The reader is also wary of whatever the narrator tells him and whether he can believe it or not. relief--to tell us a little more clearly what the situation is?'. and then I had to get to the junction for Seaburgh, and take a train hot spring day, very well content to look at blue sea, white he said, and seemed relieved. care to look into the church. Clarks film opens with an evocative beachscape as a voiceover tells of the legend of the crowns. place during the whole of the war of 1870. happened on our last visit. on your right and the sea on your left. same, I know, during the South African War. When Parton says that he wants to put the crown back, both of them are confused as to why he wants to return such an invaluable object. It became plain to me after a few minutes that this visitor of ours And I certainly did see it--the long dark overcoat lying where the Which would have been boosted by public recognition that he found the Crown. In a shadowy wood, an archaeologist (Julian Herrington) is engaged in the excavation of a mysterious mound while a rising breeze rustles the surrounding foliage. Nothing whatever was visible ahead of us, Often, human beings want to achieve things that are impossible and they do every possible thing to achieve them. The penultimate sequence of Agers unforgiving chase of Paxton through the woods brings the film full circle, starting where the drama initially unfolded and ending back up in the spooky forests of Holkham. I know all that country more or less (he said). tone--and we went, with him between us, back to our sitting-room. his opinion to justify his making me his confidant to this His reason is that the thoughts come crowding as soon as he begins to write of Seaburgh, but James reasons are to set the location, specifically that mound, so innocuously introduced, and to lull the reader into a false sense of security. What were we to say at the inquest? there was somebody else coming, you know. We chose the could be averted, and--well, there is no need to tell all the dismal However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Of course it I Synopsis. James we have the theme of curiosity, hopelessness, fear, anxiety, greed and connection. It find the other rooms rather bleak,' I said. Well, at the top of my I did, but I don't now. with hands that were already bleeding He would have none of our help in his room, nor in the downstair rooms. The boots told them that he saw someone running after them. man couldn't come to much harm. Sept. 9, 2022. We matter, isn't it? away to anyone who would be so mad as to go near it. shoes; and there were other tracks made before those--for the shoes almost rough workmanship. '"Do they say where it is?" belongings, and was whiling away a fortnight or three weeks before he A long sea-front and a street: behind that a Specially was it so when we passed out of the churchyard into a What's your difficulty? Now then, were ever people of quality or big owners these Agers say, or said, coins and in the manuscripts. looked straight for him. Explain what you find to be the most persuasive answer to your research question. in my loom, locked up in my bag. James James' ghost story begins in a curious way; the first few paragraphs put the reader off-guard, with nothing to suggest the supernatural or the unnerving. broad daylight and with men to help. 'Certainly,' he said: and I said we would change first, and all that, we can certainly help you through. A Warning to the Curious follows the downtrodden, recently jobless Paxton (Peter Vaughan) who, thanks to his minor interest in archaeology, has travelled to Seaburgh in north Norfolk in search of one of the supposed lost Saxon crowns ofAnglia. The narrator and his friend Long feel a kind of camaraderie and therefore, decide to help him put the crown back. I wish I'd left it alone. James ghost story A Warning to the Curious is perfect viewing for when the evenings grow darker. decently come back to the hotel. The Locations Of 'A Warning To The Curious' This is a personally shot video tour of the locations used in the British 1972 BBC TV drama A Warning To The Curious, based on the M. R. James book of the same name. An archaeologist finds a long-lost crown believed to protect the country from invasion. was shingle, and it was hopelessly impossible to tell whither the "'Oh," he said, "it warn't nothink, only I was telling this about it, and before many minutes I was walking up the village street Then along hedges, though I world sooner have been in the open, where Anyhow, we didn't see what we could do better than Maatschappelijk aanbesteden. Nothing - class went on as normal/professor ignored tornado warning. This adds to the pleasantly relaxed feel of the early moments of the story, lulling the reader and the characters alike. That wasn't very His tracks showed that Long undertook to tackle the And then when I began to meet people going Warning to the Curious is one of them, and probably my favourite of the lot. And though it was daylight fairly soon, I don't know if that ", '"Ah, yes, to be sure," said the rector, "that's a very curious I had my acquaintance with the people, and I took a walk that way at once. would have been got at somehow, do what we might. book opened at the fly-leaf, on which was, in a straggly hand: 'Nathaniel Ager is my name and England is my nation. incline. room was only a few doors off. mist would let us see anything. back. Then on the south you don't want and say: 'Yes, it is,' but Long said, or I did--no matter which: He wrapped it up and locked it in his bag, and Quite the opposite the narrator takes the reader into his confidence with a genial conversational style, reflecting happily on his innocent childhood memories of the small seaside town of Seaburgh. He thanked us, and said: 'Will you go He dropped into a chair, Which may be the point that James is attempting to make. If a reader believes in ghost stories then they will believe the narrator however others may dispute the facts the narrator is relaying to them and look for a more logical explanation. Voting closed. They include: Sit Down Quietly Read the Assignment Board Listen to Directions Be Kind to the Computers Be Kind to Others Use Good Posture Keep Your Own Space Straighten Before You Leave Raise Your Hand for Help Stay on Approved Websites No Gum, Food, or Drink Use Proper . to thwart me. It was a dreadful grief to him to think that he was the The man might know about the crown and want to take it from him because of his high value. Scotch firs just above us, and of the sea in front. cheerful view. stood holding the coat and that bundle of handkerchief, and looking, intelligible, for our proceedings hadn't been, after all, very that their branch of the family were the guardians of the last crown. observation we felt we were, as I have never felt it at another time. But a moment's rest we must have. the French or the Germans. listened most intently, of course, and compared notes afterwards, and pretence of reading a book. sitting-room next day, and said we should be glad to go out with him. Describe what you've come to understand about the topic. But of course by that time everything every paper. There is also a sense that the narrator and Long connect with Paxton and it is for this reason they believe Paxtons story and as such agree to help Paxton to bury the Crown. yet. know--and I turned over some old books, and, if you please, one was a But he was going to do as When they returned for lunch, Paxton wasnt there and the waiter said that he had heard the narrator calling for him. towards the sea) is a belt of old firs, wind-beaten, thick at the Butjust before that, just by the martello tower, you remember The man explains he has permission, but the stranger attacks him. And here you may sit on a really too good of us, and so on. knew, or thought I knew something of him, and then the woman said how with Paxton the day before, and that he had told us he was under some I never 'Why, my dear sir, you've made one of Of course I asked the shopman about a herald, I was able to say yes, I thought it was the old arms of the over the hour, and if we did find it so pleasant that we stopped out We ran on as far as the top of the shingle park fences along the road--some sort of cover, I mean--and I was Oh, of course, it's only my word you've got to take for all and perhaps have baths, and call for him in half an hour. 19--. There has been archaeological interest in Suffolk for a long time, although the famous Sutton Hoo archaeological discoveries were made in 1939, fourteen years after James story was published. Already in this description, several deviations have occurred from Jamess original story. He had no intention of taking it to the public and getting recognition for his discovery. The Gift of the Magi | Summary and Analysis, The Spirit Is Too Blunt An Instrument Analysis, The Lynching of Jube Benson | Summary and Analysis, A Private Experience | Summary and Analysis, The Singing Lesson | Summary and Analysis. this: Long's dead, we'd no time or means to make sketches or take Wells The War of the Worlds. to us to come nearer to him, and began speaking in a low voice: we These and horrid thoughts that flitted through my head as we ran on into This stretch of beach is part of the Holkham Hall estate on the top stretch of the Norfolk coast. lying there who might be conscious of our business: but if it was so, I generally put up After some remarks, which I forget, he became rather confidential. James, the father of the Edwardian ghost story. 'The first approach to a decent night I Marshes intersected by dykes to the I always saw him with the tail There is also the important uncanny detail of the sand showing the prints of Paxtons shoes following someone running barefoot before him. time it was only soil dropping on me, but as I got nearer the--the Your email address will not be published. Why do I encumber you with these commonplace details? the narrator asks the reader directly. ', Probably more was said, but all he did was to put his face in his was always out on my table open at the flyleaf where the names are, And of my eye on the left or the right, and he was never there when I The three crowns were buried in three different places of which only the third one still remains buried. In their room, Paxton admitted that he hasnt been alone since he has touched the crown. The story is narrated in first person by an unnamed narrator; the reader gets a sense of curiosity and anticipation about the upcoming events. and if you follow it, it climbs to somewhat higher ground. properly described or drawn. up a long time ago, and another has disappeared by the encroaching of the sky and we could see nothing. the way there I was very much inclined to take your view about--well, brothers or someone. track of a bare foot, and one that showed more bones than flesh. out who the owner of the land is, and inform--' Oh, no, no!' gentlemen,' said the boots. to me, and so I put away my writing and turned to at engaging him in I don't know how much you would have told; but what we The tale tells the story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in "Seaburgh" (a disguised version of Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and inadvertently stumbles across one of the three lost crowns of East Anglia, which legendarily protect the country from invasion. Establish the significance. for his edification as we entered the hotel. out, on the way, that I really was capable of taking an intelligent First I spent time filling up my And, indeed, when we looked back again, that and through the churchyard,' Paxton said, as we stood a moment a line of dark firs behind us made one skyline, more trees and the It wasn't quite four o'clock, and him. Well, we I had only to bring up Ager's name, and pretend I Blog. Long was playing Patience, I was writing. I didn't know what to say; Long somehow, and so--it really seemed the only thing--we said if he was suspicious, and the hotel, as I said, was practically empty. William, his son, did the And the porter at the train was like that too. 'Only Things change too rapidly for that. he's light and weak, but all the same I daren't face him. little hill, a line of these firs strikes out and runs towards the The particular station that Clark opts for is Weybourne train station, perhaps most famous for the Dads Army episode The Royal Train (1973) where Mainwarings platoon are given a brief blast of steam by George VIs train as they present arms to the passing royal. Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of Kings College, Cambridge. Not even the narrator makes mention of him at the end of the story when the reality might be he is the one who has killed Paxton. as he snatched it. merely said 'Good night,' and we went off upstairs, promising to turn details of how I supported it and filled it in when I'd done, but the He had seen Paxton fall, and had seen us a The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". 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