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Happy Sunday! It’s August. It’s hot. And I haven’t been in the best of reading moods lately. (I’m SO happy that Emma and the Vampires and I have parted ways!) But Georgette Heyer has been a great indulgence–a true comfort read!

I recently reviewed several audiobooks of Georgette Heyer’s novels narrated by Richard Armitage. The Book Chook had a GREAT question on my Convenient Marriage post. “My question Becky is this (eventually): I love this book, and have read it often. I hear Horry’s gruff little voice and Cosby’s simper in my head already. Won’t hearing someone else’s interpretation be like going to a movie that mangled a loved book?”

I do have opinions on books that have been made (badly) into movies. I do see it as a form of interpretation/adaptation. Often changes are made. And (beloved) characters can act out of character. Before this question, I hadn’t really seen audio books as a way for a book to be misinterpreted. Not in the same way at least. The words remain the same. Though it’s obvious that some narrators are better than others. There are definitely times when enjoyment is lessened by a bad narration. So it’s more than just the words themselves, how these words are read does influence your experience. The narrator is interpreting the words–perhaps not as much as in the movies–but still there is some interpreting going on.

In the case of The Convenient Marriage–I thought Richard Armitage did a great job. I would almost say a perfect job. But. There is the little fact that it is an abridged audiobook. I thought he did a great job with Horry’s stammer. I thought he did a great job with our hero, Lord Rule. Listening to this one was very happy-making. I do LOVE the book. I’ve read it twice now. And I do love the book all on its own. Richard Armitage’s narration didn’t *make* me love it. But I was certainly very pleased with it. I can’t guarantee that anyone will love it or even like it the same way I did. But I would encourage people to give it a chance. If it doesn’t work out, then it doesn’t work out. But if it does…then those five hours will not be wasted.

What do you think? Have you listened to any great audiobooks lately? Any ‘favorite’ narrators you enjoy spending time with?

What I’ve Reviewed This Week:

Beauvallet. Georgette Heyer. 1929/2010. Sourcebooks. 301 pages.
Emma and the Vampires by Wayne Josephson. 2010. Sourcebooks. 304 pages.
April Lady. Georgette Heyer. 1957/2005. Harlequin. 270 pages.
Sphinx’s Princess. Esther Friesner. 2009. Random House. 384 pages.
Shiver. Maggie Stiefvater. 2009. Scholastic. 400 pages.
Knightley Academy. Violet Haberdasher. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 469 pages.
Complete Adventures of Curious George: 70th Anniversary Edition. Margret and H.A. Rey. 2010. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 432 pages.
Curious George Storybook Collection. 2010. September 2010. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 197 pages.
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. Mo Willems. 2006. Hyperion. 40 pages.
Piggy Pie Po. Audrey & Don Wood. 2010. September 2010. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages.
The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Alphabet Book. Robert Crowther. 1999/2010. August 2010. Candlewick. 12 pages.
The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Numbers Book. Robert Crowther. 2010. August 2010. (1999) Candlewick. 12 pages.
Masquerade by Nancy Moser. 2010. Bethany House. 368 pages.
George Whitefield: God’s Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century. Arnold A. Dallimore. 2010. Crossway Publishers. 224 pages.
The Devil in Pew Number Seven: A True Story. Rebecca Nichols Alonzo with Bob DeMoss. 2010. Tyndale. 288 pages

Currently Reading:

The Foundling. Georgette Heyer. 1948/2009. Sourcebooks. 448 pages.

What I Hope To Begin/Finish Soon:

The Half-Life of Planets. Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin. 2010. Hyperion. 256 pages.

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The Convenient Marriage. By Georgette Heyer. (1934) Read by Richard Armitage. 2010. August 2010. Naxos Audiobooks. 5 hrs. 6 minutes.

You can listen to an audio sample here. You can also listen/download an interview with Richard Armitage on why he enjoys recording audio books.

First sentence: “Lady Winwood being denied, the morning caller inquired with some anxiety for Miss Winwood, or, in fact, for any of the young ladies. In face of the rumour which had come to her ears it would be too provoking if all the Winwood ladies were to withhold themselves.”

Lord Rule wants to marry Miss Winwood–the eldest Winwood, Elizabeth. But. Elizabeth is in love with another man–a poorer man, a soldier named Edward Heron. Horatia Winwood is the youngest of three sisters. But she may prove to be the savior of her family. Hoping to save her sister heartache, Horatia comes up with a plan that will allow her sister her happily ever after. All the while saving her family from financial difficulties–due in part to her brother’s gambling habits. What if she were to marry Rule instead…

My thoughts on the book/audiobook:

Horatia does have a stammer. Especially when nervous, I wonder how other listeners will respond to it…will they be charmed by it like Rule or find it grating on the nerves?

I loved reading chapter two–as I noted in my review–but I loved, loved, loved hearing it! It makes such a great dramatic scene! Horatio’s awkwardness and Lord Rule’s graciousness and charm…

‘Will you tell me how old you are?’
‘Does it matter?’ Horatia inquired forebodingly.
‘Yes, I think it does,’ said his lordship.
‘I was afraid it m-might,’ she said. ‘I am turned seventeen.’
‘Turned seventeen!’ repeated his lordship. ‘My dear, I couldn’t do it.’
‘I’m too young?’
‘Much too young, child.’
Horatia swallowed valiantly. ‘I shall grow older,’ she ventured. ‘I d-don’t want to p-press you, but I am thought to be quite sensible.’
‘Do you know how old I am?’ asked the Earl.
‘N-no, but my cousin, Mrs. M-Maulfrey, says you are not a d-day above thirty-five.’
‘Does not that seem a little old to you?’ he suggested.
‘Well, it is rather old, perhaps, b-but no one would think you as much,’ said Horatia kindly.
At that a laugh escaped him. ‘Thank you,’ he bowed. ‘But I think that thirty-five makes a poor husband for seventeen.’
‘P-pray do not give that a thought, sir!’ said Horatia earnestly. ‘I assure you, for my p-part I do not regard it at all. In f-fact, I think I should quite like to marry you.’
‘Would you?’ he said. ‘You do me a great honour, ma’am.’ (24-25)

I think it would be hard for anyone to listen to Richard Armitage perform that little scene without falling a little in love.

Most romance books are about courtship not marriage. Most leave the ‘happily ever after’ to your imagination. Of course, the couple stays together forever and after. We don’t see any differently. So it is interesting to see a romance novel concerned with the marriage–with what happens after the ‘I do.’

I appreciated the flaws of the characters. Most (if not all) of the characters are flawed: Horatia (Horry), Marcus (Lord Rule), Crosby (Rule’s cousin), Lord Robert Lethbridge (Rule’s long-time nemesis), Viscount Pelham Winwood (Horry’s brother), etc.

I loved Rule. I loved Pelham. I also really enjoyed Sir Roland. Was Lethbridge a good villain? I think so! He had just enough charm that you could understand why Horatia (and others) would want to think the best about him despite his reputation. As for our heroine, Horatia, I liked her. She was far from perfect. But she’s resourceful and spirited.

Listening to the novel (abridged though it may be) gave me a greater appreciation for Georgette Heyer. Why? While I’ve always appreciated Heyer’s dialogue–it being a chance for her characters to be witty, charming, or romantic–I appreciate it even more having heard it performed. The wit seems funnier. The action scenes even more dramatic. The love scenes even more romantic. I wouldn’t have thought it possible for one narrator to convey the chemistry between two characters–but with Armitage narrating it works really well.

Have you read the book or listened to the audio? Do you have a favorite character? A favorite scene?

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Venetia. Georgette Heyer. 1958/2009. Harlequin. 368 pages.

Venetia. Georgette Heyer. Read by Richard Armitage. 2010. Naxos AudioBooks. Abridged. 4 hours, 48 minutes.

“A fox got in amongst the hens last night, and ravished our best layer,” remarked Miss Lanyon. “A great-grandmother, too! You’d think he would be ashamed!” Receiving no answer, she continued in an altered voice: “Indeed, you would! It is a great deal too bad. What is to be done?”

I love Georgette Heyer. I do. I just love her. Most of her books leave me feeling happy, satisfied. Some more than others. But still, it is always difficult for me to name one book as my favorite. Or even two or three books as my favorites. Just when I think I’ve found it–the perfect Heyer–I read another and change my mind again. Such is the case with Venetia. I absolutely loved this one.

Venetia is a woman (25) living with her younger brother, Aubrey (17), and being courted by two equally unsatisfying gentlemen of the neighborhood, Edward Yardley and Oswald Denny. The Lanyon siblings do have an older brother, Conway. But he is in the army, and he hasn’t been at Undershaw in years. Venetia and Aubrey do not miss him at all. Life is fairly routine for the two. Until. Lord Damerel (“The Wicked Baron”) returns to his estate.

The two meet when she is trespassing on his land. He has no idea who she is. But she has a fairly good idea who he is. Especially after he kisses her! Yes, he kisses her.

“Who are you?” he demanded abruptly. “I took you for a village maiden–probably one of my tenants.”
“Did you indeed? Well, if that is the way you mean to conduct yourself amongst the village maidens you won’t win much liking here!”
“No, no, the danger is that I might win too much!” he retorted. “Who are you? Or should I first present myself to you? I’m Damerel, you know.”
“Yes, so I supposed, at the outset of our delightful acquaintance. Later, of course, I was sure of it.”
“Oh, oh–! My reputation, Iago, my reputation!” he exclaimed laughing again. “Fair Fatality, you are the most unusual female I have encountered in all my thirty-eight years!”
“You can’t think how deeply flattered I am!” she assured him. “I daresay my head would be quite turned if I didn’t suspect that amongst so many a dozen or so may have slipped from your memory.”
“More like a hundred! Am I never to learn your name? I shall, you know, whether you tell me or no!” (33)

He intends to know her better while he’s in the neighborhood. Venetia doesn’t need a Lady Denny to tell her that would be unwise. But. When her brother, Aubrey, has a riding accident and is saved by none other than Damerel…well, she can’t help getting to know him much, much better. And soon they become great friends. Of course, it’s a friendship with always a hint of something more…

Lord Damerel isn’t the only newcomer to the neighborhood. Soon Venetia and Aubrey welcome TWO very unexpected house guests. Conway has gotten married–her name is Charlotte. And Charlotte and her mother have come to stay at Undershaw. And the mother is quite the character. How long can Venetia stand to share a home with such a woman? Venetia begins to think about her options…and wishing it was more socially acceptable for her to set up her own home.

What did I love about this one? Everything! I loved the characters. I loved the main characters: Venetia, Aubrey, and Lord Damerel. I loved the minor characters too! Edward Yardley, Oswald Denny, Charlotte Lanyon, Mrs. Scorrier, etc. I loved the dialogue–the conversations. They were so well done! So exciting. Whether Venetia was having a heated argument with Mrs. Scorrier or flirting with Lord Damerel, there was just something about this one. So many memorable scenes. I think it would make a WONDERFUL movie.

The romance. Venetia and Lord Damerel make a great couple. There is such chemistry from the start! Every scene with these two is satisfying! It was a joy reading this one.

He released her hands, but only to pull her into his arms. “When you smile at me like that, it’s all holiday with me! O God, I love you to the edge of madness, Venetia, but I’m not mad yet–not so mad that I don’t know how disastrous it might be to you–to us both! You don’t realize what an advantage I should be taking of your innocence!” He broke off suddenly, jerking up his head as the door opening on to the passage from the ante-room slammed. (221)

Venetia is a Georgette Heyer romance that does not follow her usual pattern.

The audiobook! Wow, wow, wow! I LOVED listening to Venetia. I did read the book first, so I would be familiar with the story, the characters. But then I listened to this one. And it was so very satisfying! I didn’t think it was possible for me to love Lord Damerel more than I already did…but hearing the part read by Richard Armitage…wow!!! He does such a wonderful job with all the characters!

In other news:

The Convenient Marriage is the next Georgette Heyer audiobook to be narrated by Richard Armitage. It releases in August 2010.

In August, Austenprose will be celebrating Georgette Heyer! The month long celebration includes: “thirty-four book reviews of her romance novels, guest blogs, interviews of Heyer enthusiast from the blog-o-sphere, academia and publishing and tons of great giveaways.” The schedule can be found here.

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All About the Brontes Challenge 2010
January 1, 2010 – June 30, 2010
Challenge Reviews
3 to 6 books (movies, audio books, etc.)

1. The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle (prequel to Wuthering Heights)
2. Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (Charlotte Bronte is undead.)
3. Emma Brown: A Novel From the Unfinished Manuscript by Charlotte Bronte. Clare Boylan.
4. the Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

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Jen of Devourer of Books is hosting Audiobook Week. She has discussion topics for each day this week. And if you link to your posts on audio books, or your reviews of audio books you could win a prize.

My Recommendations:

Cupid by Julius Lester. Narrated by Stephen McKinley Henderson. 5 hours and 36 minutes.

Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Narrated by Allan Corduner. 14 Hours.

The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck. Narrated by Dylan Baker. 4 hours and 40 minutes.

Little House in the Big Woods, Little House On the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By The Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years. All read by Cherry Jones.

Sylvester by Georgette Heyer. Narrated by Richard Armitage. 4 hours and 51 minutes.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Narrated by Emily Bauer. 9 hours and 2 minutes.

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry. Narrated by Arte Johnson. 2 hours and 55 minutes.

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Audiobook Week: Favorite Audiobooks

Rash by Pete Hautman. Narrated by Andy Paris. 2006. Recorded Books. 6 hrs. 33 minutes.

First sentence:

Gramps, who was born in 1990, once told me that when he was my age the only way to wind up in prison in the USSA (back when it had only one S) was to steal something, kill somebody, or use illegal drugs.

Synopsis:

Consumption of alcohol: Illegal.

Football and other “violent” sports: Illegal.

Ownership of guns, chain saws, and/or large dogs: Illegal.

Body piercings, tattoos: Illegal.

It’s late in the twenty-first century, and the United Safer States of America (USSA) has become a nation obsessed with safety. For Bo Marsten, a teenager who grew up in the USSA, it’s all good. He knows the harsh laws were created to protect the people. But when Bo’s temper flares out of control and he’s sentenced to three years of manual labor, he’s not so down with the law anymore.

Bo’s forced to live and work in a factory in the Canadian tundra. The warden running the place is totally out of his mind, and cares little for his inmates’ safety. Bo will have to decide what’s worse: a society that locks people up for road rage, or a prison where the wrong move could make you polar bear food.

A few months before I started blogging, I read Pete Hautman’s Rash. I loved it so much that I found myself rereading it a few months later. That was in December of 2006. It took two posts for me to ‘properly’ convey my enthusiasm. It’s been four years since I first read Rash. That is one of the reasons why I wanted to give Rash a listen this week.

What is it about? It’s about a teen guy, Bo, who is in trouble with the law. It is set in the future–in the 2070s, I believe–so in trouble with the law means something entirely different. It’s a fascinating novel; the little details make it quite a thought-provoking read. The premise being–what would a safer future look like? But just because this is a premise-driven novel doesn’t mean that it isn’t a compelling read.

The audio book is narrated by Andy Paris. And I think he did a great job with this one. I loved the voices he did for each character. Especially Bork and Gramps. Unfortunately, the audio book of this one is out of print. And it is not available on audible either.

There were several things I noticed this time around.

• I just now realized that the ‘figurative’ bear chasing Bo during his track races became all-too-literal once he’s imprisoned. And while imagining a bear chasing him helped Bo run a bit faster, it is nothing in comparison to the real thing.
• The emphasis on sports. When I read the book, it was easy for me to not focus on the sports. Hearing the book, it became more difficult for me to ignore the fact that this is very much a boy book, a sports book.
• Just how dysfunctional Bo’s family is. The strained relationships between members of his family.
• Though it’s set in the future–though so many things are unfamiliar, so strange to modern readers–it is very much a coming of age story. The problems Bo has are universal, timeless.
• It’s a very strange, one-of-a-kind book.

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Jen of Devourer of Books is hosting Audiobook Week. She has discussion topics for each day this week. And if you link to your posts on audio books, or your reviews of audio books you could win a prize.

Today’s discussion topic is How To Write An Audio Book Review (Ideas: What do you include? How do you rate an audio if the narrator is good but the story isn’t (or the other way around). Do you let people know the book was an audio off the bat, or do you surprise them with it at the end, ‘trick’ them into reading the review?)

If I’ve just read the book and listened to the audio, then usually I’ll review them together. I’ll discuss the book as I would usually do, then I’ll add my thoughts on the audio. As to what I include–I list the basics: the title of the book, author of the book, publisher of the audio, and length of the audio. I would then, of course, discuss the narrator and/or the adaptation if it is an abridged book. I share my reactions to listening to a book.

If it’s been a while since I’ve read the book, then I’ll write a review just for the audio. I’ll just include a link to the original review, and write up something short that shares my thoughts on the audio book.

If I don’t like a narrator, then chances are really good I’ll just give up on the audio. Especially since I listen to audio books as a way to “reread” some of the books I’ve already read and enjoyed. For example, while I love Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series, the narrator just didn’t work for me. So I gave up on listening to these.

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Jen of Devourer of Books is hosting Audiobook Week. She has discussion topics for each day this week. And if you link to your posts on audio books, or your reviews of audio books you could win a prize.

Today’s question is Why Audiobooks?

My First Audio Book

One of the first audio books I remember listening to was Jennifer Armstrong’s Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. I was taking a college class where this nonfiction book was required reading. I couldn’t find a copy of the book on the shelves. But. The library did have a copy of the book on audio. I wasn’t thrilled with the idea of listening to a book. But required is required, so I gave it a go. I was surprised by how hooked I became. I found listening to be just as compelling. One of the things I remember most about this one is the plink, plink, plink of the frostbitten toes being amputated. (That and the bit about each of the three men feeling that there had been a fourth there with them during the hardest time.)

Why I Like Audio Books…

I use audio books as supplements. While, on occasion, I listen to new-to-me books on audio, I almost always prefer to revisit books I’ve enjoyed in the past. By listening to books that I’m somewhat familiar with, I find freedom to really enjoy the book in the moment. Without being anxious about what’s coming, without being caught up in where the story is going. It isn’t about how fast I can get to the end. It is about spending time with a book. Getting reacquainted with the characters–often these characters feel like friends by this point.

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Sylvester: Or the Wicked Uncle. Georgette Heyer. 1957/2009. Harlequin. 368 pages.

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Sylvester: Or the Wicked Uncle. Georgette Heyer. Read by Richard Armitage. Naxos Audio Books. 4 hours and 51 minutes.

Sylvester stood in the window of his breakfast parlour, leaning his hands on the ledge, and gazing out upon a fair prospect.

I loved this one. I loved, loved, loved it. Of course, I expected to love it. It is Georgette Heyer after all. So what is this historical romance about? It’s about the sometimes-arrogant Duke of Salford. Sylvester Raynes. When the novel opens, Sylvester is having a cozy little chat with his mother. Telling her how he feels it’s time to get married. He has certain things he is looking for in a wife. And he’s got five women on his list that might just do. Unfortunately, love and romance don’t enter into it, for him. His mother does set him right on that account at least:

‘Thank you, I have heard enough to be able to give you my advice!’ interrupted his mother. ‘Don’t make an offer for any one of them! You are not in love!’
‘In love! No, of course I am not. Is that so necessary?
‘Most necessary, my dear! Don’t, I beg you, offer marriage where you can’t offer love as well!’ (13)

Sylvester then goes to see his godmother. Maybe her advice will be more useful, more practical than his mother’s.

‘Now, if you were only a fairy godmother, ma’am, you would wave your wand, and so conjure up exactly the bride I want!’ (31)

She can’t wave her wand, but she can send him to meet her granddaughter, Phoebe Marlow. The way she phrases this suggestion irritates him, still, he is in need of a wife. And she might just do after all. He had teased his mother earlier saying,

‘What could be more romantic than to marry the girl who was betrothed to me in her cradle?’ (22)

So off he goes to meet Miss Marlow. But his mother was right to suspect that it might not be that easy. That the girl might need to be wooed. That her son shouldn’t assume that any woman would swoon and say yes to his proposal.

‘My dear, has it not occurred to you that you might find yourself rebuffed?’
His brow cleared. ‘Is that all? No, no, Mama, I shan’t be rebuffed!’
‘So sure, Sylvester?’
‘Of course I’m sure, Mama! Oh, not of Miss Marlow! For anything I know, her affections may be engaged already.’
‘Or she might take you in dislike,’ suggested the Duchess.
‘Take me in dislike? Why should she?’ he asked, surprised. (22)

That conversation ends with him boasting, “Well, Mama, you said yourself that I make love charmingly!” and “I’m not hard to swallow, you know.”

So who is Phoebe Marlow? She’s a young woman who doesn’t welcome the idea of Duke Salford coming to offer for her. The two met very briefly in London–so briefly that Sylvester doesn’t even remember–and her first impression of him wasn’t the greatest. In fact, Sylvester’s eyebrows inspired her to write him into the novel she was writing. As the villain, Count Ugolino. (Many of her characters were inspired by people she met during her London season.) So to learn that this man is on his way to see her, to ask her to marry him, is a bit of a shock. To make matters worse, her novel is to be published! Does Sylvester read many novels? Will he recognize himself? What’s she to do? Is there a way she can escape this awkward predicament? But of course! But it’s not without its risk!

Sylvester and Phoebe challenge one another. And the tension between the two is just about perfect. If you like that sort of romance–think Beatrice and Benedick, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe, and Margaret Hale and John Thornton. Sylvester is all about overcoming BAD first impressions.

I love Heyer. I love her style. I love her wit. I love her characters. And there are so many characters to love in Sylvester. If you haven’t read her before, you might consider starting with Sylvester.

The audio book. I have nothing but good to say about Naxos’ production of Sylvester. It is narrated by Richard Armitage. And he does such a wonderful job with it! He brings the characters–both male and female–to life. It was easy for me to follow the story–to know who was speaking at any given time. (That’s not always easy to do with just one narrator.) There is just enough drama to keep it lively. It is abridged. But there is still so much to love! I would definitely recommend this one! (And in case you’re curious, you can find it on audible.com).

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Is your wishlist as big as your TBR pile? What books are topping your list? Are there any new releases that you are counting down the days for? Share a handful of titles and be sure to share why you want to get your hands on these books! And if another blogger is responsible for that book being on your wishlist, consider sharing a link to their review!

Venetia. By Georgette Heyer. Read by Richard Armitage

Sylvester. By Georgette Heyer. Read by Richard Armitage

Both of these audio books are by Naxos.

The Sunne in Splendour: A Novel of Richard III by Sharon Kay Penman.

Monsters of Men. By Patrick Ness. (September 2010)

The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory. (August 2010)

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor. August 2010.

Keeper by Kathi Appelt

Jane Slayre by Charlotte Bronte and Sherri Browning Erwin

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (August 2010)

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