Nut Bush Farm | A Ghost Story by Charlotte Riddell | A Bitesized Audio Production

The new tenant of Nut Bush Farm finds himself intrigued by the story of his predecessor's abrupt departure. What possessed the man to leave so suddenly, and could it be related to the legend of "something that walks" in the long field?
A new, original recording of a classic public domain text, read and performed by Simon Stanhope for Bitesized Audio.
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Charlotte Riddell (1832-1906), often credited in typical Victorian style under her husband's initials as "Mrs. J. H. Riddell", was born Charlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland. She moved to London in 1855 and married Joseph Hadley Riddell, a civil engineer, two years later. She apparently turned to writing to make a living after her husband lost all his money, early in their marriage. In all she wrote 56 novels and short stories, of which several had a supernatural theme. Her best remembered shorter ghost stories include 'A Strange Christmas Game' and 'The Open Door'. She was also the co-proprietor and editor of the periodicals 'Home' and 'St. James's Magazine' in the 1860s and 70s. Her husband died in 1880; there were no children from their marriage, and from 1886 she "retired in seclusion" to Upper Halliford, Middlesex, until her death in September 1906.
The first known publication of 'Nut Bush Farm' was in 'Weird Stories', a collection of Riddell's shorter supernatural fiction published in 1882; given her involvement as editor of St. James's Magazine it's likely that it originally appeared in that periodical, although this has been impossible to verify.
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Thank you for your kind comments Katy, appreciated! Glad to know you enjoyed it. I hope to more from Charlotte Riddell in the future (along with many other unjustly neglected authors!). Best wishes

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Thanks Alexa. Yes, I have some more Charlotte Riddell on my list for future recordings...

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Beautifully written by Riddell, and so deserving of Simon's sensitive interpretation... I just love this one... Being a spiritual medium i can also appreciate Riddell's descriptions of the ghostly interactions, and totally am convinced she had to have had a few run-ins herself. I wonder if she kept a personal journal? Would love to find it. Thank you Simon! Another fine telling!

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[@laquerisma]

The moonlight walk was so beautifully descriptive. I loved Ms. Riddell's quirky Mrs. Gostock. Well written and read. Thanks, again.

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Doggie and I think this is our very favorite of all your stories. Indeed, it has helped with our insomnia on so many nights…. But the whole spirit of the story is so lovely. Solving a mystery. Working a farm. Describing the meadows, cattle, hawthorns in bloom. And the characters! Simon, you bring them to life for us! We want to live at Nut Bush Farm. P. S. The landlady is the best.

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Of course! My name is Simon - I'm a jobbing actor, based in the UK. My web link etc is on the channel page.

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Thanks Simon, and what is a jobbing actor?

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So sorry Rach, I missed your reply/question for some reason! Jobbing actor as in going from job to job, for multiple employers rather than one. Although in these days of lockdown that's rather a moot point as most areas of work have closed down! I do have bits of recording work to do, and of course I'm very glad to have an artistic outlet via this channel...

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Thank you very much for reading and sharing this tale.

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I am pretty sure I will never in my life hear a moonlit landscape described more beautifully. How Ms. Riddell wrote those words, and how you spoke them, Simon! "Glamour" used that way, my goodness.

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Thankyou. Looking forward to listening to this one tonight.

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Beautifully told story, I would liked to have lived at Nut bush Farm, thank you once again Simon.

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You are most welcome!

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I quite enjoyed Ms. Riddell's descriptive prowess. And you have a lovely narrative voice. ☺️

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Very kind of you to say so, thank you!

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I think there was a ghost . He was trying to tell the owner where his body was once his body was found he could rest in peace .

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Wonderful, thanks so much for listening - and subscribing!

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I really enjoy the stories you choose. This one is haunting and Romantic in its description of the moonlight walk. I thoroughly was impressed by your narration of this tale. You gave the central narrator a softer tone than other characters and changed tempo and volume where appropriate.

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Perfect for relaxing in my recliner with my headphones on, or lights out in bed. thank you !

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Excellent - thank you Charlie!

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This tale is read much better than a couple of others I've listened to.

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Another excellent story & reading. Thank you.

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strangely I find these stories and the reader's voice very soothing and therapeutic in an ugly, disturbing time of global turmoil and daily news of gloom and disaster! Thanks so much. Natural remedies without drugs indeed. Now what happened to those bank notes? Lol

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Hard to choose, but I think my favorite Charlotte Riddell so far - another fascinating narrator, and a nicely elaborated mystery. Thank you for this splendid narration!

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It was long enough to nibble away at, so I made a note of the four chapters: ch. 1 ends 27:34 ch. 2 ends 53:14 ch. 3 ends 1:13:44

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“Putting out a measure which frightened me.” 😂🤣

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I love this story. The descriptions of the countryside are beautiful and the plot good. I love the observations of Miss Gostock - humourous, a great character. It reminds me of some of my old farming relatives. Wonderful narration too. I have listened to this several times. Many thanks for this.

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To add....so excited am I that I paused to look at suggested titles below hoping some other gem had also escaped my voracious literary appetite I laughed when the next two suggested were “The Willows” which still makes me shiver to recollect twenty maybe thirty years on and the complete collection of master M.R. James also long ago consumed but not a tale forgotten.... I will just count my blessings that this gem of Riddell escaped me till a morning I needed just such a gift of distraction. Great thanks to the narrator and poster. I’m subscribed! A lady can always hope and in fact must!

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11 : 19 "...the afternoon sun streamed over the grass..." What a beautiful language.

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Thank you - and welcome to the channel

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Thank you Maria, very kind!

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Excellent story!!!!

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Another wonderful reading! And another story with a delicious dry sense of humor interspersed with the mystery.

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Thank you Nancy, glad you enjoyed it. Yes there's quite a bit of humour in this one, the character of Miss Gostock was especially good fun to read...

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Bitesized Audio Classics Yes, she was enjoyable,. I was hoping for an explanation of her eccentricity. I decided she was based on someone the author knew, and who probably thought she belonged in a story.

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You're right, it's a shame she doesn't feature as much in the latter part of the story after her very promising introduction and, as you say, it's a pity her back story isn't more developed. Perhaps Mrs Riddell decided the story was already long enough!

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Took my dog out today, picking Haze l and cobnuts on the Kent Downs! Beautiful.

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I love the old turn of phrases in these novels, 'done away with'. I haven't been able to find out what a Palmerston suit looks like?

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That's a good question, I did look it up when preparing the reading but couldn't find anything either. I assume it relates to Lord Palmerston, foreign secretary and prime minister earlier in the Victorian era (although he died almost 20 years before this story was written), but so far as I can tell he wasn't particularly celebrated for his sense of fashion... so perhaps another Palmerston. Or something from Australia / New Zealand which both have towns and cities named after Lord P? For some reason I had the idea of a light coloured, possibly linen or similar material, suit with matching waistcoat - but I've no idea where that comes from, it may be an old memory of something I read long ago, or possibly entirely my imagination! I'd be interested to know if any other listener / readers can enlighten us further....

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Mrs.Riddell wrote so beautifully. I imagine she knew farm women like the eccentric Miss Gostock! I did, when I was a child growing up on a farm.

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I second what the commentator Samantha Marburger wrote. You are an extraordinary narrator, what an amazing treat. I'm an illustrator and these stories are beyond my wildest expectations as I work, besides discovering new excellent writers. Thank you and thank you again and again.

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Thank you so much for your kind comment Marisa, I'm so glad to know you enjoy the stories. An illustrator - what a lovely artistic occupation. Best wishes to you

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Entertaining story and gripping narration! Thank you!!!!!!! :0)))))

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I just registered that this - one of my absolute favourites btw - has, to date, had 148,585 views! That, cher Simon, is both awesome and utterly deserved. ❤

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Thanks Bob! Ah yes, this story seems to a favourite of quite a few regulars. I must do some more Charlotte Riddell before too much longer...

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