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

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  • čas přidán 27. 03. 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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Komentáře • 95

  • @moriahfeatherrae8265
    @moriahfeatherrae8265 Před 18 dny +6

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

  • @nancypachou9705
    @nancypachou9705 Před měsícem +23

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

    • @childoftheeternalsky2382
      @childoftheeternalsky2382 Před 7 dny +1

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

  • @katedevoy
    @katedevoy Před měsícem +71

    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 Před měsícem +1

      WELL SAID! ❤

    • @milliemeredith7165
      @milliemeredith7165 Před měsícem +8

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

    • @benwinter2420
      @benwinter2420 Před měsícem

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

    • @benwinter2420
      @benwinter2420 Před měsícem

      Apocalypse now movie was way off the mark odd

    • @katherinelongbotham1942
      @katherinelongbotham1942 Před měsícem +3

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

  • @RadientLeeoo
    @RadientLeeoo Před 24 dny +6

    What a gift 🎁 we ALL thank YOU!

  • @George-rb6bv
    @George-rb6bv Před 16 dny +8

    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.

  • @myhounddog
    @myhounddog Před 25 dny +9

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

  • @jasonwistaff
    @jasonwistaff Před měsícem +11

    Too many commercials. Takes me out of the story.

  • @user-zo5um2vu1z
    @user-zo5um2vu1z Před 14 dny +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 Před 14 dny

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

  • @JJ-ki7vp
    @JJ-ki7vp Před 14 dny +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 Před měsícem +6

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

  • @AuntClara0911
    @AuntClara0911 Před měsícem +8

    CZcams Controls ADS NOT channel creator!

    • @CarLa-dn9ms
      @CarLa-dn9ms Před 19 dny

      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 Před 11 dny

      ​@@CarLa-dn9mssometimes the ads come from CZcams 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 CZcams 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 Před 5 dny

      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 Před měsícem +9

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

  • @nancyworsley5057
    @nancyworsley5057 Před měsícem +6

    I really enjoyed this story!

  • @lcarole3131
    @lcarole3131 Před měsícem +7

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

  • @davidturner4824
    @davidturner4824 Před měsícem +2

    Great story.

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 Před měsícem +4

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

  • @lanadutcher6896
    @lanadutcher6896 Před 27 dny

    Great story!

  • @amandaofhouserobinson6707
    @amandaofhouserobinson6707 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @AldWitch
    @AldWitch Před 17 dny +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 Před 14 dny +2

      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 Před 14 dny

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

  • @user-bl6vb3vk5q
    @user-bl6vb3vk5q Před měsícem

    Beautiful voice

  • @leeannjohnson4928
    @leeannjohnson4928 Před měsícem +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! 😊

  • @wayneharrison419
    @wayneharrison419 Před měsícem +4

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

  • @marycollins2163
    @marycollins2163 Před měsícem

    Great story. Commercials such. Too new for my Patronage

  • @kvonkirk2340
    @kvonkirk2340 Před 11 dny

    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.

  • @Time_Traveler_Karen
    @Time_Traveler_Karen Před 5 dny

    Unfortunately, too many interruptions of lengthy ads ☹️

  • @akdragosani
    @akdragosani Před měsícem +12

    CZcams Premium is 14.99 a month… Get it and Quit complaining about ads

  • @trixie10199
    @trixie10199 Před měsícem

    MASTERFUL Narration of a Gripping Tale! Bravo!👏

  • @stevecharman8420
    @stevecharman8420 Před měsícem +6

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

  • @davidhorn6008
    @davidhorn6008 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @AWorldUnveiled
    @AWorldUnveiled Před 12 dny

    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. 💤💤💤

  • @lorafanter3804
    @lorafanter3804 Před 5 dny

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

  • @sandireynolds8320
    @sandireynolds8320 Před měsícem

    Love you too 😘 💓

  • @Story-Voracious66
    @Story-Voracious66 Před 12 dny

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

  • @rkgaustin9043
    @rkgaustin9043 Před 17 dny

    Is that Toast of London?

  • @martitinkovich4489
    @martitinkovich4489 Před měsícem +6

    1 more ad and i'm gone.

    • @AuntClara0911
      @AuntClara0911 Před měsícem

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

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Před měsícem +1

      And ask for your money back.

  • @lindadenham-botha
    @lindadenham-botha Před měsícem +9

    Passed….way too many ads…..

    • @pakde8002
      @pakde8002 Před měsícem +6

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

    • @Shineon83
      @Shineon83 Před měsícem +3

      YT Premium. A necessity if you watch YT often

    • @amandaofhouserobinson6707
      @amandaofhouserobinson6707 Před měsícem +4

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

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Před měsícem +3

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

    • @Dreamcatcher0007
      @Dreamcatcher0007 Před 16 dny

      Download and listen to it without net on. Simple.

  • @michaelward878
    @michaelward878 Před 13 dny

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

  • @benwinter2420
    @benwinter2420 Před měsícem +1

    Lord Jim

  • @robinamiller5595
    @robinamiller5595 Před měsícem

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

  • @mydknytrydr894
    @mydknytrydr894 Před měsícem +3

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

    • @sarge4455
      @sarge4455 Před měsícem +2

      Bye 👋

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Před měsícem +1

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

    • @mydknytrydr894
      @mydknytrydr894 Před měsícem +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

  • @user-bt4lb7hn2x
    @user-bt4lb7hn2x Před měsícem +2

    The narrator sounds like Dominic West

  • @scottmitchell1974
    @scottmitchell1974 Před 22 dny

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

  • @shebillings8942
    @shebillings8942 Před 13 dny

    Ads ads ads 😂😂😂

  • @Englishman-Abroad
    @Englishman-Abroad Před 27 dny

    Ads. Arse

  • @graylad
    @graylad Před měsícem

    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 Před měsícem

    Boring 👎🏻

    • @user-zo5um2vu1z
      @user-zo5um2vu1z Před 14 dny

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

    • @user-zo5um2vu1z
      @user-zo5um2vu1z Před 14 dny

      The ai naration is grim..they all are.

  • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
    @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Před měsícem +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!

  • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
    @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Před měsícem +3

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

  • @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz
    @StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz Před měsícem +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.