EPISODE · May 18, 2026 · 30 MIN
Tales of a Traveller Section 3 - Adventure of my Uncle
from The Washington Irving Library · host Washington Irving
In which a seasoned English traveller unexpectedly enjoys the hospitality of a proud but diminutive French marquis in his ancestral chateau, rich with history, portraits, and sombre traditions, on a bleak winter's night in Normandy. The traveller’s quiet repose is disturbed by the ghostly visitation of a dignified lady in white, whose likeness is found in a portrait the marquis relates with a mixture of pride and reticence, leaving the tale suspended in respectful mystery.
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In which a seasoned English traveller unexpectedly enjoys the hospitality of a proud but diminutive French marquis in his ancestral chateau, rich with history, portraits, and sombre traditions, on a bleak winter's night in Normandy. The traveller’s quiet repose is disturbed by the ghostly visitation of a dignified lady in white, whose likeness is found in a portrait the marquis relates with a mixture of pride and reticence, leaving the tale suspended in respectful mystery.
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