Bewitched by Edith Wharton
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2019
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The ambivalence of the ending is absolutely superb. My take? For what it is worth... Mrs Routledge, intelligent, manipulative, malevolent, knew from the start it wasn't a ghost but the sister. She played on the superstitions of the men like a maestro musician. By the time they left the house the terrified men would have interpreted any human footprint in snow! as that of the 'dead'. Mrs Routledge parades in triumphal finery at the funeral , knowing she had secured and bound her husband to her for the term of his life.
A wonderfully crafted character of evil.
I actually think you’ve got it. I struggled to understand it but I think you are right
@@ClassicGhost Such a subtle story, many layered....so the real bewitcher is Mrs Routledge? Thankyou for putting me on to Edith Wharton. Love your podcasts and passion for literature.
Then what of the barefoot tracks in the sand (or snow in the case of the book)?
I agree. Can't kill a ghost with a gun.
I was going to say that, but you have said it so much better. That last line, at the end -- you can buy all the soap you want, but you can never clean the blood off your hands. She just wanted to revel in the gossip with her smugness.
These are without a doubt, the best narrated ghost stories I've had the pleasure to listen to! It's like someone reading from a good book! 'Classic Ghost Stores' is the perfect name for you! Thank you for the last couple of lovely hours listening to you read stories! I am a new subscriber, and I think I'll be listening to you read to me for many years!
I'm a patron of this channel (as you'll see in my avatar), HorrorBabble, Bitesized Audio Classics, and Edward E French. It's hard to pick a favorite narrator among these because they all have very unique voices, ways of enunciation, and preferred horror sub-genres. But if shear overall voice acting ability and oration skills were the only attributes to consider, I'd venture to say that Edward E French is one of the best I've ever heard. He has a powerful voice that sounds remarkably like that of Charlton Heston (who many consider to be one of the best orators of the 20th century). Edward E French also has an insane level of variance in the accents he adopts for each character.
The plot and details and characters create an entire real world!
Make a movie out of this !! Nothing Blood & Gutts, Just Your IDEALS !! SOMETHING GOOD !!
So, so nice!❤ Always loved this story, early Bergman austerity or Grendel will shuffle out of the frozen mist, or the whole village needs a therapist, but still great story!
Watched the Age of Innocence for the first time, thanks for mentioning it, Tony, Michelle Pfeiffer really makes the film, and who could think Scorsese could be so lyrical?
Well, time to start the day, love you, Tony and all of you fellow listeners of wonderful stories ❤
I just finished listening to the other Edith Wharton ghost story, Mr. Jones.
When I heard, in the afterward, there was another, "Bewitched", set in New England, where I am from.
I'm thrilled to have found this channel. I love ghost stories, and it's close to impossible to find excellent ones.
Your narration is beyond excellent
.I feel as if someone is in the room with me reading these wonderful stories. I've subscribed, and as long as you keep reading, I'll keep listening.🙏🏼❤️
My first visit to this reader! I don't think it will be my last. Very articulate and well spoken and I enjoyed the story
You don't notice Wharton's style because she's such a good writer that her style is invisible, like Tolstoy's.
I agree! Both are awesome writers.
Excellent intro & narration! Deep, clear voice with nice enunciation makes a real pleasure for the ears.
Wow! Kudos.. I have become something of an audio book fan over the last 2 years. Over 320 titles in my library, on this basis feel informed enough to comment on a wonderful performance. 🙏
Thank you for your compliment!
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.....Edith Wharton, great stuff.
Thank you, such a wonderful reader. I’m enjoying the accent in this particular story, it draws my attention almost as much as the narrative itself. I also really appreciate both the general genre and “rambling” at the end of the readings. They’re so informative, which is something I’ve not found in most audiobooks I listen to. Thanks again!
The lock and key to this story is the bird in the cage and the living sister. What a ghastly drama. I enjoyed the jealousy towards the ghost as if I were a nosey neighbor. Ive seen this on tv, at least to an extent of the beginning of the story. Its a shame I cant remember where but you introduced me to the writer. Have you done any more of hers?
I’ve done another two: the pomegranate seed and Mr Jones
Wharton's ghost story and your reading had me bewitched! The American accent was a nice touch for this dark Yankee tale.
Love the voice of the reader.. These stories are so enhanced by the reader.. 🍾🥂
True.A good narrator makes even a bad story worthy. It's effectively like acting. As an actor can add value to a script by his performance so can a narrator.
The tone of a readers voice is incredibly important.
@@scathatch Agree, I cant get into, or appreciate the reading if the reader doesn’t have ‘IT ‘ 😔🙏🏼
Wharton is one of the best; Lovecraft, I can do without.Even her non supernatural work always contains a ton of uncommon and still applicable insights.
Tastes do differ! But it's sometimes fun to see what the pulp fiction crowd is up to, also. Flirting with a strict genre takes its measure of genius too, you know...
I like the open ended finish to this story. Wharton’s ghost stories all leave you with lots to think about. That being said, I know people who would faint dead away to hear Wharton and Lovecraft mentioned in the same breath. 😊. Very glad to have run across your channel!
This story was how I first found you two years ago! It was on Stitcher and my very first story I heard by Tony Walker was the Yellow Wallpaper. One of my favorites! I was pleasantly surprised and much appreciated the talk about the story and writer afterwards. Just awesome and still listening.
+Donna Costanza i re-did this one for technical reasons.
You are definately one of the best narrator/voice actors I have heard...Finding your channel is like Christmas as I broke my arm rather badly and its great having these read by a voice like yours!
I’m sorry to hear about your arm. Sounds painful. Glad to be of some help :)
A lovely reader. Thoroughly enjoyed the story. Recommended. Don't miss this 😊
Creepy as! Marvellous accent. My imagination was really having fun listening to you here Tony. Thank you. 💜
You're very welcome
The British dramatization of this story is also on RUclips. Marvellous.
beautifully written, perfectly read… many ghost stories are about unearthly evil, this is about earthly evil & all the more chilling for it! it fits very well into your repertoire of broody & atmospheric tales. loved it!!
very nice of you
Wharton was one of the best...ever. if u like her, read Ethan frome. I've read most of her books. Some have been made into excellent movies. Thank you for airing this!
There is a dramatization of this story and you can find it here on RUclips. I’m glad I heard the story here because I watched it first and it’s nice hearing the actual story.
Another gem, Tony!
A good, but sad story. The wife seemed a bit of a "battleaxe" and exuded "shadiness". The poor father of the girls, and how the mean lady had no sympathy towards him. She needs to meet the "Black Crusader".
Keep it up!
I know you said Dracula was too long, but there would be many of us, I'm sure, that would follow a series of chapters. I'd love to hear you read it 🤩
I've done Dracula but currently I've got it for members only.
Love the story and the way it was portrayed. I'm going to look for more, only just found you
Ditto this time around! Love the accent and your entertaing, informative commentary. Thank you!
Intense,chilling, engrossing story intensified even more by your narration, voice and American accent. Thank you!
Awww. I’m still not sure , but I was practicing a southern USA accent yesterday
@@ClassicGhost Ok! It isn't exactly Southern Drawl but Missouri definately :0)
As a Yankee from New England who's lived in the South for 25 years, I'm really liking this accent. It's not New England, it's not Southern, but it's definitely American. (I actually have a Boston accent, which is often imitated, even by other Americans, but nobody gets it right). I'm wondering if you had to slow down to do it? Also, and this is the tiniest thing, but we would say Rutledge like RUTlidg, with the emphasis on the first syllable. Your American accent is a million times better than my British one, which mostly consists of yelling things like cor! and blimey! :-)
Tony! Wow! I made this comment without realizing I was listening to you! Excellent accent work! You are very talented.
Hi Felene. That’s my Lake Wobegone voice:)
I enjoyed this reading. Regarding HPL I would suggest either the Outsider or the Picture in the House, the former is full of Poe gothic with, usually for this author, a twist at the end whereas the story about the engraving is full of subtler horror and it's set in backwoods New England.
The description of Mrs. Rutledge makes her sound like a witch. I wondered if her husband was carrying on with the younger Brandt girl, Ethan Fromme style, and Mrs. R, the witch, found a way to plague her husband and do away with her rival.
Excellent, Seems like a vampiric tale.
Second Listen---I had never read any Edith Wharton prior to listening to your readings of Classic Ghost stories, but am now currently reading 'The House of Mirth' by Wharton...so fascinating to compare her genres!
She’s a great writer I think. I plan to do The Pomegranate Seed and Afterward
Kudos to you! I wonder how you liked "The House of Mirth"? A rather grim story, I thought. Ambrose Bierce once wrote that truly great writing happens in the short story, and I think personally this might have been true of Wharton too. "Afterward" is a GREAT story for instance!
I love your podcast, and so excited to find you here! Great work Tony, I really enjoy the way you read stories, your voice is perfection ❤️
I must put more up here .
Great choice and good reading. Does the name HERBERT VAN THAL ring a bell for you? He was a curator of ghost and horror stories, and presented many writers of this sort of fiction who largely wrote short stories or novellas. Because I was in my teens, these tales, along with the DRACULA you mentioned, were a part of my reading and thinking, and I find traces to this late day of the effects of that sort of literary shock. Nothing like the strange to ignite a powerful interest.
Me too! Herbert Van Thal’s collections were what got me started. I used to read them in the summer holidays. They were my dad’s books
@@ClassicGhost wow! What a great connection! I know of no one who knows those books other than you in this conversation. The memory of visiting a school buddy in Calgary (I lived elsewhere at that point) and finding the book store which featured the genre. Can’t recall if I had more than three of the collection. Thanks for writing back with that incredible news. But then, the story you read has all the characteristics which appealed to Mr. van THAL. I look forward to more of your work. Stay safe.🍀
@@pchabanowich And Me! I have collected ghost stories since I was a child & the paperback Pan ghost books of Herbert Van Thal selected stories were some of my favourites.
I loved the covers for their horrific images. Anthologies have always been my favourite books and I have a shed full of 45yrs of collecting.
I have a large hardback here beside me actually called, The Evening Standard second book of Strange Stories , this has some great tales.
Another oldie but goodie! Wow - very contemporary feel to this 19th century work.
Yes, she's great
Such a delight, thank you Tony -I had no idea YT did these types of podcasts! Beautifully read. 😎🐅🐾👻
I listen to these and full audiobooks on YT all the time. It makes the time cleaning or working go by faster. If you get YT Premium for $10 there are no commercials. It is definitely worth it since the books are basically free.
Thank you. I forgot how much I loved Edith Wharton. The reading was wonderful. Just subscribed and look forward to future stories. Will also track down the podcasts.
Wow! I thought maybe the younger daughter was shot but that wouldn't explain the bare footprints. Your reading has me bewitched!
Amazing voice!! Perfect for mystery, drama and horror. Keep them coming 😊
Bewitched by your voice.
Your narration is great and speed of is perfect for me as I can digest it all, accents great, thanks s much for your work.
Thank you. Brilliant reading, excellent choice. You're the best e-book reader I've heard.
+@beckfordritchie6285 Thanks a lot
I will be subscribing. I love older story’s. Also older ghost story’s.
Outstanding narration with personable comments afterward. Thank you.
You've done two of my favorite stories:whistle and ill come and the room in the tower. Can't wait to see what else comes.
You know that I’ve done loads of stories on the classic ghost stories podcast? These are from that, but if some people prefer RUclips then I will put more on here .
Those are two of my favorites, too.
@@ClassicGhost Please post stories on youtube. there are a lot of people listening to audio books here.
Great reading and a good introduction to an author I keep meaning to explore.
Brilliant! Thank you very much!✨🙏✨
Love Wharton, love narration, accents, and commentary. Still captivating also this time around after 2? 3? 4? yrs? Much appreciated.
The years roll by
Wonderful story, great narration. Looking forward to hearing more.
Nice! love to hear your voice! Thanks
Thank you. More Edith Wharton please🌟
I do love Edith
Same
@@TedaR I did Mr Jones on the Podcast. I will post it here over the next week or so.
@@ClassicGhost Very cool! Thanks! Idk how I've missed you before but I'm subbed now. Blessings fr Nashville, TN 💙
@@ClassicGhost hi, do you know the name of the narrator here and where can I find other work, of his please? Thank you x
Ditto, Ditto Ditto! Love it. A favorite still You are a master. Thank you, Tony
Thanks so much for this. I've only discovered your stories and have subscribed.
Thank you SO very much for your incredible narrations of these incredible literary works. I've found myself in addicted to your phonmenal channel along with another that has BBC audio literary works. I haven't watched any of tv in months & not missed it one bit. Actually get far more done so this new year may actually be the 1 that I complete my NY resolutions🤞🏽or at least be far closer to reaching! So Thank you from myself & my family as well & Happy New Year to you & everyone else here appreciating this channel from Santa Barbara, CA.
Excellent story
Love hemlock county what a great name for an Erie story
I subscribed because of this story ...thank you
Wonderful. Thank you.
EW read by TW...wonderful! Ty Tony !
Wonderful story reader
Please do “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I’ve just done it on the
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Be up
Here soon
Excellent reading! I had never heard of this story before. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great reading of this story, I am a new subscriber after listening!
Your accent was spot on.
LOVED the story narration, and your breakdown and (brief) synopsis is VERY welcomed... hearing your breakdown and comparisons, and your appreciation of certain subtleties, is something I am not used to in my short story narrators. KEEP DOING THIS! I’m not going to lie though, you ramble a bit at the end there… TMI, In my opinion. Constructive criticism, or nitpicking aside, I subscribed immediately, and the most important aspect, choice of story and narration is an A+. Thank you!
Yeah, I kind of peter out in a stream of consciousness way. I try to stop it dead sometimes.
I like book, I like information, insights
Excellent reading, loved it. I really think this was a ghost story. I will look for more of your readings. Thank you.
Yes, Edith Wharton wrote many ghost stories and once said she refused to sleep in a room that had a book of ghost stories in it.
I can't believe it - I've dozed off 4 times and missed the turning point in this story ; it's impossible , listening to the last five mins ,
to realize what's occurred . I'm gonna have to do it again as now completely intrigued as to how the story progressed from upto where I remember to the conclusion I've heard . I was thoroughly enjoying it though*
Ha! I’m glad you slept well
@@ClassicGhost ha ha ; opposite I'm afraid ~ not being able to sleep , (last night) , I relistened 3-4 times cos kept falling asleep during the last 5/6th , only to wake up 5mins before the end . I repeatedly missed the seemingly crucial bit , then , not able to sleep , listened again . Groundhog Night*
I was astounded when Mrs. Rutledge announced that the purpose for her summoning them was that she was interested in purchasing a brand new Buick Wildcat with the 455 engine and wanted a specific color and air-conditioning as well as Turbo-Hydramatic. She pored over dealer brochures and enquired about available axle ratios before giving her order and dismissing the gentlemen.
She is a game old bird and that’s for sure
@@ClassicGhost Love anything by Wharton!
Mrs. Rutledge would be the one to do it, too. Her marble whitness in a black Buick... her husband stowed down in the back, or possibly in the trunk.
So enjoyable your voice thankyou 🙂
Coming from New England as Edith Wharton I can’t bear to listen to her tale told in a Texan accent!
Oh my, you could narrate 1984 perfectly my friend, Bravo 👏🏻
I had to go back to the part where they enter the busted up house a couple times just to make sure I understood what happened.
Honestly that part is still kinda foggy for me but I did like this story quite a bit! And very well read by you!
Being honest, I was a little puzzled too. Thank you.
Good reading of a very good story! I would love to hear a reading of “The Tool” by W F Harvey.
That’s a great suggestion
New subscriber. This was wonderful!
I enjoyed it, thankyou.
Thank you too!
Ethan Frome was set in winter too.
My feeling exactly!
That was a brilliant reading, actually!! Your voice was perfect for this sort of grim, dread-filled suspense! Thank you very much for reading~!
As a matter of fact, all of Edith Wharton's ghost stories have a second layer that suggests there was no ghost at all... and the horror lies elsewhere. I have some ideas for what was happening beneath the ghost in this story... but I think I'll go look this story up and see what others saw in it...!
(Ah, Lovecraft and his overbearing prose; yes, I agree that ghe rather hams his stories sometimes. I think he was trying to enact Poe's "unity of effect" with too much enthusiasm?
"The Color out of Space" is my favorite Lovecraft tale specifically because it lacks the ham)
I think I like Wharton best of all the writers we've done on the Podcast. Maybe Ray Russell first. But she's wonderful. I would like to do Afterwards.
I have been unkind about Lovecraft maybe. He had fantastic imagination. In that he reminds me of Michael Moorcock - soaring imagination. Moorcock's early stuff wasn't as well-written as his later literary novels, though I think I prefer the early ones.
I will maybe put more stories up on the RUclips channel. It's always down to time. But thanks enormously for your kind words!
In Afterward there is def a ghost, don't you think?
Very good American accent! Wow. My American ears are fooled!
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Nice story
Thanks
Great reader :D
New sub great story thank you.
Nice to have you here. Thank you for subbing
Found a new story teller..😃
Bewitched by Mrs. Routledge.
great voice tony walker. please do more stories. are you american can't place your accent. so good.
No, I’m from the north of England! I mess up my American rrrr at times
@@ClassicGhost I thought you were Irish.You should do those nighty night videos! Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going,Where Have You Been? Is a good short creepy one.
Have you covered Roald Dahl’s short stories?
I have done some from his collection but not his own
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Nice archaic American accent
Excellent American accent 👍
Wow, thanks
And that’s coming from an American 😄
Very good American accent. I do like yours better though. You are the best.
+@teresadelacanal1065 Did you see the other comment about my accent ? I like your better :)
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I ♥️ this channel. But in trying to figure out this accent I settled on a Russian with a speech impediment doing an American accent. Odd.
+@rochellee.pigman6495 That’s what i was going for . You should hear some of my others
And then Tony did both Dracula and Camilla.... LOL
Ethan Frome is true horror...imo
Ethan Frome you've been gone too long.
I want to see this as a Blk/Wh Film by someone who work’s the 9150’s Caper about the daughter being dead at the end. Quite JjJarmusch. One wonders...:
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This story really made no sense at all. At the end I mean. Why would the girl Vinnie, be buried in her sister's grave? Vinnie had been sick for awhile, perhaps that is why she may have walkef barefoot? I don't know. The ending made no sense to me.
The detail of dress as well as person doubtless is more important to the author than the storyline which is so dry and boring that it certainly isn’t worth me continuing to listen. i am sure theres lots of readers that are willing to wade through this thick and moldering tale, but I am not one of those.
It's they're, not theres. Sorry you didn't like it. I sure did!