A Sample from 'Engleby' by Sebastian Faulks

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An extract from 'Engleby' by Sebastian Faulks for sample purposes only, read by Lenny Bunn

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

British (General)

Transcript

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I bumped into Stillings the other day in Chancery Lane. Haven't seen him for a long time, and he looked sleek and optimistic. His clothes were obviously expensive. I have this gut feeling not far from where I work. They're people suddenly making huge sums of money. I mean, preposterous, dizzying, comical amounts. They're doing it legally every day and getting home late. No, One of they look glazed honey glazed money case. I don't know how this happened When I grew up in reading, there were rich people, I suppose the man who owned the paper mill, for instance, he had a new jag. You're in a house with a remote control gates. Toughs who lived in the countryside nearby. I'd inherited their money. Then there were prosperous people who worked in industry and business and maybe the top of their professional game. But they weren't millionaires. Above all, they weren't vacant looking gongs in their twenties who had to keep opening new accounts in different banks to stop the inflow from flooding the pavements. They weren't young men who, by taking a few stabs in the dark about pig iron prices, found themselves grossing more than Portugal. Do you know what I think? I missed a trick