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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

472 Episodes • By Jon Hagadorn • www.1001storiesnetwork.com
Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced st ...more
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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
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PROSPER'S OLD MOTHER by BRET HARTE
In the Bret Harte gold camp tale a young miner who s... more
Apr 14 2024 52m
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#10 OF 442 LISTENER FAVS THE PARADISE OF THIEVES A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
Father Brown is traveling in Italy when he comes acr... more
Apr 12 2024 43m
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THE MANAGER OF MADDEN'S HILL by ZANE GREY
A young crippled boy who has learned baseball inside... more
Apr 10 2024 38m
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THE WRONG SHAPE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
Father brown and Flambeau visit the art conservatory... more
Apr 7 2024 47m
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THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN (CHAPS 31-33)
Poirot shares some interesting clues with Katherine ... more
Apr 7 2024 27m
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#9 of 441 LISTENER FAVS A SOUND OF THUNDER by RAY BRADBURY
In this excellent sci-fi short storyby Ray Bradbury,... more
Apr 5 2024 35m
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A HUMBLE ROMANCE by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
A tin merchant on his country route stops at a farmh... more
Apr 3 2024 49m
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EASTER EVE by ANTON CHEKHOV
An unknown narrator describes his ferry ride across ... more
Mar 30 2024 36m
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#8 OF 440 FAVS THE MEXICAN (PT 2) by JACK LONDON
This was the #8 listener favorite of 440 episodes. (... more
Mar 28 2024 39m
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#8 OF 441 LISTENER FAVS : THE MEXICAN (PT I) by JACK LONDON
This was the #8 listener favorite out of 440 episode... more
Mar 28 2024 43m
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ROSES, RUSES, AND ROMANCE and THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS O.HENRY
Two stories of early New York City (circa 1919) from... more
Mar 27 2024 33m
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WHILE THE AUTO WAITS and A COMEDY IN RUBBER O.HENRY
Both stories from 'The Voice of the City'- O.Henry's... more
Mar 24 2024 29m
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THE NIGHT MOTH WITH A CROOKED FEELER by CLARA DILLINGHAM PARSONS
Love comes in all shapes and sizes. One of our 1001 ... more
Mar 20 2024 19m
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THE MERINO SHEEP by BANJO PATERSON
Merino Sheep and the wool they produce have been a l... more
Mar 17 2024 18m
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THE ADVENTURE OF THE ITALIAN NOBLEMAN A POIROT MYSTERY
A dinner meeting ends in murder and the evidence see... more
Mar 13 2024 29m
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INDIAN CAMP by ERNEST HEMINGWAY and THE NINE CENT GIRLS by H.C..BUNNER
Indian Camp- A young man accompanies his father, a ... more
Mar 10 2024 39m
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#8 OF 441 LISTENER FAVS ROBIN HOOD AND THE TINKER and THE SHOOTING MATCH AT NOTTINGHAM
From 'The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood' by Howard ... more
Mar 8 2024 1h
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SUNDAY BALL by ZANE GREY
"Sunday Ball" by author Zane Grey gives us a rare lo... more
Mar 6 2024 37m
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THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
A young soldier escaping a search party in the dead ... more
Mar 3 2024 54m
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#3 OF 432 LISTENER FAVS THE MAN ON THE TRAIN by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
Our #7 top listener favorite, The Man On The Train, ... more
Mar 1 2024 23m
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THE RETURN OF IMRAY by RUDYARD KIPLING
In British Colonial India our narrator finds himself... more
Feb 28 2024 36m
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KING ARTHUR BATTLES WITH THE SABL;E KNIGHT from THE BOOK OF KING ARTHUR & HIS KNIGHTS
Two chapters (1 and 2) from Pt 2 of the Book of King... more
Feb 25 2024 52m
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#6 OF 443 FAV THE BLUE CROSS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
Our #6 of 443 episodes- The Blue Cross A Father brow... more
Feb 23 2024 51m
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MY LADY JANE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
A young man is talked into attending a dinner party ... more
Feb 21 2024 25m
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THE OBLONG BOX by EDGAR ALLAN POE
A men traveling on a sailing vessel from Charleston ... more
Feb 18 2024 39m
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