The Inn of the Two Witches. A Short Story by Joseph Conrad

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  • Опубліковано 27 бер 2024
  • "Joseph Conrad's The Inn of the Two Witches: A Find" is a gripping short story that delves into the mysterious and supernatural. It revolves around the discovery of a manuscript by a British officer, which recounts the eerie events experienced by a young man, John, at a desolate Spanish inn during the Napoleonic Wars. This inn, run by two sinister old women rumored to be witches, becomes the setting for a series of unexplained and terrifying occurrences, including the mysterious disappearance of guests. As John becomes entangled in the inn's dark history, he encounters a beautiful but ghostly woman, leading to a climactic revelation that intertwines love, betrayal, and the supernatural.
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  • @George-rb6bv
    @George-rb6bv 25 днів тому +10

    For a a guy (me) who is in a constant state of anxiety over being 59, and knowing that the end is closer than the beginning, really resonated with me.
    At the beginning when he starts talking, he provides a small diatribe on the pros and cons of being 60, and the attendant fear, depression and anxiety associated with getting old.
    He philosophically articulates the hope's and fears of being 60. I have never heard anyone articulate someone's quasi-tormented state of mind at getting older, expressed in a kind, sensitive and compassionate way, like he understands the profound emotional duress that is associated with getting older.

  • @katedevoy
    @katedevoy 2 місяці тому +73

    Conrad, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy?! This surfer dude has serious taste and I love it!! Congratulations on having one of the best sites that expound the greatest literature ever written. One thing I hate is...Use of AI narration. It is soulless and devoid of any character and they often cannot pronounce words correctly. But the stories are great. Thankyou.

    • @Nonailcpipper
      @Nonailcpipper Місяць тому +1

      WELL SAID! ❤

    • @milliemeredith7165
      @milliemeredith7165 Місяць тому +8

      IT'S AN A.I.? THEY SHOULD PUT 1 TO REPLACE SLOW-JOE.
      TRUMP2024

    • @benwinter2420
      @benwinter2420 Місяць тому

      Heart of darkness by Conrad was high comedy as most of his tales

    • @benwinter2420
      @benwinter2420 Місяць тому

      Apocalypse now movie was way off the mark odd

    • @katherinelongbotham1942
      @katherinelongbotham1942 Місяць тому +3

      Narrator is good but Spanish ‘si’ is pronounced ‘see’ , not ‘seye’.

  • @nancypachou9705
    @nancypachou9705 Місяць тому +25

    I am a Greek with English Language and Appreciation! I enjoyed this very much! Greetings from Athens Greece!😊

    • @childoftheeternalsky2382
      @childoftheeternalsky2382 16 днів тому +1

      What a great surprise to see a compatriot have such fine taste! Cheers from Athens ^^

  • @moriahfeatherrae8265
    @moriahfeatherrae8265 27 днів тому +6

    These get sent to my daughter on a weekly basis. She LOVES these stories ❤

  • @user-zo5um2vu1z
    @user-zo5um2vu1z 23 дні тому +1

    Josef Conrad. Absolutely genius. ....from heart of darkness to his short stories and novellas ..the greatest novelist of his age and on the podium of any age. So influential...I can listen to Conrad any time...

    • @JJ-ki7vp
      @JJ-ki7vp 23 дні тому

      I first heard of Heart of Darkness in 1970 from a wonderful English teacher, Mrs. Kelker, Beautiful Soul💫

  • @RadientLeeoo
    @RadientLeeoo Місяць тому +6

    What a gift 🎁 we ALL thank YOU!

  • @myhounddog
    @myhounddog Місяць тому +9

    Thank you kindly ❤. I really appreciate the people who gift us these gems 😁. Happy vibes 🎉🎉

  • @JJ-ki7vp
    @JJ-ki7vp 23 дні тому +1

    Thank you for the brainwave reading. From an underpaid professional ( 34 years teacher) who appreciates a well-told story, I thank you for these fantabulous stories ❤️

  • @Shineon83
    @Shineon83 Місяць тому +6

    Lovely narration; whimsical tale for the “horror” genre….

  • @AuntClara0911
    @AuntClara0911 Місяць тому +9

    UA-cam Controls ADS NOT channel creator!

    • @CarLa-dn9ms
      @CarLa-dn9ms 28 днів тому

      I can't believe this. Maybe you can explain to me, why some channels, lets say yoga or meditation have one or more ads, when others have none.

    • @kvonkirk2340
      @kvonkirk2340 20 днів тому

      ​@@CarLa-dn9mssometimes the ads come from UA-cam and the creators get nothing from it other times the ads are split a creator can choose to have 5 or 10 ads on a video an hour long and UA-cam adds on top of that with there own ads. Other times they deem the video to be unacceptable for ads and won't allow it. It's a whole mess I've watched a few videos on how it works because I have no life lol

    • @lorafanter3804
      @lorafanter3804 14 днів тому

      I don't pay for cable...I pay for youtube premium...see zero ads...when I watch tv...it is 90% youtube and about 10% other streaming. Cheaper than cable and never see ads! ❤

  • @joeharoutunian1805
    @joeharoutunian1805 Місяць тому +9

    Excellent narration of fascinating story. Conrad would be more than pleased.❤

  • @lcarole3131
    @lcarole3131 Місяць тому +7

    I have no complaints_ just ~1,000 thank yous~ for your providing us with these literary gems🔥

  • @nancyworsley5057
    @nancyworsley5057 2 місяці тому +6

    I really enjoyed this story!

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 Місяць тому +4

    Listening for the second time as the narration lulled me to sleep. Absolutely lovely voice. Subscribed.

  • @leeannjohnson4928
    @leeannjohnson4928 Місяць тому +4

    I just found this channel, and I absolutely 💯 love it! Love your voice, not to mention great story! Thank you for putting it out there for us all that refuse to pay for great stories- knowledge! 😊

  • @AldWitch
    @AldWitch 26 днів тому +2

    Thanks for doing this. no criticism but if you are reading more about the navy or seagoing, you might like to look into the pronunciation used in this industry: Forecastle - foc'sal; Coxswain - Coxon; boatswain - bosun etc

    • @user-zo5um2vu1z
      @user-zo5um2vu1z 23 дні тому +3

      It's an AI naration...not a reader ..it won't be long before we won't be able to tell..the computers are taking over audio books .. what will libravox do then ...

    • @AldWitch
      @AldWitch 23 дні тому

      @@user-zo5um2vu1z thanks. some language will be lost

  • @amandaofhouserobinson6707
    @amandaofhouserobinson6707 Місяць тому +1

    This is great. Just found your channel! Subbed and liked! Thankyou!😊

  • @davidturner4824
    @davidturner4824 Місяць тому +2

    Great story.

  • @AWorldUnveiled
    @AWorldUnveiled 21 день тому

    In the silence of the night, may you find serenity and comfort, wrapping yourself in the blanket of peaceful slumber. Goodnight, dear friends, and may the dawn bring you renewed vigor and enthusiasm. 💤💤💤

  • @lanadutcher6896
    @lanadutcher6896 Місяць тому

    Great story!

  • @user-bl6vb3vk5q
    @user-bl6vb3vk5q Місяць тому

    Beautiful voice

  • @jasonwistaff
    @jasonwistaff Місяць тому +11

    Too many commercials. Takes me out of the story.

  • @kvonkirk2340
    @kvonkirk2340 20 днів тому

    Good trick for getting rid of ads open the video and if you get several ads close it open it again immediately close and open again works for me 9 times out of 10.

  • @akdragosani
    @akdragosani Місяць тому +13

    UA-cam Premium is 14.99 a month… Get it and Quit complaining about ads

    • @jennamiller8648
      @jennamiller8648 Місяць тому +3

      Agreed!!!! Have You Tube Premium instead of cable.

    • @roringusanda2837
      @roringusanda2837 Місяць тому

      🦀 you'll never get a penny outta me!!

    • @shellyn.790
      @shellyn.790 7 днів тому

      Great approach for advertising youtube. 😅 “Get it and quit complaining “

  • @Time_Traveler_Karen
    @Time_Traveler_Karen 14 днів тому

    Unfortunately, too many interruptions of lengthy ads ☹️

  • @stevecharman8420
    @stevecharman8420 Місяць тому +6

    If using AI for narration means more great stories like this one are available on UA-cam then I'm all for it. There are some human readers of audiobooks that are so poor I can't listen to them.

  • @marycollins2163
    @marycollins2163 Місяць тому

    Great story. Commercials such. Too new for my Patronage

  • @lorafanter3804
    @lorafanter3804 14 днів тому

    All the people complaining about ads...first time on youtube or internet in general? UA-cam premium worth the cost. Many cable stations have commercials and cable is way more expensive.

  • @davidhorn6008
    @davidhorn6008 Місяць тому +1

    I've seen a film of this story, possibly in the 1960's. I'm unable to find it on the net

  • @trixie10199
    @trixie10199 Місяць тому

    MASTERFUL Narration of a Gripping Tale! Bravo!👏

  • @wayneharrison419
    @wayneharrison419 Місяць тому +4

    Way too many ads!!! I'm outa here. 😢

  • @sandireynolds8320
    @sandireynolds8320 Місяць тому

    Love you too 😘 💓

  • @Story-Voracious66
    @Story-Voracious66 21 день тому

    Farewell and adieu to you fine Spanish ladies.
    Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain...
    👍🇦🇺

  • @rkgaustin9043
    @rkgaustin9043 26 днів тому

    Is that Toast of London?

  • @martitinkovich4489
    @martitinkovich4489 Місяць тому +6

    1 more ad and i'm gone.

    • @AuntClara0911
      @AuntClara0911 Місяць тому

      Channel has No control over ads. Only way to avoid is by getting UTube Premium. UA-cam controls ALL ads.

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому +1

      And ask for your money back.

  • @lindadenham-botha
    @lindadenham-botha Місяць тому +9

    Passed….way too many ads…..

    • @pakde8002
      @pakde8002 Місяць тому +6

      That's unfortunate. Zero ads with yt premium though. It's truly worth it imo.

    • @Shineon83
      @Shineon83 Місяць тому +3

      YT Premium. A necessity if you watch YT often

    • @amandaofhouserobinson6707
      @amandaofhouserobinson6707 Місяць тому +4

      I pay 8.99 a month for you tube premium . No ads ever!

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому +3

      We’re not entitled to free entertainment, as lovely as that would be. A monthly fee to UA-cam eliminates all ads.

    • @Dreamcatcher0007
      @Dreamcatcher0007 25 днів тому

      Download and listen to it without net on. Simple.

  • @michaelward878
    @michaelward878 23 дні тому

    I will not buy any product that bothers me with their commercials because I hate f****** commercials

  • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
    @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Місяць тому +4

    Indeed this is got a very similar plot’s device (not the plot itself, just the basic thieves m.o.) to a Wilkie Collins story “A Very Strange Bed”, and at least two other famous Gothic Ghost-Detective writers’ stories, whose exact authors and stories names I can’t quite recall off the top of my head: one about a mill hotel, another about a French Hotel where some former Napoleonic Imperial Guards are rolling tourists (unless that’s the Wilkie one and I’m mixing it up with another).
    Great stuff in either case, as I LOVE RN genre and Gothic genred tales.
    Cheers, Redux! Glad I’m a newish sub and rediscovered your chan with this upload!

  • @benwinter2420
    @benwinter2420 Місяць тому +1

    Lord Jim

  • @robinamiller5595
    @robinamiller5595 Місяць тому

    The reader good, but the pronunciation of a seaman, see if you hear😊

  • @user-bt4lb7hn2x
    @user-bt4lb7hn2x 2 місяці тому +2

    The narrator sounds like Dominic West

  • @mydknytrydr894
    @mydknytrydr894 Місяць тому +3

    probably a good story, wouldn't know. Way too many commercial interruptions.

    • @sarge4455
      @sarge4455 Місяць тому +2

      Bye 👋

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому +1

      You are entitled to free entertainment? Ok then. ($9.99/mo eliminates ads.)

    • @mydknytrydr894
      @mydknytrydr894 Місяць тому +1

      I have no problem with commercial advertisements, but this particular stream has an extreme amount and they are not your typical 15 or 30 seconds, they are infomercials

  • @scottmitchell1974
    @scottmitchell1974 Місяць тому

    This is the guy from Rock Star/300, no?

  • @shebillings8942
    @shebillings8942 22 дні тому

    Ads ads ads 😂😂😂

  • @Englishman-Abroad
    @Englishman-Abroad Місяць тому

    Ads. Arse

  • @graylad
    @graylad Місяць тому

    When one man alone, decides to retranslated things differently that entire contingencies and teams of scholarly translators had previously translated another way, my alarm bells go off! He speaks in scholarly language, makes grammatical and syntax references as if the teams of scholars that previously translated it to the way that we generally read it as today are wrong, I just have to shake my head and walk away. You have to have some kind of ego to think that you know more then the majority of Scholars

  • @akdragosani
    @akdragosani Місяць тому

    Boring 👎🏻

    • @user-zo5um2vu1z
      @user-zo5um2vu1z 23 дні тому

      Whaaat. Conrad boring.... He's not modern best seller .it's classic lit

    • @user-zo5um2vu1z
      @user-zo5um2vu1z 23 дні тому

      The ai naration is grim..they all are.

  • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
    @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Місяць тому +3

    This was a great Conrad story, usually I can’t stand his moribund plots. Thanks!

  • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
    @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Місяць тому +2

    Lol, missed this: “look at the telephones… for shattering our… peace of mind” - irony of ironies, considering what many of us are using to listen and comment, and it’s comparatively devastating impact already.