The Irtonwood Ghost by Elinor Glyn

[@mzeewatk846]

That was a pretty caustic review of the story you just read. I still enjoyed listening : )

[@ClassicGhost]

+@mzeewatk846 which one was it ?

[@babs675]

You’re a lovely reader, Tony. Thank you. I listen to your stories while sketching a scene from it.❤

[@co.agmusic]

Brilliant story and incredible read

[@thurayya8905]

That was fun! Yes, I giggled when Sir George performed his manly tasks, and when his lady love looked adoringly into his eyes and admitted that she couldn't take care of herself. But, I took it in the spirit of the time it was written. As Sir George might say, "Damn fine story!".

[@juliecavanagh7399]

I'll take the tropes! It adds to the mood.. If Estelle wasn't so delicate and with such a future at stake, if Ambrose wasn't so mysterious and hard to read (i.e. foreign), and if Sir George wasn't so perfectly English and with that wonderful masculine determination (❤) ....well, we wouldn't have the tension, we wouldn't have a story! I love to go back in time with these. Thank you!

[@1TAIBKRAHS]

Thanks!

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you 🙏

[@carolgarwood3021]

Lovely reading as usual love stories like this

[@erynlasgalen1949]

I'm watching this on Christmas day while I crochet warm slippers for family. I'm enjoying your videos, and I'm not quite sure whether I like the stories better or your musings afterward.

[@halsinden]

this was fantastic. really enjoyed this one.

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad you did

[@carin1000]

Thank you! This upload is the perfect way to kick off my rest and relaxation.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Mine too. I want a nap and listening to Tony helps!

[@carin1000]

@@susanmercurio1060I know what you mean. Tony is such a talented storyteller that my busy mind stops whirring and just focuses on the story, and it makes it so much easier to fall asleep.

[@AmandaLee-in2yl]

My weekend starts here thank you Tony for all your hard work

[@lyndabrennan4560]

How wonderful Tony, thank you so much 👏👏👏👏

[@ClassicGhost]

You are very welcome

[@robinmaclay2661]

This was fun. And I think we have all learned a valuable lesson, haven’t we, children? Never trust a Frenchman whose eyes are too close together! Happy Christmas, Tony.

[@violetfemme411]

Thx once again Tony. You are appreciated for all you do for us 💜

[@vanillasuncherries]

Thank you 🎄💚💖💛🎄

[@ClassicGhost]

Very welcome

[@terryleetv1]

This was one of the best you have done so far Tony, really loved it. ❤

[@DenWell-SeedsOfChaos]

Thank you for this treat, Tony Walker. 🎄 I consider this type of ghost story to be "comfortable horror" and there are nights when this kind of slow-burn ghost story is just what I need, some people slip on old slippers after a rough day, and I slip on stories such as this. There are some horror movies I also consider "comfortable horror" example: The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh".

[@LucicPower]

I slip on banana peels

[@kelliryan464]

Thank you for another wonderful narration. This story is better than all right, it is charming. It has the right elements for a truly creepy movie. Hmmm ^•,•^

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@merlapittman5034]

A fun story in spite of the rather cardboard characters, and I enjoyed it very much!

[@martiwilliams4592]

Delightful, entertaining, captivating also this time around.Love your vivid narration, accents.. Masterful as always, Tony. Thank you for all of your hard work for us.

[@wendygillard2133]

Enjoyable, thank you.

[@joanieann6179]

Lovely Christmas story, and I thoroughly enjoy your reading skills and accents. Thank you Tony! ❤

[@jenniferlevine5406]

Love this story. Well read - thank you! Thanks for the doggy update! Sounds like a great walk.

[@clairegreenaway9653]

Really enjoyed this Tony as I walked my dogs!Thanks so much 🥰

[@martiwilliams4592]

Listening with "new eyes". Thought-provoking, soul-searching, provoking on several levels. Much appreciated, thank you, Tony. In July!!!! In Denmark!!!!

[@teresaames7902]

That was so relaxing! I wish I could say I loved the story but unfortunately I have heard the beginning and the end twice since I keep sleeping 😴 😅however, I can’t complain because this is the inevitable intended outcome I hope for. So Thank You very much! As always wishing you and yours all the best.

[@edf777]

Thank you sir 😊❤

[@lunablue745]

This is best kind of story, ghosty ghost! I don't know why I saw the house from the movie Crimson Peak as you read.

[@Marc-ke2lw]

Merry christmas Tony

[@lyndaa7560]

Very good, Many thanks xx

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Whoa! Good story and narration! That lineage at the end got me. So, Estelle was related (waaaay back) to her husband (via the first wife), and the count was a descendant of the second wife? The lineage at the end got me when I tried to loop it back to the beginning? Great story and narration! Thanks!

[@kathyorourke9273]

We love you Tony!❤

[@MartiWilliams-r2z]

Thanks so much, Tony. Love the very necessary commentary. Saves the story from itself, in my mind ,anyway. Colon Doyle is prejudiced against the Welch, who are staff, never equals, same with Agatha Christie who ridicules, degrades the Welch in a certain detective series. I would love to hear what you have to say about it, Tony.

[@ClassicGhost]

Did you deliberately call him Colon Doyle?

[@MartiWilliams-r2z]

@@ClassicGhost OOOPS Freud has not lived in vain- A "slip" :0)

[@olgaanderson138]

Adorable ghost story for roasting marshmallows over the fireplace grate, and Tony's magic voice channelling the infamous, the prolific, the Cosmo Magazine Marshmallow Literature Queen. Who wants to sin with Elinor Glyn? Mark Twain said he would rather not, but we all listened and just like marshmallows it was a treat. 😂 Imagine what would happen if Kardashians could write 😮 Merry Christmas, everyone, lots of love and best wishes ❤️

[@ClassicGhost]

I hadn’t been so aware of Elinor Glyn but clearly she was more famous than I knew !

[@ClassicGhost]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@philipwatson2407]

For another jolly Christmas party story, try "Blind Man's Hood" by John Dickson Carr (who also wrote as Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn).

[@paeganshadow]

Hi, I've only just found you so im a new subscriber, I have got to say I'm enthralled with your podcasts, my favourite genre of literature, a calming, intriguing voice and a few lines in your opening titles from one of my favourite horror movies, psychomania, I thought I was the only one that still knew of it lol. Well done, I love it.xx

[@ClassicGhost]

+@paeganshadow There are not many people who know Psychomania !

[@paeganshadow]

@ClassicGhost a very under rated movie x

[@cindychurch335]

I remember a story from a year ago. I think it was called The Christmas Present, about a man who had lost his wife? I hope I’ve got it right. I’m going to find it and listen again. Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️ Sorry it was Surprise View , don’t know where Christmas Present came from. I love it.

[@ClassicGhost]

Merry Christmas

[@comshawqueen2534]

You do such lovely work, both in the narration of other people’s stories, and in the writing and narration of your own. Thank you!

[@along5925]

Loved it! Tony, you said lowbrow. There is always a time and place for almost everything. Tonight, for me, lowbrow hit the spot. Also, my best wishes for your mom. I hope she is comfortable, happy and content in this stage of her life. I also wish you peace and solace this season. It can be a difficult time. Love to you and yours.

[@AndreaDingbatt]

❤ Thank you so very much again, I am beginning to feel a lot better than I had been!! Thank You for helping me , with This!! Listening to you Narrate has been very helpful indeed!! Pneumonia meant a long hospital visit, The Cumberland Infirmary is Ghastly, The Energy is just Baad! ! It's as though it's been built on the Wrong kind of Ley~line!! I'm very glad to be at home with my own little Jasper,❤ He's a Tonic, a Rough Haired Tyke with a Knack for Stealing and the Cheekiest face,. Paws McThievery ~ AKA Jasper is a Pickpocket extraordinaire,,, and I feel better in his company!!😊❤ Andréa and Critters. ..XxX....

[@ClassicGhost]

The Cumberland Infirmary is a place I’m visiting too much at the present time. Glad to hear you are on the mend

[@debra333]

Hi, Tony. I must admit my ignorance. I'd never associate Elinor Glyn with a ghost story. Ms. Glyn was quoted as saying that three Hollywood stars had "It": Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, Rex the King of the Wild Horses, and the doorman at the Ambassador Hotel. So there you go!

[@Cat_festation]

“You tried to get into the locked drawer today, didn’t you?” When I hear that, I know it’ll be good.

[@TeamTrumpUSA]

Merry Christmas and all best wishes for 2024. Cheers from Coastal South Carolina, USA

[@lccsd2392]

you should read one of Jasper's story's because I would love to hear your critique and take on what the story is doing. I have been disappointed to realise, more than twice, that there will be no Tony Walker taking us through the sign posts when coming to the abrupt end of a JL'S tale.

[@kaybacci1134]

I remember a rhyme I read many years ago which came into my memory just now! 'Would you like to sin with Elinor Glin on a tiger skin, or would you prefer to err with her on another fur?' A rather unkind comment on Elinor Glin's perceived immorality and love of the exotic!

[@theoriginalsuzycat]

In Three Weeks the heroine literally rolls around on a tiger skin with a rose between her teeth as she seduces the stalwart upstanding English youth - Elinor might even have created this trope! So it isn't out of nowhere.

[@bobnewmanknott3433]

I thought the same thing !

[@martas9283]

How fun, I never knew the second part of the rhyme!

[@theoriginalsuzycat]

I've got a copy of Three Weeks. It's hilarious.

[@StoryVoracious]

Good morning Pup Daddy/ Pookie. 😁

[@ClassicGhost]

+@Story-Voracious66 Pookie Puppy Dad

[@StoryVoracious]

Laughed out loud. Truly. 😂❣️

[@sugarfalls1]

What's the end of the last sentence? There are more things that are dreamed of than what??? Great reading! Really enjoyed the story! Thank you for introducing me to such a great writer! I hope you read more of her!

[@ClassicGhost]

…in our philosophy. Referencing Hamlet

[@sugarfalls1]

@@ClassicGhost Thank you! I read Hamlet in school but I forget the significance. If you want to elaborate, that's up to you. Not mandatory.

[@ClassicGhost]

It’s a line from hamlet when he has yorick’s skull in his hand he says there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in they philosophy, Horario

[@denisesudell2538]

Tony, I don't understand why you compared Glyn with the Kardashians. From what you said about her, it sounds as if Glyn worked hard and honestly to produce her fiction, risqué though some of it may have been. A more apt comparison might have been Georgette Heyer or Kathleen Woodiwiss. The Kardashians, by contrast, made "careers" largely based solely on self-promotion.

[@ClassicGhost]

I must admit I spoke in ignorance. I don’t know much about the Kardashians in truth 😳

[@mariameere5807]

@@ClassicGhostThey work bloody hard actually! They used the opportunity’s and made countless businesses out of them! And money 💰! Why not!? 😊 an apt comparison in my opinion anyway! Thank you Tony!

[@kerrymartin9698]

And you really don't want to lol​@@ClassicGhost

[@pakde8002]

​@@ClassicGhostand not the poorer for your ignorance 😂

[@stardust949]

hahah! Quite right, we don't have to always be reading Proust---thank goodness. The story was a bit dippy, but I loved listening to it just the same, and enjoyed your Ramble even more. We aren't all that cold yet here in Ohio, USA. But, we are just rude Americans all the same. Every day it's another car chase and shoot out, same as always. Merry Christmas!

[@jeank.7527]

The ‘strong-jawed’ Sir George jostling with the tall, dark and ‘foreign-looking” man for the lady’s affection… 😅

[@ClassicGhost]

Indeed.

[@martas9283]

This has to be the Elinor of "would you like to sin with Elinor Glyn on a tiger skin?" fame.. she does sound like she would have been an 'inflooencah' today

[@jasonfx28]

**Name the movie this quote is from: "What ELINOR GLYN reads is her mother's business!" (Hint-its a movie musical.)**

[@StoryVoracious]

I wish I knew. 🙂

[@teresaames7902]

The Music Man

[@StoryVoracious]

Thank you.

[@jasonfx28]

Excellent!!​@@teresaames7902

[@teresaames7902]

@@StoryVoracious you’re welcome! And the quote is actually “What Elinor Glyn reads is her mother’s problem!”

[@geronimo8159]

Wanted to fall asleep to this, but the introduction with the inheritance situation was already way too complicated 😂

[@gerardkiff2026]

Tony could you post a link for your detective stories? I keep searching KZbin but it just brings up your ghost stories. Thx in advance 😊

[@ClassicGhost]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXmUeWCkfKeHZ68si=NNrPU_Fm9cFhw6ty

[@ceciliajones7816]

Don’t ever bother to read 50 Shades. I picked it up read four pages. It’s absolutely atrocious! The “heroine” said “oh, my” several times. The “hero” repeated some ridiculously trite action, too. Reminded me of the Rocky Horror scene with Rocky, Dr Frankenfurter, Dr Scott, Brad, and Janet. Ungh! Iykyk!

[@Shineon83]

I LOVE Sir George-and his jealousies ….But, oh, the close-set, beady-eyed FOREIGNER 🙀🙀🙀

[@nancyM1313-Boo]

❤

[@mares3841]

💛

[@eveny119]

What kind of beasts (doggies) do you have? Have a Happy Christmas. as the Brits say, from across the pond.

[@Luise-fv1fw]

It is very hot in Vienna and I try not to move and listen to this Christmas ghost story😅

[@ClassicGhost]

+@Luise-fv1fw it’s a bit chilly here . I’ve got my coat on . hope that helps :)

[@Luise-fv1fw]

😊😊 0:33

[@Shineon83]

“People who just live ordinary lives love this kind of stuff…” Most writers are very precise with their words & thoughts….You are always all over the place :)

[@ClassicGhost]

yes, I’m a mess

[@vanillasuncherries]

This author is far more classier than the low class Kardashians. Money does not equal class in the sense of having manners and being respectable.

[@CleoHarperReturns]

If you have to be told what IT is, you don't have it.😉 Also sex appeal is a part of it but it's so much more than that. The Kardashians don't have It -- they have money. Example of having It would be someone who absolutely everyone falls a little in love with regardless of sexuality, like Audrey Hepburn, or Benedict Cumberbatch. Or whomever you find the exception to every single rule.

[@ClassicGhost]

I don’t have IT

[@CleoHarperReturns]

@@ClassicGhostNeither do I! 🤣Sorry I was crabby and hopped up on old lady meds. I meant to take this down the next morning.😅

[@AndreaDingbatt]

​@@CleoHarperReturns😅I have been suspecting that my Family have been giving me too much of my Old Lady Meds on Purpose!! Keep a careful eye on your meds,Lol!! Happy New Year to You and Yours,🎉 Andréa and Critters. ..XxX...❤

[@CleoHarperReturns]

@@AndreaDingbatt At least they're not stealing our meds. Yet. Happy New Year Andrea and Critters!

[@AndreaDingbatt]

@@CleoHarperReturns Aha, no indeed!; Lol 😂 I keep a careful eye on the meds,, and I am allowing the occasional extra given to me, but I'm also very much better at counting than I let on, and I also have a locked cabinet in order to keep the pain meds and suchlike safe from any pilfering!! Hehe!! Nice to meet you here, I am a very recent subscriber, and I'm really enjoying the narrations, Grateful, especially because I'm stuck in bed with pneumonia... (Boredom is a terrible thing!!) Paws McThievery , AKA Jasper is laid next to me and keeping me warm and cozy, fortunately my neighbour is happy to look after the rescue, rehab and release birds and wildlife, while I recover. Shhh Ooops, I'm sorry I really do waffle on!! I hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you!!💞🎉🕊️ Andréa and Critters. ...XxX...

[@kellysouter4381]

So this is fiction, not true life?

[@ClassicGhost]

Yes, it’s a fictional story.

[@StoryVoracious]

Ambrose DuVal or... Scaramanga!

[@susanmercurio1060]

Oh, wow! Sherlock Holmes read by Tony Walker... I had a terrific conflict with an Englishwoman about English racism recently on a thread. She insisted that English people were "nice," and I was pointing out how many other people of whom the English thought they were superior. Sorry, Tony, but I'm following up your observations.

[@MakeUpTraffic]

"Racism" is a made-up term to silence people who want to survive and keep their traditions. All those faux terms are made up by a certain ethnic group. P.S. I'm not British.

[@potatojoe370]

I lost enjoy your work and readings..but this one was shite..when you described it it wasn't that I didn't agree. I didn't really notice it as low brow. I just thought all the characters and the whole set up was thin. Not interesting. I did like how you read for the Frenchman. It sounded like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his mid movie phase. Keep up the good work ol' man.

[@ClassicGhost]

That’s my new Alter Ego: Arnold Duval