Fullcircle by John Buchan
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- A house that's haunted in an unusual way. This story is a beautiful delve into the Cotswolds and a visit to a haunted English manor house that leaves its mark on everyone who lives there.
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I see Full Circle as a house that possesses whoever lives there, so that the personality of the dweller comes back full circle to the original owner and builder, the original imbuer of the building. It's interesting that the present owner is pushed away from his books, which might make him remember his old personality.
I always find stories of haunted houses where the very house itself has 'powers' very refreshing.
Another great read - thank you!
Wow, enjoyed this. I love my little cottage and will be very sad when i have gone and others rip it apart......i shall hope my energy will stay within its walls. 😊🏡
All things might be
I love this story! I read it for the first time many years ago, and have always adored it. A house that imposes its benevolent character on its occupants rather than the stereotypical malicious haunting that seeks to destroy the residents.
I would love a house like that!
Not many stories out there where the haunting makes the victims happy 😅
Agreed! This one was delightful.
Wow! Just when I was desperately searching for a great good night story🤗🌺💐😁
You must have manifested it
This is a first for me, and I’ve subscribed. I particularly like your voice and the chatty, informal way you talk about books and authors: it’s an interesting bonus if we hear about their lives. I enjoyed the reading, so congrats on all fronts. Would you do a full-length book such as The Turn Of The Screw?
Well, in fact, I have done The Turn of The Screw. You can find it on this channel
Bless you Tony! I had just got done supervising having multiple pickup loads of cleared brush carted off to the dump and was hot, sticky and tired. Saw you have posted this great story, turned on the fan, grabbed the wine and am having a fine end to the work day. This is one of the best country house stories and fitting piece to put up one's feet and sip wine to..
I am very jealous of your evening
Thank you. I think I may have fallen in love with the little house. It must feel like being in a perpetual embrace.
Your voice is so on point you bring the scenes to life..Thanks
I like that saying ‘on point’. Thank you
Lovely story! And IMHO, your reading pace is perfect.
I am slowing down as I get older (and wiser?)
Your readings are so good, I'm listening to some of them for a second time.
As always, very enjoyable! We only have attorneys at law, also called lawyers, in the United States. I live in Idaho and I love your own stories and your narration and information following the story. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you Jen
Very nice. This story is like the antithesis of "Burnt Offerings."
Thank you another great read. I loved the descriptions of the house and of the Cotswolds which is where I come from. Also enjoyed the interesting information about John Buchan.
Sounds like the inhabitants were enchanted. In thrall, almost, to an ancient house spirit. It’s all good-unless it isn’t. ☺️ Funny how hard it was to record this story! Thank you! Oh I just heard you’re going to finish up these house stories with something from Shirley Jackson. She’s such a favorite of mine. Her book We’ve Always Lived in the Castle is wonderfully eerie, yet beautiful. I vividly see the house and grounds, and love to reread it often.
Yes I will post The Visit by Shirley Jackson
Within the first paragraph the narrator had me. Thank you.
Lovely! Work done and it is STORY TIME. Thank you
John Buchans' writing is a mellifluous tapestry...utterly superb
I’d love to explore the great old houses you have in the UK. So much history ! So many ghosts!
Thank you for a wonderful story reading. The descriptions of Full Circle were so vivid. I felt the warmth and smelled the flowers.
I had to smile when the narrator spoke favourably about the owner shifting from reading Russian authors to Surtees!
Imagine going from Dostoevsky or Tolstoy to Surtees😂
….What a LOVELY story!
It is indeed
I was hoping you'd do another Buchan story! :) I think Buchan is underappreciated as a supernatural horror writer.
It's probably the last for a while. So many writers, so little time
Tony, I'm going back to listen to some of your older stories. Another good story and fantastic narration.
In America, we have attorneys at law, and that'll be your Barister (sp?) and paralegals that do most of the research and information gathering...your solicitator. Paralegals do not go to law school. It's a separate university program.
Just captivating this time around. Great to hear it again! Still in the wrong century :0) Thank you, Tony.
Thank you Tony,
I'm so glad that the algorithms brought your channel to me.
I am at home stripping and undercoating window sills; it's a wonderful chance to binge on ghost 👻 stories.
I especially love stories based around houses, because I am a firm believer in their yokai.
I am quite sensitive to a house's character even though my logical side struggles to explain this.
Thanks again, and cheery bye for now.
Hi April, well I too have a thing about places and spirits. I love an old Manor House
@@ClassicGhost unfortunately there are very few Manors where I live and because of bush fires in 1967; the remaining ones are treasured, occupied, and closely guarded.
Although many tales still find their way through.
Van Diemen's Land has a grim, and tragic history.
I remember my English schoolteacher telling a story about a haunted house in the seventies. We were on a school trip and stopped at the Severn river to see the bore. It was dusk and while we were waiting for the Severn Bore, he scared us to death with a story about a haunted house and a young couple whose car broke down - it was creepy and wonderful at the same time! Hope you're well Mr. Gibbons!
You never know. Mr Gibbons may be watching. I've never seen the Severn Bore though at one point I lived just yards from the River Severn in Montgomeryshire
@@ClassicGhost It wasn't that impressive but we were easily pleased back then! Yeah, he was a young man then and a great teacher of drama etc. Be great if he saw this :)
Superb ol chap❤
The house is the main protagonist. He bends all its habitants to its will. Lovely ghost story. What a idyllic view of country life.
Yes, exactly
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Thourouly enjoyed this story.
you are are very welcome
Totally believe that the story is haunted!
It is. Without doubt
Captivating! Thank you!
Thanks Marti for your ongoing support
@@ClassicGhost I Thank you for giving my life a new, more colorful perspective and apologize for being such a technical dummie. Thank goodness for friends who accept those of us who landed in the wrong century. Keep up the good work!
Sounds delightful.
Thank you.
Excellent, as always!
Thanks again!
Thank you so much for your additional research. 😊
i can’t stop listening to it on repeat!
That's so funny! I thought I was the only one that did that; 😊I've been hooked on the BBC radio production of Echoes from the Abbey, which was a story idea by M.R. James, adapted and completed by Sheila Hodgson. I don't know what it is about it, because I normally don't listen to BBC radio productions of books, but I guess it's because it's so perfectly cast, it seems real to me.
One of my favorites of Tony's reading is the Owl by Anatole le Braz. I've listened to it several times.
I think we could all use a visit to Fullcircle. Finding some comfort in a world gone mad....
I'd like to live there for one
What an interesting story, and beautifully read once again. Thank you so much from a cold New Zealand winter's night.
In the depths of your winter
You mentioned in comments afterwards that the story lakes place in autumn then summer and finally in winter. Upon listening again I noticed the narrator is telling story at “the last dinner before summer interregnum” which would make it spring. Maybe that’s not significant, but it is unlikely to be an accident.
Unless they mean everything shutting down mid summer? So early summer. But I don’t know
@@ClassicGhost good point, but isn’t mid-summer actually the first day of calendar summer?
Sorry, I obviously spend much of my life overanalysing nuances of texts that are outside my native dialect, hoping to glean deeper understanding to obvious statements. Ha!
It's hard to know exactly what he meant. In academic terms (no pun intended) the year begins again in September/October after the summer. Is that the inter-regnum? June 21 is midsummer. So, I think May is the first month of summer, and July is the last. In Welsh the old word for Mai was Cyntefin (the first of summer), June is Mehefin (middle summer) and July is Gorffenhaf (end summer). Haf is summer and Hefin a diminutive. Haf is related to the Gaelic Samhain and the Gaulish Samno-
@@ClassicGhost Aha, thanks for that! I was trying to apply the 4 season calendar cycle as an additional meaning of Fullcircle, but, you’re saying it may not be so simple?
I had only heard the term summer-interregnum used to describe the summer break between academic years, even then for humorous pretentious sounding affect. I am making the rookie-mistake of applying it to my contemporary understanding of the school calendar. Same goes for my applying the use of midsummer (my Swedish background wants me to spell it midsommar).
There always seem to be so many layers to these stories. It’s fun for me to do the academic investigation. If there were a sequel would it repeat the Pagan-Protestant/Puritan-Papist pattern? Perhaps.
Maybe I’m just glad I’m on break so won’t be graded for this literary dissection. Or for the inappropriate use of alliteration. Ha!
Thanks, Tony! I appreciate that you bring a whole lot more to a performance than saying “boo!” in the right places. The level of thought you put into what you’re reading adds fathoms to the depth of your performances.
This was so interesting. I really enjoyed your talk after! I wasn’t aware of the Canadian connection of the author. My oldest brother here in Canada just retired as a Judge but I do remember when he got his law degree he was deemed both a Barrister and a Solicitor here. They of course have people who aren’t lawyers doing a lot of research/bookwork/paper shuffling for them in the office but that also depends on the size of the office. I believe you have to be a level up(approved)to go before the Court of Queens Bench though. I think they are the only Court left that still require the lawyers to wear the wigs and robes. I’d call and ask him but I t’s after midnight here and I wouldn’t call him this late unless either someone died or I’m in trouble..lol😉🤣
I knew lots about John Buchan and experienced some of the places he wrote about in Africa the one that left the biggest mark was Prester John.
I just had a look in Google and there is so much there I am familiar with ...
HOW DID I MISS HIM BEING GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA 🤣🙈
I knew he went there and died there but completely missed his position.
Thank you fur reading thus book. A very very long time since I read it ☺️
I live in Montreal and I had NO IDEA
@@rohanquinby3188 ooops🤣🥰
I enjoyed this’ll story very much. I couldn’t help seeing the ongoing transformation of the inhabitants of Full Circle house as the equivalent of watching modern day home owners Midsommer Murders, listening to Gardeners Question Time having the M&S Dine in for £10.
There's an MS Dine in?
I do like a house with it's own seductive personality.
Fantastic. My very first notification. I am a happy man.
Great, Teddy. I'm happy that you are!
36:51 @TonyWalker Based on my knowledge, in the USA we have Paralegal staff to help Lawyers with all the minutia of a case while the Lawyer is the person who has the law degree and is the member of The Bar (a national?? Lawyer's professional and licensing organization). Therefore the Lawyer in the USA goes to court.
+@sirmintyclack Yes it is different I think . I’m no lawyer though …
@@ClassicGhost I meant to add that a Paralegal has less years of education than a Lawyer. I believe Paralegals are considered "para-professionals".
You are a great narrator.
Love this author and a great reading Tony!I think the Crown lawyers still wear the wigs in Canada and the lawyers don't that represent defendants.Not sure though I've only been to court once and I wasn't the accused.🇨🇦😁
Pleased to hear that. Yes they love their wigs
Yes, there is a separation between a barrister and a solicitor here in the states. A solicitor would probably be a paralegal. They prepare things for lawyers but have to get an Associates Degree (2 yrs) or a certificate as a Paralegal. They don't go to law school like lawyers who then pass the bar exam. They take a specialized paralegal course, like a secretary, but with more focus on legal terminology, etc. You can usually do it at a community college, but there are business schools that also give a certificate for a paralegal. I'm pretty sure lawyers have to get a four year Bachelor's Degree and then do three years at Law School and then pass the Bar exam.
Yup. Lawyers get their bachelor's, go to law school, then take their bar exams. Supposedly you can fast track to the bar somehow, but everybody I know went the traditional route.. so I guess I don't _really_ know 😂
@@jackdare Thanks for confirming that ;) Omg, Jack Dare - the initials are J.D. for juris doctor lol!! Even though you're not a lawyer, that's hilarious! I feel like Tony has asked this question b4 after one of his readings, then I answered, then you answered me and then I replied with this same juris doctor! Another deja vu moment for me! Weird! Do you remember replying to me b4 about this? I know, a crazy question, but I hope you humor me with an answer. Thx.
Yes, I did ask it. Thank you for the clarification
@@ClassicGhost Oh, you're most welcome but I meant did we (all three of us) have this conversation before 'cause, to me, it feels as though we have.
Beautifully written story, and I enjoyed your reading. The House Beautiful theme seems so integral to ghost stories--an acknowledgment of how houses hold long-stored memories and past lives? Somehow a haunted apartment doesn't evoke the same response....
I saw that you did a reading of EF Benson's fantastic The Room in the Tower. Are you familiar with his How Fear Departed From The Long Gallery? It's a House Beautiful story, but with a touch of humor in it; beautifully written.
I have read all of Bensons stories in my time. I do love the House Beautiful theme . I will probably do more Benson in due course. Thanks for your thoughtful comment
Sorry.. another thought..
Perhaps “Fullcircle” was the name given to the house as the spell was cast to change whomever lives there to be possessed by the spirit of the original builder so he might continue on living in the manner he enjoyed so much? Every owner comes back, full circle to how the original owner wanted things to be. There is no end for him. It comes back around every time, to him. Full circle. The symbol for Eternity.
The reinstallation of the Chapel is likely not for a place of Christian worship but to be used as the original owner may have used it to perform rituals for eternal residency/life and perhaps now wants to strengthen his spell or preserve it? (An imagination’s a wonderful thing, isn’t it? LoL 😂)
+@Jackielocks But you might be right
@@ClassicGhost maybe..Even a broken clock is right twice a day, isn’t it? (And I am most definitely a broken clock.. lol) I really enjoyed that one, Thank You! It got my creative imagination going in all directions. I listened to “The Sandwalker” as well, last night and really liked it, too. Digging through your oldest readings right now and I’m finding that I’m appreciating your abilities all the more. It really is a Gift, Tony and you help a lot of people with it, myself included. Working in Care, helping people can become a subconscious thing. Nurturing and healing has to be in your nature if you want to be a good Nurse. I bet every Ward/shift/patient wanted you! LoL♥️
What a gorgeous building you have chosen to represent this story, can you name it and where / when it was built? Thanks for another wonderful tale, so beautifully narrated. ;-)
I actually don’t know as it’s a stock photo
@@ClassicGhost Ok that's slightly disappointing. The architecture is really unusual. May have been changed/updated over the years. Thanks anyway, I loved the story.
@AMT it looks like Devon to me.
Hope that’s not a
Red herring
I didn't find this very satisfying as a ghost story. The ending didn't feel like an ending. Just my opinion. Don't regret listening but my reflection was that it was underwhelming. .
Love your reading and love the info about the author you provide after. I'd like to point out that there are female solicitors and barristers.
Yes. I know at least 2 female barristers
Solicitors sound like American paralegals, who do the paperwork for attorneys. I don't know, though, not being in the legal field. A good law secretary could also be likened as they keep the office and are usually the one who makes the calls for the lawyer, while generating documents.
Solicitors do all the work and barristers do the acting in court as far as i can tell
One of my favorite Scottish authors, my favorite from him is "The Watcher Beyond The Threshold." Have you ever read it?
I haven’t read it . But I will now
@@ClassicGhost it is great, it is a cluster of Scottish mythical stories 😁
Recently found your channel 😃
Glad you did
Enjoyed full circle whilst on the train 😃
This is great but I'll have to do this when I can see to watch subtitles as speech too quick for me but hey.
That's just me I'm past it.
Onward and Upwards with your work 👍🏼
Hi Janet. I am slowing down. This is about a year old.
You may know this already; you can adjust the speed by tapping the three dots above, then tapping playback speed.
Maybe "Full Circle" refers to the residents slowly returning to the house's beginnings of Catholicism/paganism. Protestants described their 'pure' Christianity by referring to Catholics as 'idolatrous' .
Yes, that's a good idea actually. Seems right to me
@@ClassicGhost and a big thank you for the sheer variety in stories and the interesting ideas you offer in chat. Love it!
While I was listening, UA-cam kept jumping over to the ads. It didn't occur to me that it was haunted, though.
Oh? I will check out the ads on this
The house is basically what the Overlook Hotel would be if it voted Tory.
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8:28
Rideau is pronounced REEdo not Riddo.
I'll take your word for that. I can't actually remember saying it. What was the context?
@@ClassicGhost It's a French name. I used to live in Ottawa and Rideau is often used to name things. Rideau Street, Rideau canal, Rideau Hall (government offices) etc. I believe it is in the first third of the story. Sorry I don't have time to listen again.
Stopped listening at “latinX” 😂
I don’t know what that means !
Quiet air, steals' night's open breath. When' consistent tides, push' against motionless effort.
Far-flung' to shore's, imagined. An empty sollice' hovers, within' forgotten state. Emerging' within a neutral balance. Fleeting touch, invisible' over subtle field. Gives vague' impressions, of hollow' longing. Though' some-what' detracting. It' has come, some distance. Ever' current, and waiting' by either' side, of uncertain' vision. Assuming' specific shape, where-so' converges' on past' and present. The eventual' descovery shows. That' this, pondered' waivering, never had been. Neither' from front, nor behind. But only' to exist, internally' unraveled in mind's eye. Of such, external' things.Revealing' ghost, that' hold the places. We can not' see, or inhabit. "None-the' less" are dwelling's, we still' maintain. "Dwelling's" that' inhabit, ~ us.
Buchan was a tremendous snob, so his story ought to be read by a real or pretended toff equipped with Received Pronunciation. Well done.
Im not sure I even qualify as a pretend toff. No toff at all me