Afterward by Edith Wharton

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Edith Wharton's "Afterward" is a haunting and evocative audiobook. It is about a young woman named Mary Boyne, who moves with her husband into an old house at Lyng and jokes about whether or not it has a ghost. It does, her friend admits, but you won't notice it for a long time. The narrator's voice will immerse you in the story, adding to the eerie atmosphere, making it an unforgettable listening experience. Don't miss out on this classic ghost story from the pen of one of America's greatest authors, and experience the story like never before in its audiobook form. I must admit that ChatGTP wrote the last two paragraphs. It wrote a lot of nonsense about the story being about a ghost of a maid who died in a fire and it got the heroine’s name wrong, but otherwise it was fun. ChatGTP has my back. It wrote: "Calling all ghost story enthusiasts! Are you looking for a spook-tacular way to support your favorite narrator and gain access to an ad-free library of nearly 200 stories? Look no further! By signing up for my Patreon, you'll not only be supporting my work, but you'll also be gaining access to exclusive perks such as a member's only audio story every month, the ability to join the Classic Ghost Stories podcast chatroom on Discord and the chance to talk to me on the fortnightly book club. But that's not all, you'll also be joining a community of like-minded ghost story lovers who share your passion. Don't miss out on this hauntingly good deal. Sign up for my Patreon today, and thank you to all my supporters who already have!" New Patreon Request Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Support the showVisit us here: www.ghostpod.orgBuy me a coffee if you're glad I do this: https://ko-fi.com/tonywalkerIf you really want to help me, become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/barcudMusic by The Heartwood Institute: https://bit.ly/somecomeback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Afterwood by Edith
0:07.9	Oh, there is one of course.
0:12.9	Isn't that so?
0:18.5	Afterwood, by Edith Wharton.
0:22.6	Oh, there is one, of course, but you'll never know it.
0:27.5	The assertion, laughingly flung out six months earlier in a bright June garden, came back
0:33.0	to Mary Boyne with a new perception of its significance.
0:36.7	She stood in the December dusk, waiting for the lamps to be brought into the library.
0:43.7	The words had been spoken by their friend, Alida Stair, as they sat at tea on her lawn
0:50.0	at Pangborn in reference to the very house of which the library in question was the central,
0:55.4	the pivotal feature. Mary Boyne and her husband, in quest of a country place in one of the
1:02.5	southern or southwestern counties, had on their arrival in England carried their problems
1:07.7	straight to Alida's stare, who had successfully solved it in her own case,
1:13.1	but it was not until they had rejected, almost capriciously, several practical and judicious suggestions
1:19.5	that she threw out, well, there's Ling in Dorsetshire, it belongs to Hugo's cousins, and you can get it for a song.
1:28.0	The reason she gave for its being obtainable on these terms,
1:31.9	its remoteness from a station, its lack of electric light,
1:35.8	water pipes, and other vulgar necessities,
1:38.5	were exactly those pleasing in its flavor with two romantic Americans perversely in search of the economic drawbacks
1:47.0	which were associated in their tradition with unusual architectural felicities.
1:53.0	I should never believe I was living in an old house unless I was thoroughly uncomfortable.
1:58.0	Ned Boyne, the more extravagant of the two, had jocosely,
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