Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

[@WilliamTuckwell-r8b]

I’ll enjoy it again but only because of the quality of the narration. This whole bedtime stories for grown-ups development is a really precious thing I feel. Thanks again, Mr T

[@yesterdayitrained]

Agree!

[@MartiWilliams-r2z]

Agree!!!! Thanks !!!1

[@brendaleverick3655]

I read this story as a teenaged girl, and loved it! So glad that it's back. Thank you. 🧛🏻‍♀️

[@ClassicGhost]

Very welcome

[@stickybearskinrug2046]

In my 20’s, I was obsessed with LeFanu’s “Uncle Silas” and now, decades later, “Carmilla”. Thank you for that!

[@shelleymarquis2887]

When I read Carmilla years ago it struck me as almost comically melodramatic. Your narration has erased that impression so completely that I'm scared to go to bed now. I'll fold laundry and possibly make a cherry pie to normalize my "frighted" nerves. I was exhausted when I started listening, thinking I'd go to sleep in half an hour or so. It's now midnight 45 and I suspect sleep won't come until dawn, you know, when it's safe. Thanks a bunch, Tony, no cherry pie for you, unless you can materialize across the pond to my hall bedroom. Omg! Don't, not tonight. 😮

[@ClassicGhost]

I would really like some cherry pie too.

[@rachael7060]

😂😂😂😂

[@carolrios9216]

This has to be one of the creepiest stories ever. My favorite of LeFanu's for sure. Many of his stories are hard for me to get through, making them perfect to fall asleep to. ❤

[@chrisbetsy898]

Well-said. I've had the same experience.

[@thelochlord]

Love a good vampire story, especially when it goes into detail about the monster's method of picking targets. She definitely had a type.

[@ClassicGhost]

Couldn't agree more!

[@AmandaLee-in2yl]

This is just what I needed. I raining here so this is a perfect way to spend the afternoon Thank you Tony

[@elizabethcrowley3321]

Beautiful voice to listen to, very relaxing and soothing. Thank you!

[@ClassicGhost]

Very kind

[@shroomyk]

One of my favorite recordings from your channel. I really like listening this one before bed. I didn't notice a missing chapter in the other uploads, but I guess we'll see.

[@ClassicGhost]

It was chapter 12. I've also put the chapter timings in this one.

[@LucicPower]

Loved the last one. I love James' New England settings in his stories, hoping for a Jasper collaboration again soon 👍

[@lunablue745]

Jasper the dog ?!🐕

[@LucicPower]

@@lunablue745 jasper lestrange

[@cosycat6054]

Really enjoyed this story and the excellent narrator.

[@lyndabrennan4560]

How wonderful, I'm excited about this story, thank you Tony, I hope you're well 🙏 💛 💚

[@carltaylor6452]

Carmilla is my favourite vampire tale, or was until I read John Metcalfe's novella, The Feasting Dead, yesterday. Pleased to be able to listen to this again, though.

[@kathleenellenford4816]

Thank you! wonderful narration.... love this story!!

[@Katalinmason]

This is one of my favorite vampire stories. Well read!

[@ClassicGhost]

thank you

[@debra333]

Thank you, dear Tony, for such high-caliber content. I love your work. ❤

[@ClassicGhost]

My pleasure!

[@yesterdayitrained]

@@ClassicGhostOurs, I believe!

[@ClassicGhost]

@@yesterdayitrained :))

[@yesterdayitrained]

A masterpiece! Absolutely brilliant! I am humbled by your gift of narration, which you give so freely. Thank you Mr. Walker- we deserve thee not!

[@ClassicGhost]

My pleasure!

[@martiwilliams4592]

Just as gripping this time around. Love the story, the expressive,vivid , elegant narration and very entertaining voices. Le Fanu is one of my absolute favorites. I bought his "Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery" over my ever faithful local web-bookshop. The back cover states "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it today." True, very true. But that is not why I bought it. I bought it not for "scholarly" purposes, but for the sheer desire to be entertained. Why use one word where ten will do?! Pour on the adjectives in complicated sentences!! Right now I just finished the first story in the book ,"The Watcher". Perhaps you are right, as you pointed out about another author of the time--can't remember which one-that no modern day editor would let him get away with the ending. But who cares? I vividly see him before me, sitting in the Spirit World, dressed in "period" costume, shaking with laughter. "Where will said editor be in 200 years? I`M still here!!!" Thanks for introducing us, Tony. J.S. and I have become true mates!☺👍👍👍

[@ClassicGhost]

Glad to hear it. J S was very good. Green Tea is still very odd though

[@martiwilliams4592]

I meant, of course, " A modern editor WOUDN`T let him get away with his endings", who cares? His Green Tea has put me off real green tea for good. J S's mother probably made him drink it as a kid or something. For his health. Off to listen to your great narration of Green Tea with new ears. Thanks for all the hard work you do for all the hard work you do for us, Tony!💐💐💐@@ClassicGhost

[@stevenshipman650]

An EXCELLENT reading! One of my favorite stories.

[@violetfemme411]

Such a beautiful narration. I needed this today. Thank you Tony 💜

[@martiwilliams4592]

Just as gripping this time. Never will tire of this tale and your vivid, word-images narration. You're the best, Tony. Thanks so much for your hard work for us.

[@martiwilliams4592]

Igen, igen. Masterful, elegant. Much needed and appreciated. Tony, Thank you!

[@MartiWilliams-r2z]

Correction. I adore reading J.S. Le Fanu, again and again, like meeting up with an old friend. Your narration brings one of my favorite writers to a new, vivd level. You're the best, Tony. Thank you!

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you too Marti

[@martiwilliams4592]

Ditto, Tony. Much needed. Thank you!!!!!!

[@vanillasuncherries]

I love this story and the movie version from the 1970s with Ingrid Pitt, the Vampire Lovers. Great narration Tony!

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Such a fascinating story! It is so interesting to see so many of the vampire tropes we know today being first fleshed out here

[@ClayHarris-g4r]

🎉🎉🎉 One of the best Si/Fi stories ever keep them coming

[@ainemoroney9965]

What a treat to see this return ❤!

[@ClassicGhost]

I'd left out chapter 12. Imagine.

[@ainemoroney9965]

@@ClassicGhost never noticed 😅🤣🤣

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Sorry ,,I am not ever Consice!! Thank you Tony,, Another 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Narration!! We really enjoyed *The Casket* written by your good self! I hit the Like Button and Shared it with Mr D. ... XxX...

[@morganniciomhair8284]

Tony you have a lovely voice,thank you.

[@ClassicGhost]

thank you

[@johnroche7541]

The hot and sexy Ingrid Pitt and Kate O' Mara were in a steamy British Hammer production of this novella.

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Fantastic story and narration! I love this story so much. I listened to the previous recording and did not even notice Chapter 12 was missing. LOL! I wondered if I should only listen to Chapter 12 or listen to the whole thing? Easy answer for me. I listened to this twice in the last day to catch everything. I am glad I did! I love the artwork for the story. As with everything else, it fits the story perfectly. The artwork for your previous recording is excellent as well. Thanks for recording this classic!

[@andrealee3901]

I’m so thankful for the soothing narration of these unique stories. 😊

[@tibbar1000]

Wow! Another great reading! Thanks!

[@makka23]

I could listen to this man read anything

[@libertycowboy2495]

Ahhh...love this tale so much!❤

[@HorrorLegendsIllustrated]

My favorite line from when I read it years ago. General Spielsdorf: “She was standing, near the door, a little group surrounding her, all looking at her with faces of unspeakable terror. I, too, had seen her, and in the forest, far away from the schloss. I am resolved to trace her, though she should lead me to the mausoleum of the Karnsteins. There, with my sword, I clove her skull in twain, and beheld it reeking with blood.”

[@uh-huh]

To me, this story, significantly earlier than Dracula, marks a liminal moment in English literature, or at least one of them, bridging the gap between the folkloric and literary vampire. In many ways, it's a milestone, if not directly in LGBTQIA literature, then certainly in literature that moves beyond purely heteronormative narratives. And it's always been one of my favorites

[@buckfaststradler4629]

I suppose what you mean is the story is a bit lesbotic !

[@carltaylor6452]

It might be a milestone in LGB literature, but to add the TQIA is anachronistic.

[@yesterdayitrained]

I don’t agree or disagree with what you wrote- but I will say that is very much your perspective. This story, ostentatiously involving a romance between 2 young women, isn’t really about that at all. It’s is about vampires, their charms and manipulations, their many ways of finding and chasing and killing their prey. Not true romance, but bloodlust. Is it a *presentation* of romance between 2 same sex individuals? Yes. Is that what the story is about? No. I’m not sure you want this story to be in the category you’ve put it in, but I understand your pov as well.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

​@@yesterdayitrainedI think the main thing is, there is some romance. Is it healthy? Absolutely not, but it is there. Carmilia herself is oddly complex for a monster from that time. She seems to genuinely want to draw out her murder of Laura, she tries to find logical reasons for her own behavior, she tries to explain that she has a disease and not a curse. In terms of lesbian literature, it is fascinating

[@richardguyatt6435]

Mate I love your voice, as a listener to a million stories never have I heard such beautiful vocal spelling. If You could vocalise an Argus catalogue it would be a best seller!! I can’t wait to listen to a million more of your storytelling.

[@ClassicGhost]

Thanks . There’s a few on here now !

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Thank you Tony!!❤👍 Another 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Narration of another 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Choice of Ghostly Tale of Terror!! My friend, Jasper is now Convinced he's really Famous!! I very much enjoyed Your Own 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Writing,. And also the your 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Narration of those!! *The Casket* is Fantastic!!. (🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟X10!!) And very beautifully Done!! I really must apologize for not 'getting' the full Confusion of the protagonist at first!! My excuse would have been to explain that I'm still not 100%, after the change of Medication and the Allergic reaction. ( I had to Yeet them back to the GP!!) So, I'm probably much more confused than Mr Armstrong himself!! Jasper barked out, ~ "That's the Truth!" ~ Adding ~"She hasn't quite grasped that,, of course I'm really very Famous now It was only a matter of time!"! (The Silly Woman!! ) Namasté 🙏🕊️💞 Andréa and Jasper. ...XxX ..

[@Scarter63]

That was excellent!

[@DarniseMartin]

Excellent all around!

[@ClassicGhost]

Thank you very much

[@tyramasters-heinrichs921]

Loved this one! Some of the chapter endings felt clipped, but otherwise fantastic! Thank you from Manitoba, Canada!

[@missying1115]

Wow! Great story, very creepy! Well read as always! 🧛🏻‍♂️ 🩸

[@ClassicGhost]

Thanks for listening

[@jenniferhawkins3142]

Wonderful job!!! Listened to Carmilla on KZbin since I had it downloaded. I'm guessing you also like old horror movies? The anagrams vampire used reminded me of.Lon Chaney Jr's Count Alucard 🦇🧛‍♂️

[@normaemanuel4975]

Alright, Tony. I am back, and I am a Vampire!

[@ClassicGhost]

Welcome back and thank you.

[@normaemanuel4975]

@@ClassicGhost Thank you!

[@laylat9774]

u are the best. pls never stop making these

[@ClassicGhost]

+@laylat9774 Thank you. i’ll try

[@lunablue745]

This was as wonderful as coffee and chocolate!☕🍫 Damn! I want some right now!!😛

[@ClassicGhost]

Please do.

[@Redbeardblondie]

Some of chapter 10 is cut off, just after the colonel asks how far off Karnstein is, then it picks back up at the beginning of Chapter 11! Love your readings so much, I’m trying to hit all of them before Halloween!

[@ClassicGhost]

+@Redbeardblondie i’m sorry about that . I thought i’d checked it all

[@anaoliveira8956]

Brilliant book ❤ thanks for sharing this

[@FilmSureelist97]

I would love to make this into a movie one day. I remember reading the story as a kid

[@ClassicGhost]

Of course there was always the Hammer version: Vampire Lovers....

[@shoegal]

❤❤❤ thank you, kindly

[@amandine512]

It’s great to see you have a channel assistant.

[@ClassicGhost]

Do I?

[@amandine512]

@@ClassicGhost My mistake I guess.

[@ClassicGhost]

@@amandine512 i’m interested though. What made you think that? have i been hacked

[@amandine512]

@@ClassicGhost In the description of The Space Casket where it says “Exclusive videos for you!” The next line has a quotation mark at the beginning that I assume was copy pasted in. I assumed someone wrote it for you as it doesn’t feel like how you would write or speak. I didn’t want to draw attention to it but since you asked.

[@ClassicGhost]

I see . You are right but it wasn’t a human

[@ellentau427]

Thank you so much !

[@ClassicGhost]

You're welcome!

[@jessicajackson8064]

I don't understand what the author meant by an amphibeous nature. I looked it up but the explanations didn't seem to fit for me. Any thoughts?

[@ClassicGhost]

Possibly meaning 'of two natures'

[@jjjjjjjjkigghh8662]

Fantastic

[@maudeswanson6392]

❤😊 LIKE TI LOVE TI ❤️

[@BoWhitten]

The end of chapters 4 and 10 are tructuatied mid-sentence. Just a heads up.

[@ClassicGhost]

bollocks

[@KristinChoruby]

Sorry, but it sounds like Ch. 10 "Bereaved" got cut off early. Luckily, I don't think anything important got skipped. It's always something with these longer uploads, isn't it?

[@ClassicGhost]

Multiple issues here. my last editing program Hindenberg has started inserting noise artefacts which they aren’t addressing so i’m trawling around for an alternative. tried logic pro (for music) Pro Tools (won’t install on my computer) Adobe Audition- the best but expensive and a resource hog . so gone back to trusty Reaper but when he move files it squashes them and adds fades. last problem os my famous lack of attention to detail !

[@KristinChoruby]

@@ClassicGhost So much for computer programs making our lives easier, huh? You have my sympathies and my thanks for putting up with all that to share your fantastic narrations with us ❤

[@morganniciomhair8284]

I think Le Fanu was Irish as was Bram Stoker but I dont know if they were around at same time.I wonder if they knew each other.That would be a great dinner party to attend.

[@ClassicGhost]

They did. le fanu was older and Stoker worked for him for a bit AFAIK

[@morganniciomhair8284]

@ClassicGhost THANK YOU.I HAVE A BRAIN INJURY AND LEGALLY BLIND AFTER ACCIDENT.SO I CANT UNDERSTAND READING ANYMORE.I REALLY LIKE TO LISTEN TO YOUR STORY TELLING.IN IRELAND STORY TELLING IS IN OUR D N A !!THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT LE FANU AND MR STOKER.I MUST RESEARCH.KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.I APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU DO.

[@franken-pattern]

🥳😎🥳

[@THEPAGEBURNER1979]

Not getting my notifications so I just switched them off then back on lubetube is up to their B.S. again

[@dominicrooney5638]

53.05

[@Rosemarysummers2]

I fell asleep the first time I started watching this, so tried again, completely lost interest. Long and drawn out.

[@ClassicGhost]

Not everything is for everyone of course. Hope you find something you like

[@sabrinasjourney]

Camilla 😂