Marlon James

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3,415 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

Marlon James’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So there's so many coincidences that happen.

Right.

So, you know, Mrs.

Norris ends up where she is because of her nature.

You don't always think Jane Eyre ends up where she is because of her nature.

She lands in the meadow and sleeps overnight and who should be in nearby but her cousin.

Right.

But if you're a character like as much as I love Elizabeth Bennett, that's a narrow girl.

Mm-hmm.

Of course she's gonna end up near her relatives on her cousin or so and her world is that small.

Right.

If I've established that this is a person who doesn't know much, doesn't uncovered much, blah blah.

perfectly wonderful intellectual life.

But the rest isn't there.

I'm not gonna b believe that the person ends up in a situation they do organically.

And I think I want that from a writer.

I think and yeah, we can excuse the older novel.

We can excuse it in Robinson Crusoe or Amal Flanders.

It's not their interest from Shandy.

No, just is sort of I guess it's we had to get to the point where the author doesn't have such a hand of God.

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