded (and sad of course) but a beautiful tale nonetheless and excellent narration: Simon Evers has perhaps the best RSVP on Librivox: rhythm, speed volume and pitch.

(4 stars)

BinneyOB

Excellent recording. This is a less familiar work of Galsworthy for me. Perhaps a repetition of themes in earlier work. I enjoy his work very much so I was glad to find this.

beyond....an expressive title for emotions and loyalties

(5 stars)

Susan Lewis

challenging to a modern reader but beautifully written and then skillfully read by (Simon Evers) my favourite reader. Very thought provoking.