Idle musings

    During my student days, Oliver Twist was a story I remember reading as a "Rapid Reader" (supplementary text, an abridged version). This was my first introduction to Charles Dickens. In time, I read the story in its original form, as also "A Tale of Two Cities", "Great Expectations" and "Pickwick Papers". My favourite among these books is "A Tale of Two Cities".     In January this year, I purchased a smartphone and to go with it, I downloaded several apps, including an e-book reader ! My workplace is around 20 k.m. away. I commute to my workplace in a bus. The commute varies from 45 minutes in the morning to 100 minutes in the evening. To fill this time, I used to listen to music on my smartphone. After downloading the e-book reader app, I visited https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98 to download "A Tale of Two Cities". Then, I tried out the audio option on the e-book reader app. There are a few irritations I noticed while...