how does the author speak when he is talking to his wife? how is it different from the way he speaks for the gramophone record?
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Explanation:
In every country in the world in which literature holds a place, the name of George Bernard Shaw is well known and, one may say, revered. No other writer, except, perhaps, Shakespeare, has earned such world-wide fame. The portraits broadcast by the press have made his features familiar to millions all over the earth. His writings have been translated into the language of every civilised nation, and there can hardly be anywhere a theatre of any importance at which at least some of his plays have not been produced. But of the multitudes who have thus become familiar with his name, his features and his work, how many have actually heard the living voice of the man himself? Their number is, comparatively speaking, infinitesimal. Thanks, however, to Mr. Shaw's courtesy in consenting to have his voice reproduced on Linguaphone records, it will now be possible for millions the world over to listen to his voice in their own homes and at their own pleasure.
That it is a great privilege for the Linguaphone Institute to be able to record the voice of this literary genius goes without saying, but, apart from that, the fact that the voice of the Master has thus been perpetuated will be of the utmost interest and importance to the vast number of people who have been entranced by his writings. There has been in modern times no writer who has ever captured the imagination of the public to such an extent as has George Bernard Shaw, and the making of these records represents a boon to his admirers all over the globe and an epoch-making event in the history of literature.
Mr. Shaw very kindly prepared a special address for the recording, and the text of that address, composed in his own inimitable style and full of true "Shavian" humour and whimsicality, will be found in the following pages, together with a short sketch of his career.
This is the first time that the voice of a writer of Mr. Shaw's calibre has been recorded, and we deeply appreciate the honour which he has done to the Linguaphone Institute by selecting it as the most appropriate medium through which to record his voice for the benefit of this and future generations.