Voices

British narrator, distinguished. Default for male authors of formal works.

Narrates

• 'Abdu'l-Bahá — Reverent, weighty, distinguished — fits translated Tablets and Memorials of the Faithful
• Shoghi Effendi — Formal, Oxford-educated — fits God Passes By and his letters
• Ali-Akbar Furutan — Stories of Bahá'u'lláh — warm storyteller's voice
• Hasan Balyuzi — Biographical works on the Central Figures
• Adib Taherzadeh — Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh series
• John E. Esslemont — Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era
• J. E. Esslemont — Same as John E. Esslemont — abbreviation used by Project Gutenberg edition
• George Townshend — Refined Anglo-Irish style
• Star of the West Editors — Early American Bahá'í magazine — formal, period style
• World Order Editors — Bahá'í magazine — formal essay style
• The Bahai World — Anthology series
• Various — Compilation or anthology with multiple contributors — falls back to neutral narrator
• Unknown — Fallback when source.author is unknown

Deep, dramatic. Used for epic narratives.

Narrates

• Bahá'u'lláh — Deep, weighty — for direct quotations from the Writings
• The Báb — Reverent — for direct quotations from the Writings
• Nabíl-i-A'ẓam — The Dawn-Breakers — epic dramatic narrative

Clear, gentle, conversational. For memoirs and intimate first-person accounts.

Narrates

• Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání — Diary of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Western journey — observant memoir voice
• William Sears — Conversational, warm
• Howard Colby Ives — Portals to Freedom — gentle American memoir
• Stanwood Cobb — Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Mature, dignified. For refined or contemplative voices.

Narrates

• Julia M. Grundy — Ten Days in the Light of Akka — early 20th c. American pilgrim
• Rúhíyyih Khánum — Mature, dignified — Priceless Pearl, others
• Lady Blomfield — The Chosen Highway — refined Edwardian English
• Bahíyyih Khánum — The Greatest Holy Leaf — mature, dignified, contemplative
• Bahíyyih Khánum and others — Compilation of letters from the Greatest Holy Leaf and her contemporaries
• Munírih Khánum — Wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá — her memoirs
• Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum — Same person as Rúhíyyih Khánum, longer form

Softer, gentle, intimate. For diary-like accounts.

Narrates

• Juliet Thompson — Diary — personal, intimate, devotional

Warm, friendly. Default for female authors.

Narrates

• Marzieh Gail — Translator and essayist — clear, warm
• May Maxwell — Early Western Bahá'í, warm, devotional
• Martha Root — Pioneer travel teacher
• Bahá'í Chronicles editors — Bahá'í Chronicles online — contemporary biographical chronicles
• Bahá'ís of the United States editors — U.S. National Spiritual Assembly community-news editors