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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Do you recall your parents saying "Wise Up?". This is the BEST way to increase your intellect, grow your vocabulary, and broaden your view of history and culture. Take the "wise up!" challenge and listen to any 5 of these narrated stories and give your brain a treat! (It works for all ages, including TV-bound seniors). Enjoy listening to well-narrated tales from writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans

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47:55

THE SIGN OF THE BROKEN SWORD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/07/17

This is one of best Father Brown stories I have had the pleasure to share. Its a great story that rings true- a story of a military leader whose legend was perhaps not as well deserved as all his admirers believed. Check out our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com and get a look at all our 1001 shows- give some a try! And join our mailing list. I will be adding a newsletter and very soon a new show called "Boomer Bedtime Stories". In this show we'll discuss what is was like growing up in

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28:04

PRISONER OF THE SOPHS and CALL FOR CANDIDATES ZANE...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/07/14

Ken Ward, after talking to his coach not long after the great potato fight, is talked into walking over to the Sophmore dormirories to aplogize to the varsity basball captain, Dale- but Dale has other plans, and Ken and the coach find themselves trapped with no way out. Check out our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com, and take advantage of some really good search opportunities there. Some tips for Search: Author Names: Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London, Robert Barr, Rudyard Kipling, Frank

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32:26

THE VARSITY CAPTAIN and A GREAT ARM by ZANE GREY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/07/10

The start of another great series of baseball short stories (the last one was "The Red-Headed Outfield)- this one being"The Young Pitcher'- the storyof a very young man who attends a large college as a freshman and soon learns what hazing is all about. His dream of playing baseball for that college seems to end when he punches the varsity captain of the baseball team during a rough hazing. In true Zane Grey style- this is a fast-moving story that will bring you in and keep you around for more.

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46:51

THE STORY OF SIR PELIAS (CHAPS 1-2) FROM HOWARD...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/07/07

Sir Pelias, one of King Arthur's top knights, makes a promise to Lady Guinevere that he will go on a mission to defend her honor, and leaves her company unarmed, promising he will capture another knight's armor and return with great deeds accomplished.

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38:17

PLAIN FISHING by FRANK STOCKTON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/06/26

Our narrator tells a great fishing story whicfh begins at the home of an old local fisherman with two beautiful daughters and continues with a battle of wits between he and a huge trout followed by some good country advice.

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36:07

OUR AROMATIC UNCLE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/06/23

A marrried couple who for years has ben enjoying gifts from a generous uncle they had never met finally get the chance to meet him when he cables that he is traveling to see them and stay for awhile. As you migt expect the story has a surprise ending.

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19:40

THE FILLMORE ELDERBERRIES by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/06/19

A young man who has just lost his father and needs to support his mother tries to find work but no one, inluding his own uncle, will hire him due to his deceased father's bad reputation as a shirker. Finally a local farmer offers the young man a job to clear an entire field of elderberries down to the roots for a pittance, provided he finishes the job. The young man has nowhere else to turn and accepts the offer.

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31:17

TRANSFORMATION by ROBERT BARR

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/06/16

Two brothers who own a successful clock/watch shop in Paris are surprised when a disreputable looking man enters the shop- and they both believe has has come to case the shop before robbing it. They contact the police, and the police question the man, but come up with nothing. Things turn bad for the brothers soon after. We promised two Robert Bar stories and here they are: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/1001-classic-short-stories-tal-46960/episodes/an-alpine-divorce-and-the-rigo-82867169

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54:27

THE BOOK OF MERLIN: (CHAPS 3-4) MORGANA LA FAY...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/06/09

In this story Merlin is no longer a force but he is able to make a request to Vivien to save King Arthur's life. Arthur and a fellow knight become lost after a deer hunt and they are lured onto a sailing ship by Morgana La Fay's magic- and things go downhill from there.;

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40:36

THE MISTAKE OF THE MACHINE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/06/02

Father brown shares a story with his friend Flambeau about a visit the Father had made to a detective's office in Chicago while he was working in the US. The detective was convinced to a new fangled pulse reader, serving as a lie detector, could prove the innocence or guilt of suspects. Enjoy: IN SEARCH OF ATTILA THE HUN'S TREASURE" at 1001 Heroes this week!

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34:09

THEIR FIRST FORMAL CALL by GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/29

Many years ago, around 1900, social customes were very different from what they are today. if a young man wanted to make a formal call on a young lady, the custom of the day wasd to approach the young lady's house and present a card of introduction. Generally, a servant or butler would offer a server, or silver plate, upon wich the young man would place the card. Then the young lady would be called upon to greet the young man. In this story two young men dress up in their best with the intention of

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39:10

THE STORY OF THE BETRAYAL OF MERLIN (CHAPS 1 &2) ...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/26

King Arthur's evil sister Queen Morgana LaFay plans a way to get Merlin out of the way of Arthur by using her young protoge Vivien to charm Merlin into teaching her all his magic. Enjoy 'Tarzan the Untamed' now at 1001 Stories For the Road Podcast and 'The Secret Garden' at 1001 Classic Stories For All Ages.

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22:56

AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS by BRET HARTE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/22

A 10 year-old boy growing up in a gold mining area discovers the stash of a pair of notorious thieves and adventure follows...

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31:10

3 BANJO PATERSON STORIES FROM DOWN UNDER: HIS...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/19

Australia owes a debt of gratitude to Banjo Paterson (and Henry Lawson) for their great short stories that chronicled the quirky and unique characters and places of Australia in its early days. These three short stories- His Masterpeice, Sitting in Judgement, and Thirsty Island tell of the days when Australia was "the wild west" in more ways than one.

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39:19

THE HEAD OF CAESAR A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/15

Father Brown and Flambeau assist a young lady who is being terrorized by a blackmailer. APPLE .USERS New! 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-true-stories-with-brian-tremblay/id1726451725 Catch 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/id1613213865 Catch 1001's Best of Jack London- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-best-of-jack-london/id1656939169 Catch 1001 Radio Crime Solvers-

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01:36:22

PILLAR OF FIRE by RAY BRADBURY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/12

William Lantry awakes hundreds of years in the future after having died in 1933. He awakes with a burning rage towards mankind and as he learns more about this futuristic place, it only grows. He discovers that the graveyards of old have been destroyed and he was in one of the last ones. He's unsure of why he has been brought back to life but he escapes being sent to the incinerator as is done with so many other humans. Lantry holds the last memories of the 20th century. Memories of the great horror

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21:01

BEST OF 1001 (#13 OF 447) CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/10

In this classic O.Henry short story, a second accountant in a small hardware store finds he has a talent for writing things that make people smile, He is soon selling his humorous writings to magazines, and one offers him a high paying job. But soon he begins running out of inspiration and finds himself chasing friends and family for funny quips-and things go downhill from there. ANDROID USERS- 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay

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33:15

THE EXPOSURE OF LORD STANSFORD by ROBERT BARR

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/08

A young socialite becomes the object of jealousy and desire when she attends a large party at a wealthy estate. APPLE .USERS New! 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-true-stories-with-brian-tremblay/id1726451725 Catch 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/id1613213865 Catch 1001's Best of Jack London- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-best-of-jack-london/id1656939169 Catch 1001

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34:50

THE DUKE'S MYSTERY and MATRIMONIAL ESPIONAGE ANDREW...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/05

The Duke's Mystery- A London private detective does his best to solve a robbery ring, and things go well until a local constable looking for a promotion follows the wrong clue- with disastrous results Matrimonial Espionage- A wealthy man hires a detective to follow his wife and report if she is being unfaithful. Both stories from Andrew Forrester's collection titled 'The Secret Service: Recollections of a City Detective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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41:08

#12 (of 446) BEST OF 1001 GARM-A HOSTAGE by...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/05/03

A humorous Rudyard Kipling story based upon his time serving the military in India when it was a British colony. The narrator is an officer who has been given an extremely intelligent bull terrier by a subordinate whose career he saved after a drunken incident. The officer tries to find ways to return the dog to his owner but the owner keeps refusing, believing he has to serve "penance" for his mistakes..APPLE .USERS New! 1001 True Stories with Brian Tremblay

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