Tony - a heartfelt request: PLEASE don‘t ever stop your soliloquies - they‘re a fascinating glimpse into the surrounding history and philosophy of the story. I learn from them and thank you for taking the time.
Don't usually make comments on these stories but just wanted to let you know that the commentary section is by far my favourite part of the video, sometimes makes me wish the story was shorter so I could get to the commentary faster. Thanks!
Sometimes movie adaptations of Books are not true to the originals I remember watching those Old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce they are Seldom true to the Books
What a classic. I love this story. I did a fist pump when I saw Tony narrated it. I am enjoying it over a full glass of Barenjager. This is a wonderful story. It is morbid and creepy, while written in an expert hand. It stands the test of time. None of us can deny the talent of the author who wrote "Treasure Island". Thanks, Tony, for narrating this classic. As always, your chat is amazing! I love it when youvapply your areas of expertise to the stories and your conversations. These wonderful stories will stand the test of time because of people like you! How can "The Hound" not get any love! That is sacrilege!
"Prudence masquerading as morality" is one of my favourite lines in this amazing story. I think Stevenson was an exceptionally clever writer; he knew when to put the descriptive brakes on yet still paint a vivid picture, ie, while shoulder deep in the grave, he described only the rain beating down and the total blackness as the lantern fell and broke. Yet I was there in that graveyard with them. I adore Stevenson's stories - Jekyll and Hyde and this one are my favourites - and really enjoyed your telling of this. Thank you ❤
Mr Dingbatt used to live in Robert Louis Stevenson's house many years ago!!😮 (*We are both really looking forward to hearing your "bletherins"!!*) Thank you Tony, I have been stuck in bed, unwell , yet again,,, ~so you have been reading to me,,,,😊and keeping my mind off the ailments! Namasté 🙏 🕊️ 💞 Andréa, Jasper Mutt and Dunc. .. .XxX...
Love your soothing voice. And love the little chat you do at the end. Feels like I'm drinking coffee with a friend and chatting about my fav thing - literature. Also, fascinated by colour blindness. I worked with a guy on comic books. He did the sketch and line , I did the colour.
Very well-read, with a good range of accents. Curiously, I have only ever come across this in anthologies without the 'framing' story, so I was very interested to hear it for the first time. As an 'Edinburger' born and bred, I'm going to quote (before anyone else gets in first!) 'Up the close and doon the stair We daurna gang for Burke and Hare. Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief, Knox the man that buys the beef'. It was still going the rounds when I was at school - but that's more years ago than I'm going to admit to! Also, Tony, 'scavenger' (which you mention in your comments) was commonly shortened to 'scaffie' and meant 'dustman'. It was only when I moved to England that I discovered that 'scaffie lorry' was not universally understood!
Thank you Tony! Oh by the way, in the interest of full disclosure, you and your incredible voice are my allowed crush. My husband knows when you post a new story, I am going to be busy for a while. 😍😂
Thanks Tony! Great choice. I'd never read this one. Being based on facts makes it even more engrossing. As always you are a delight to listen to, regardless of the grim content. Happy travels. ⚰⛏🧟♂️
Thank You ❤Tony your timing is Perfect!! 😊 I've noticed that I'm not the Only person who hits the Like Button,🙂👍 even before listening to your 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Narrations!! Me and Mr Dingbatt are going to listen together ~as he's now a fan of you also!!😊❤
I was admiring R L Stephenson's choice of words and writing skills while you were reading the story. Oh, yes, dear Dr John Campbell! I am a devoted follower of his. Wow, you were taught by him?
People of humbler station were often buried under a mortsafe, a heavy iron 'cage' that was placed over the grave and only removed when decomposition was far enough advanced to make the body useless.
R.L. Stevenson was a wordsmith and craftsman; I am very envious of his ability to carve words and phrases into the unique and evocative. That said, despite the dark and rain (and drink), I don't understand how they could mistake the grave. There is something forced in that. But, a great ending. If he had referred back to the present day, it would have been anticlimactic. I believe he wrote "Thrawn Janet" right before this story. I didn't realize you had done Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I must seek that out.
It WAS the correct grave. But the body was that of the man Grey (previously murdered and already dissected by the doctor). ❤ I love how Stevenson leaves it up to us to decide whether both grave robbers were mistaken and it was a case of shared hysteria /delusion brought on by their incredibly traumatic journey with the corpse, or if the spirit of Grey had returned to haunt them.👻
My reaction at seeing today's title might get a PG-13 rating viewed out of context. Such a great choice!! Edit to add that Big Lighthouse really cracked me up. I'd love to hear a Tony Walker take on Scottish poets (my faves)?
When you're talking about Robert Lewis Stevenson, I watched a youtube biography on him, and his novel Treasure Island made him really famous especially when he moved to Samoa. I thought I'd throw that in there for anyone interested. I've never read Treasure Island but it's got to be a pretty good book for it to be a classic novel.
Please write and narrate a horror story where the "KEYBOARD RICH" guy from the adverts is really an undead cannibal. Y'know, in all that spare time you have.
@@ClassicGhost Thank you! Sometimes you have tidbits of the story in the show more section. Sometimes you can't always find these stories on the internet.
