The Horla by Guy de Maupassant.  

Yes, yes, I agree with you whole-heartedly that this lovely name, Guy de Maupassant has a wonderful effect; it makes me feel lightly amused and very light-hearted. And Mr. Tony Walker, word artiste extraordinaire, I have to enthusiastically compliment you upon your French accent; it sounds perfect to me, and BEAUTIFUL! I will remember in the future to try and resist the urge to write a comment before hearing the tale in its entirety, for the first thing I was going to say was that you conveyed Maupassant's character's joy to be in his ancestral land very enthusiastically and well. Moments later, he begins to feel that his mood is taking a dip - he feels it most certainly, but is quite unsure of the reason for this unexpected change, positing that the cause may be an element of the atmosphere or perhaps an unseen being with unusual powers. Maybe a malevolent entity determined to cause illness or death. Who prefers water to milk, when the water belongs to another. ha, ha. This character is somewhat charming, and imaginative in his own diagnostic efforts. He speaks with feeling; he detects disease or danger near to him. He thinks, and thinks. I'm afraid his terrible ending is near. But perhaps he devours a superb omelette next morning and all fears and worries disappear. But i doubt it... An absolutely splendid job, Mr. Walker! Thank you. kris k.

You are so right. Only just realised that myself. Better than "Cellar Door", but similar.

An absolutely stellar narrator, complimented with superb audio quality. I think this must be one of the most outstanding pieces on RU-vid. It's so very simple yet virtually perfect. The first time I listened to this I realised that I kept loosing the plot because of the mesmerising overall sound. I could listen to this all day.

Slim Pickings the American actor takes some beating or the actress Ritzi Crackers ,I kid you not about either

It’s unnerving. I remember reading it first and being unsettled

Thanks for listening

Yes I thought the description well written . I have also suffered from sleep paralysis on several occasions and it's frightening .

Na, he had Syphy boy bandy. More likely he had a Horla thrusting think, think and thought thoughts like goo punch through his big muscle.

Finished in 1888! Thanks, Ramey.

I totally agree!

James who?

@@keithcrooks7217 Henry James

I will do more of old G de M. So little time! So many authors!

Libravox is mostly horrible to be honest. But the effort is always appreciated.

Thank you 🙏

Horlalujah! I like it

Great Danny. Very pleased to have you here

Thank you ever so much

great to have you here :)

Very grateful for the share

Glad you liked it. I hope I credited the translator

@@ClassicGhost I did. i did. And I like the commentary! I've subscribed on Stitcher. :)

Ha ha!

The world is going mad..so I am glad to mingle..hahaha.in your company us more fun....

The Beckoning Fair One is almost that style. It isn't a diary, but written in the first person, so it has the same feel. I'd like to see him narrate that. It's really creepy, whether it was madness or a haunting. I just noticed he posted it only 2 days ago; that's probably how I missed it. Thx

@@wmnoffaith1 he has performed that one and an outstanding job too. X

@@julietbenassi8680 I will have to check it out .

Forgive the typos.

I'm not much of a fan of the graphic and the gory. I do like the Gothic though and I quite like the weird. I am considering doing a series of 'sleep stories' because people tell me my reading puts them to sleep. They say that's a good thing...

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Rheinhart Silvento Thanks for your help. 😊

That’s fantastic. Thank you

Oh! I’m really pleased :)))

Llp¹

Lol. Don't drive your friends away though.

Thank you Steve. much appreciated

85 speakers! Wow

Good. Please do!

Thanks, Toots!

That’s an interesting one

I believe you might be right. General paralysis of the insane

I remember spending hours wandering round the cemetery in Paris looking for his grave. Couldn't find it until someone took us there.

I wondered. Very common in those days

I think G de M had the disease....

People have pondered over the meaning of this story for years, you know