Youth: A Narrative by Joseph Conrad

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • A short story about a young sailor in the tropics experiencing a disaster at sea and his first command. Exquisite writing by Joseph Conrad.
    Read by Greg Wagland for (P)Magpie Audio 2014 Video copyright Magpie Audio 2015

Комментарии • 41

  • @edgregory1
    @edgregory1 3 года назад +10

    The works of Conrad have enriched my life like no other.

  • @michaelmisanthrope
    @michaelmisanthrope 4 года назад +15

    You really brought this tale to life. Well done.

  • @gregnicholls8347
    @gregnicholls8347 3 года назад +5

    So easy to be jealous of writers and their sensitivity to both reality and the imagined to turn their experiences into stories. On top of this there's the narrator's ability to turn the story into a living experience.

  • @synesthete23
    @synesthete23 3 года назад +7

    Thank you for a masterful narration of this beautiful narrative.

  • @magicbulletdancers
    @magicbulletdancers 2 года назад +3

    The story and the telling of it ...capital❗️

  • @TheArtofTheBrave
    @TheArtofTheBrave 4 года назад +14

    I read this in my youth, and it inspired me to travel and to live! - that was 30 yrs ago. so so good to hear it narrated so well, what a magnificent story, what insight on life's trials, on futility and resolution, on the fierceness of youth and the reflections of older age ! Conrad was a master - for me the fire still burns, though dimmer than it did, but i tend it more carefully now, keeping it alight, there yet remain distant shores to explore, and new things to experience - though time is shorter than it was, there is yet time my friend :)

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  4 года назад

      It's a beautiful story, isn't it? Must read it again. I'm just enjoying some Conrad at the moment. One of the Captain Lingard trilogy.

    • @TheArtofTheBrave
      @TheArtofTheBrave 4 года назад

      ah very good, I must read more of his works myself. I just discovered your channel, enjoying it very much! if you get chance, you might check out my other channel SavageBites - I write, illustrate and narrate short horror fiction over there, also a few readings of works by HPL and others :)

    • @johncampbell-ez7rt
      @johncampbell-ez7rt 3 года назад

      inspired to travel 30 yrs ago??
      are you still travelling or has the damn virus slowed you down too................ jc

    • @feralbluee
      @feralbluee 2 года назад

      hi Art of the Brave - you have written so beautifully the sentiments of getting older.
      "though the time is shorter ... there is yet time my friend." you must a delightful partner in life. I had a fleeting glimpse of a man like you - our time was together was very short. while I am stuck here in New York, I'll make up stories of your travels. you bring out the poetic in me. :) keep safe 🌊⛵🌷🌱

  • @elizebethpenington3755
    @elizebethpenington3755 4 года назад +12

    Really magnificent. Thank you for doing Conrad justice.

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 2 года назад +3

    It is so wonderful to read/hear a tale told by an artist of Conrad's caliber. you hear other stories and enjoy them quite a lot, then you read a story by a master with so many nuances, meanings, emotions, and descriptions that you are transported. I wonder how Tolstoy or Balzac feel in their language, written to such perfection. we only get an inkling of that, even thought the story still is deep and beautiful - even the upsetting ones. Thank you so much Greg - I'm so glad I started listening to you again. . . 🌊⛵🌙🌷🌱

  • @anniebostwick2118
    @anniebostwick2118 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much Greg.. perfectly narrated I could almost smell sea

  • @teagunn
    @teagunn 5 лет назад +9

    Beautifully narrated. Very atmospheric and powerfully written. Thank you for uploading.

  • @spanishflew
    @spanishflew 3 года назад +7

    amazing writing , brilliantly narrated.

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  3 года назад

      Thank you Spanish. The writing is truly sublime with Conrad working in his 3rd language. Bit embarrassing for the rest of us.

  • @johnnicholas1488
    @johnnicholas1488 2 года назад +2

    Well read. Enjoyed it. Thanks.

  • @vivienhinton5472
    @vivienhinton5472 2 года назад +2

    Beautifully read thankyou

  • @gmailbox9084
    @gmailbox9084 4 года назад +7

    Loved this ❤

  • @christroiano4691
    @christroiano4691 2 года назад +3

    Wonderful reading as always. Very interesting story. Love the “pass the bottle” lines

  • @lilbits4173
    @lilbits4173 4 года назад +5

    Greg, I listened to this last night but kept falling asleep, thanks to your lullaby-like voice. 😁 I listened to it again and my verdict: you did another fantastic job here, Greg! The character Marlow's voice is so perfect for a sailor, with a commanding spirit and bravery! I really love the character and your voice is just so divine! I love the story. Conrad was a genius writer. Thank you for sharing this. 🤩

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  4 года назад +2

      Some of Conrad is sublime.

    • @johncampbell-ez7rt
      @johncampbell-ez7rt 3 года назад

      If you enjoyed this, listen to readings by george frederickson... (I hope his christian name is correct) "I CLAUDIUS" is the best I've heard............ jc

  • @KiKiabout
    @KiKiabout Год назад +1

    Excellent... Thank You!

  • @richardstearns8265
    @richardstearns8265 2 года назад +2

    Love your reading. Please, more Conrad, Pushkin... Chekhov, Turgenev? What is the watercolor - Turner? Gorgeous

  • @thurayya8905
    @thurayya8905 6 месяцев назад

    Beautifully read; the dark pessimism of a doomed ship against the bright idealism of youth.

  • @jenford7078
    @jenford7078 Год назад

    What a story and what a telling of it!

  • @MrGeorgetudo
    @MrGeorgetudo 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you so much for the video, a reall great experience

  • @dianen407
    @dianen407 2 года назад +2

    Well done!

  • @johncampbell-ez7rt
    @johncampbell-ez7rt 3 года назад +2

    splendid !

  • @babybooandherhumandeb3188
    @babybooandherhumandeb3188 4 года назад +3

    Thank you 🧐

  • @johncampbell-ez7rt
    @johncampbell-ez7rt 3 года назад +2

    indeed. great language b4 radio and TV simplified English.... what is great writing that does not include beautiful language ?? for the BEST I've ever found, listen to "I CLAUDIUS" by Robert Graves.. another MASTER................ jc

  • @warrenharwell4145
    @warrenharwell4145 Год назад

    So true

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton 2 года назад +1

    Oly the starting point....””z