The Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Katherine Mansfield's "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" draws you into the subdued world of two sisters, adrift in the aftermath of their overbearing father’s death. Yet with the death of their patriarch, a new kind of burden takes hold. Long silences, stifled desires, and a sense of… something unseen echo through the house. Is freedom really possible, or is the past a ghost that will forever cling? Listen, and lose yourself within this subtly devastating story of lives haunted by what might have been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.6	Catherine Mansfield's famous story, the daughters of the late Colonel,
0:56.2	draws you into the subdued world of two sisters adrift in the aftermath of their overbearing father's death.
1:02.6	Yet, with the death of their patriarch, a new kind of burden takes hold.
1:07.8	Long silences, stifled desires, and a sense of something unseen echo through the house.
1:15.5	Is freedom really possible or is the past a ghost that will forever cling?
1:21.1	Join me, Tony Walker, on the classic ghost stories podcast as I tell you a story of lives haunted by what might have been.
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