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Ririro.com - Short Stories

Ririro.com - Short Stories is a podcast delivering timeless tales from the world"s most celebrated authors directly to your ears. Perfect for families, students, and literature lovers of all ages, this podcast offers professionally narrated versions of classic short stories, bringing the magic of literature to life. Whether you"re looking for a bedtime story for your children, an engaging educational resource for the classroom, or simply a moment of literary escape, Ririro.com - Short Stories

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A Descent Into The Maelstrom | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "A Descent Into The Maelstrom," a visibly aged fisherman recounts his harrowing tale of survival to a visitor overlooking the massive Norwegian whirlpool. Caught in a sudden, violent hurricane while fishing with his two brothers, their boat was dismasted and dragged into the terrifying vortex. One brother was lost immediately, and the other clung desperately to the boat as it spiraled downwards. Amidst the overwhelming terror and awe of the Maelström's immense power, the

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Berenice | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

Edgar Allan Poe's "Berenice" is a dark, psychological horror story narrated by Egaeus, a man suffering from monomania, an intense obsessive focus. Living in his ancestral mansion, he becomes engaged to his cousin Berenice, but as she succumbs to a wasting disease that drastically alters her appearance and induces death-like trances, his affection turns morbid. He develops an all-consuming fixation on her teeth after seeing them in a jarring smile. Following one of Berenice's seizures, she is

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Eleonora | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "Eleonora," the narrator recounts his idyllic youth spent in the isolated, beautiful Valley of the Many-Colored Grass with his cousin Eleonora, with whom he falls deeply in love. As Eleonora faces death, she worries he will forget her and love another, prompting him to make a solemn vow never to marry anyone else. After her death, the valley loses its vibrancy, but Eleonora's spirit sends signs of her presence. However, driven by loneliness, the narrator leaves the valley,

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Von Kempelen And His Discovery | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

Edgar Allan Poe's "Von Kempelen And His Discovery" reads like a news report about a man, Von Kempelen (whom the narrator briefly knew), who has made the astonishing discovery of turning lead into pure gold, effectively realizing the alchemist's dream. The story recounts how this was revealed when Kempelen was mistakenly investigated by police who found his hidden lab and a trunk full of gold they initially dismissed as worthless brass. While dismissing claims that others discovered it first and

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Mesmeric Revelation | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "Mesmeric Revelation," a mesmerist engages in a philosophical dialogue with his dying patient, Mr. Vankirk, while the latter is under hypnosis. Seeking clarity on the soul's immortality before his death, Vankirk explains a complex cosmology revealed through the mesmeric trance: he posits that God is not spirit but an "unparticled matter," the fundamental substance of existence, and that thought is this matter in motion. Humans possess a temporary "rudimental" body for earthly

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The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar | Edgar Allan...

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," a mesmerist narrator decides to conduct a unique experiment: mesmerising a man precisely at the moment of death to see if the process can be arrested and what the effects might be. His friend, M. Valdemar, dying from consumption, agrees to be the subject. The narrator successfully places Valdemar into a mesmeric trance just as he expires, suspending him in a death-like state for seven months, during which Valdemar remains physically inert

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Silence—A Fable | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "Silence—A Fable," a Demon tells the narrator about a desolate, noisy region in Libya where a man seeking solitude sits on a rock marked "DESOLATION." The Demon tries to frighten the man by adding terrifying sounds like roaring beasts and a violent storm to the already chaotic landscape, but the man remains unmoved. Finally, the Demon curses the region with absolute silence, making everything utterly still, and the rock's inscription changes to "SILENCE." This profound,

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The Masque Of The Red Death | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

Amidst a devastating plague known as the Red Death, the arrogant Prince Prospero locks himself and a thousand wealthy friends inside a sealed, fortified abbey, determined to defy death through extravagant pleasure and isolation. They throw a lavish masquerade ball within a suite of seven symbolic, color-coded rooms, ignoring the suffering outside and the unsettling chimes of an ebony clock that mark the passing hours. However, their illusion of safety shatters when a mysterious figure disguised as a

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The Imp Of The Perverse | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Imp of the Perverse," the narrator explores a dark psychological force he believes is overlooked: the innate human tendency to do something wrong or self-destructive precisely because one knows they shouldn't. He illustrates this with examples like procrastination or the urge to jump from a height, arguing it's a powerful, irrational impulse separate from other motivations. The story culminates in his confession: after committing a perfect murder and living undetected for

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The Island Of The Fay | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Island of the Fay," a solitary narrator contemplates the beauty of nature and discovers a unique, small island divided into two distinct halves: one bathed in the vibrant light of the setting sun, representing life and joy, and the other engulfed in deep, somber shadow, evoking death and sorrow. He observes a tiny Fay (a fairy) in a fragile canoe repeatedly circling the island; with each circuit, she travels from the bright side into the dark. As she passes through the

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The Assignation | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Assignation," set in Venice, the narrator witnesses a mysterious, unnamed stranger rescue the young child of the beautiful Marchesa Aphrodite from drowning. A strong, unspoken connection exists between the stranger and the Marchesa, who is trapped in a marriage with the elderly Mentoni, culminating in a brief, cryptic agreement for them to meet shortly after sunrise. The following morning, the narrator visits the stranger in his incredibly opulent and eccentric apartment,

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The Pit And The Pendulum | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," a prisoner condemned by the Spanish Inquisition awakens in total darkness, narrowly escaping a fall into a deep central pit within his dungeon. Later, drugged and bound beneath a giant, razor-sharp pendulum descending slowly to slice him, he cleverly lures rats with his meager food rations to gnaw through his bonds, escaping just in time. His relief is short-lived as the dungeon walls then become heated and begin closing in, forcing him inexorably

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The Premature Burial | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Premature Burial," the narrator suffers from catalepsy, a condition causing temporary death-like trances, leading to an obsessive and paralyzing fear of being buried alive. He recounts several chilling anecdotes of others who supposedly suffered this fate and details the elaborate precautions he takes for his own potential burial, including a specially designed coffin and vault. The story culminates when he awakens in darkness, confined and smelling earth, experiencing the

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The Domain Of Arnheim | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Domain of Arnheim," the narrator describes his friend Ellison, a man uniquely blessed with fortune, intellect, and beauty, who inherits an almost unimaginable sum of money. Believing happiness stems from four conditions (exercise, love, contempt of ambition, and a spiritual object of pursuit), Ellison decides the highest form of poetic expression is landscape gardening. He dedicates his life and vast wealth to creating Arnheim, a secluded, vast estate meticulously designed

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Landor’s Cottage | Edgar Allan Poe Stories

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2025/05/02

In "Landor's Cottage," Edgar Allan Poe's narrator, lost during a walk in the New York countryside, discovers a hidden, perfectly beautiful small valley and the exquisitely designed cottage within it. The story serves primarily as an intensely detailed description of this idyllic landscape and dwelling, focusing on how every element – paths, plants, water features, architecture, and even interior décor – has been meticulously arranged with artistic precision to achieve a harmonious blend of natural

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William Wilson | Moral Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

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2025/05/02

Edgar Allan Poe's "William Wilson" is a chilling psychological tale about a man recounting his descent into vice, haunted throughout his life by a mysterious doppelgänger who shares his name, appearance, and birthday. This double appears at critical moments, always acting to thwart the narrator's immoral schemes and seemingly representing his own conscience, whispering warnings the narrator increasingly resents. The story follows their rivalry from boarding school through university and across

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Christmas Aunts | Christmas Stories

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2025/05/01

This story celebrates "Christmas Aunts" as cherished relatives who offer affection and appropriate gifts, bridging the gap between parental obligation and casual acquaintance. Wells emphasizes that the true value of a gift lies in the giver's character, affection, and understanding of the recipient, regardless of the aunt's marital status or wealth. These aunts provide children with a unique sense of belonging and love freely given, embodying a spirit of genuine care, gratitude, and service that

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The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle | Sherlock Holmes...

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2025/04/29

Set during Christmastime, this Sherlock Holmes mystery begins when a commissionaire brings Holmes a lost hat and a goose, inside which the priceless, stolen Blue Carbuncle gem is unexpectedly found. Holmes uses his remarkable deductive skills, starting with clues from the hat, to track down its innocent owner and subsequently trace the goose's journey through London's markets. This clever investigation uncovers the real thief, James Ryder, who had framed another man, leading to a conclusion where

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A Case Of Identity | Sherlock Holmes Stories

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2025/04/29

In Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Case of Identity," a distraught young woman, Miss Mary Sutherland, consults Sherlock Holmes after her fiancé, Hosmer Angel, mysteriously vanishes just before their wedding. Through keen observation of details like typed letters and descriptions of the secretive fiancé who only appeared when her stepfather was away, Holmes swiftly deduces a cruel deception: Hosmer Angel never existed but was merely the woman's own stepfather in disguise. This elaborate scheme was

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The Red-Headed League | Sherlock Holmes Stories

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2025/04/29

In Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Red-Headed League," Sherlock Holmes investigates the peculiar case of Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker hired for a high-paying but nonsensical job seemingly just because of his fiery red hair. When the sponsoring "League" abruptly dissolves, Holmes's suspicion is aroused. Through keen observation and deduction, he uncovers that the entire League was an elaborate hoax orchestrated by a cunning criminal (Wilson's assistant) to keep Wilson occupied and out of his shop for hours

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