Audiobook Narration, Calm British English, Mild Yorkshire, soft, Easy

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A section of the book Moby Dick. Calmly read in a warm tone. Mildly capturing the despondency of Ishmael and his urge to head to sea without sacrificing narration for too much drama.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

British (England - Yorkshire & Humber) British (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
call me Ishmael, some years ago. Never mind how long, precisely having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore. I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth, whenever it is a damp, drizzly november in my soul. Whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet, and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street and methodically knocking people's hats off. Then I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish, Cato throws himself upon his sword. I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this, if they but knew it most. All men in their degree sometime, or other cherished. Very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me