The Guest by Charles Dickens - Full Audiobook | Short Story

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  • A full unabridged audiobook of the classic short story, "The Guest", by Charles Dickens - complete with sounds and visuals.
    As a gentleman heads northward to Yorkshire from London, a severe snowstorm sees his coach stuck outside The Holly-Tree Inn. With no other option available, he spends the night but soon finds himself snowed inn. To pass the time he reminisces about inns he has visited on his previous travels, before coming up with an ingenious plan - to visit all members of the household and staff and derive what tales he can with from them, writing them all down in this collection.
    The The Holly-Tree Inn is a collection of short stories, published as the second volume of A Child's History of England and Miscellaneous Pieces. The Holly-Tree Inn was originally published in the Christmas 1855 edition of Household Words.
    There is some evidence that Dickens only wrote three of the sections and the framing story; the other sections are purportedly attributed as follows: "The Ostler", Wilkie Collins; "The Landlord", William Howitt; "The Barmaid" Adelaide Anne Procter; "The Poor Pensioner", Holme Lee.
    Dickens began a tradition of Christmas publications with "A Christmas Carol" in 1843 and his Christmas stories soon became a national institution.
    Read by Elliot Fitzpatrick.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 80

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton Місяць тому +13

    Your narrations enhance the legacy of the “gentleman’s pen” age- when BOTH sexes were ROMANTIC. Lovely work.
    My limited funds compel me to “like” & “comment” as my thank you! So, many thanks & blessings to you.

    • @classicaudiobookswithelliot
      @classicaudiobookswithelliot  Місяць тому +5

      Just having you listening is perfect! If you’ve any friends who you think would appreciate these stories that would be hugely appreciated too. Can’t wait to move onto The Ostler’s story ❤️

  • @YvonneWilson312
    @YvonneWilson312 Місяць тому +16

    Really enjoying your Dickens and Wilkie Collins narrations, Elliot (not that I don't enjoy all the other ones, of course!). You are finding some of the lesser known tales and it really is a joy to hear them. Many people have been rather snobbish about Wilkie Collins in the past and I have always thought it is grossly unfair and unjustified. He was a brilliant writer! Charles Dickens really rated him and that speaks volumes!

    • @classicaudiobookswithelliot
      @classicaudiobookswithelliot  Місяць тому +8

      So glad you’re enjoying these, Yvonne. Wilkie Collins will also be part of this collection so hopefully some more to look forward to!

    • @arnoldbioursckii6639
      @arnoldbioursckii6639 16 днів тому

      Snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snowing snowed snow snow snow snow I think I’ve memorized the story

    • @d.holland3025
      @d.holland3025 7 днів тому

      Classic Dickens

  • @manasbose8817
    @manasbose8817 20 днів тому +6

    Great narration thanks. Like Twain he was a great travel writer with a sense of the ridiculous. Great stuff

  • @certuv
    @certuv 25 днів тому +5

    Thank you for posting I will have to listen again because working disturbed my concentration

  • @lorrainesavy7113
    @lorrainesavy7113 16 годин тому

    Just right reading ..Thank You ..just right tone

  • @wadejameskennedy4495
    @wadejameskennedy4495 Місяць тому +5

    thank you. Brilliantly worded and read. ❤

  • @davidhorn6008
    @davidhorn6008 12 годин тому

    A nice picture - Magic, (or ghost), Horses that leave no hoof prints, and don't disturb the snow!

  • @Sab6522
    @Sab6522 23 дні тому +2

    Narration was very descriptive and detailed.
    The narrator kept my imagination alive with interest and attention.
    Very nice😊

    • @classicaudiobookswithelliot
      @classicaudiobookswithelliot  23 дні тому +1

      Thank you very much, Sablisha. Really appreciate the kind words ❤️

    • @Sab6522
      @Sab6522 23 дні тому +1

      @@classicaudiobookswithelliot
      You're most welcome
      Keep trending👌

    • @ecoquilting7077
      @ecoquilting7077 8 днів тому

      That would be Dickens, well read.

  • @milliemeredith7165
    @milliemeredith7165 Місяць тому +4

    "AND IT SNOWED, & YET IT SNOWED MORE" "UPON MY WORD"😂

  • @katyvdb5993
    @katyvdb5993 Місяць тому +5

    I look forward to the next instalment!

  • @karenzak6627
    @karenzak6627 6 днів тому

    Great story, excellent narration. Thank you!

  • @louise7552
    @louise7552 25 днів тому +2

    Where is part two please? Lovely to listen to something from Dickens that i never heard of before. Like an early Christmas present. Thankyou 😊

    • @classicaudiobookswithelliot
      @classicaudiobookswithelliot  25 днів тому +3

      Part II is here: ua-cam.com/video/cMbyMRoRXEs/v-deo.htmlsi=bf-BSw2Bgljyo5CR
      Thanks for listening ❤️

    • @louise7552
      @louise7552 24 дні тому +1

      @@classicaudiobookswithelliot thankyou Elliot, I found it. Happy subscriber from Australia. Xx

  • @sergeykrinitsyn5097
    @sergeykrinitsyn5097 Місяць тому +4

    I like your narration. A special thanks for Dickens!

  • @d.holland3025
    @d.holland3025 7 днів тому

    Very enjoyable! Thank you.

  • @kellylove9942
    @kellylove9942 15 днів тому

    I love listening to your reading of this. Charles Dickens starting to be on my list to seek out.

  • @kskssxoxskskss2189
    @kskssxoxskskss2189 Місяць тому +2

    Dickens is usually one of my least favorite writers, except for his travel observations and reminiscences. Your narration does them justice. Thank you.

  • @Shineon83
    @Shineon83 Місяць тому +5

    ….This was one of the most ludicrous short stories I’ve heard - with absurdities stacking one atop another, I ended up choking from laughing several times….
    “….A sudden fear came to me: What if ( like the elderly prisoner released from the Bastille after 30 years ) I find myself UNABLE to leave the Inn when finally freed to do so-and instead, burst into tears, and beg to be allowed to stay?”….😂

  • @user-ln3kh3ku4u
    @user-ln3kh3ku4u Місяць тому +4

    Wayhay my first story as member 😃❤

  • @jasonsurrette76
    @jasonsurrette76 8 днів тому

    We love Ben Tucker!!!

  • @philipoconnor4263
    @philipoconnor4263 21 день тому +20

    This is not a Libabox recording. Well read and not spoiled by an American accent. All Libabox recordings are in an American domain. Thank you! Special thanks for not being Libabox.

    • @classicaudiobookswithelliot
      @classicaudiobookswithelliot  21 день тому +6

      Thanks Philip. Libravox is a great service but too many people take advantage of it by reuploading from their site to banal audiobook UA-cam channels. Thanks for supporting this one though!

    • @janisfrazee2020
      @janisfrazee2020 21 день тому

      1:58 2:08 2:44

    • @philipoconnor4263
      @philipoconnor4263 20 днів тому

      I want you!

    • @DroolRockworm
      @DroolRockworm 16 днів тому

      Found the racist

    • @evelanpatton
      @evelanpatton 15 днів тому +2

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@janisfrazee2020I like the collation of time codes 1:58 & 2:08; the two seamlessly create commentary suggesting GRACE, holding off of unnecessary judgements, & how to ease one’s own burdens with quiet contemplative practices which will let one go about their way much lighter.
      If I am off…oh well, then what I thought seemed an inspired suggestive reply.
      Cheers!
      E.P.
      🍄🪨🐚🎋🎼🎹
      “Oh, oh happy day!” -Nick Cave

  • @lostaj7287
    @lostaj7287 Місяць тому +1

    I'm sorry but that's one fat fing horse
    I really liked the narration btw, thank you for your work

  • @er6730
    @er6730 29 днів тому +2

    What is this temple he's talking about? I wonder if it's a gentleman's club or something.

    • @classicaudiobookswithelliot
      @classicaudiobookswithelliot  29 днів тому +5

      Ah! Temple is an area of London on the Thames embankment. It was the area where Dickens worked and is home to legal offices to this day. If you’re ever in London it’s certainly worth visiting as it’s probably the best example of Dickens-era architecture anywhere in the city

    • @er6730
      @er6730 28 днів тому +3

      @@classicaudiobookswithelliot Thank you! I would like to see it; I'll add it to my travel wishlist. 😊

    • @louise7552
      @louise7552 25 днів тому +3

      ​@@er6730I visited Temple area when I was in London years ago. We went there at the crack of dawn to actually go in the Temple Church. I read the Da Vinci Code on the plane from Australia. 😊. Beautiful architecture there. The Church is a MUST as well.

  • @Zeyad005
    @Zeyad005 Місяць тому +1

    Please can you relate this book: Selected short stories, by the nature method institutes

  • @paperback10
    @paperback10 20 днів тому +1

    I didn't know that Dickens used LSD!!

  • @shelleywinters6763
    @shelleywinters6763 29 днів тому +2

    Not his best work. I think some of those stories about Inns and Tavern's is true or based on true stories. Perhaps Charles was able to bring something extra to the story, I understand he read them out to an audience. I thought I'd better start going through his works as part of a literature challenge. Thanks for reading this to us. I doubt I could have got through it otherwise.

    • @classicaudiobookswithelliot
      @classicaudiobookswithelliot  29 днів тому +4

      It’s such a curious setup story as you really have no idea what direction it’s going to take. Very much enjoying exploring all the resulting tales!

  • @ecoquilting7077
    @ecoquilting7077 8 днів тому +1

    Vocabulary fail! The narrator is the character who is telling the story. The reader is not the narrator. Give Dickens his due, he was no slouch reader himself, I hear, and certainly knew the difference.