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LitReading - Classic Short Stories

Short Storyverses

Litreading delivers classic short stories—carefully selected, beautifully narrated, and updated every week.From Poe to Twain, O. Henry to Wharton, each episode presents a complete tale in a clean, immersive performance lasting anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. These timeless stories are read with clarity, warmth, and just enough character to bring them fully to life.Litreading is part ofShort Storyverses(shortstoryverses.com), a growing collection of podcasts devoted to exceptional

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8:40

The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/06/18

Life in the ancient world was often brutal and cruel. Resources were often limited leading to leaders ruthless edicts. In this old Japanese folktale, a young peasant is faced with an impossible decision.Matsuo Basho, one of Japan’s most famous poets, was born 1644 and is known for creating the poetic style that eventually evolved into what are now known as haikus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:20

A Slice of Life by P. G. Wodehouse

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/06/06

This witty tale is about a veritable snake-oil salesman who uses his wares to help win the love of a beautiful young ward of an English Baronet. British author P. G. Woodhouse was one of the mid-20th century’s most popular humorists – on both side of the Atlantic. He was also a lyricist and screenwriter. While living in France a the beginning of World War II, he was imprisoned by Germany, for whom he made some controversial broadcasts. After the war he and his wife Edith moved to the United

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37:32

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/03/09

Women’s health issues have long been explained away as emotional issues due to their role as the “weaker sex.” Serious illnesses were diagnosed as nothing more than hysteria and rest was prescribed. This ignorance of women’s real health problems is brilliantly portrayed in this haunting tale of a woman driven to the brink.The author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman actually suffered a horrible case of post partum depression for which she was treated in a similar condescending manner. Learn more about your

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8:26

Hermann the Irascible by Saki

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/03/03

How times have changed. Just over a century ago, women were still fighting for the right to vote and the prevailing belief among men was that they were too emotional and fragile to do so. Our next story takes place, ironically, in a fictional Britain in the wake of a great plague. Join me as we travel back to a very different world in Hermann the Irascible by SakiSaki was the nome de plume of British author, H.H. Munro who was a prolific short story writer around the turn of the twentieth century

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8:25

The Man with Two Lives by Ambrose Bierce

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/03/02

Here is the perfect story for those times when you need to fill a few minutes with entertainment. This tale is a surreal story of a 19th century soldier traversing a dangerous section of the the Great Plains on foot to deliver dispatches from one Old West fort to another.Having served in the Union Army, Ambrose Bierce was one of the greatest authors of short war stories and macabre tales. We feature a number of his stories here on Litreading, including his most famous, “The Occurrence at Owl Creek

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15:47

Diary Of A Madman by Guy de Maupassant

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/02/26

In this truly chilling tale, we explore the darkest parts of the human mind - the hidden recesses where derangement resides.A word of caution: this tale is very dark and is not suitable for younger children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:41

The Haunted Mind by Nathaniel Hawthorne

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/02/22

Since the dawn of our species, we have been bewildered by about that strange period of altered consciousness that occurs just before, during, and at the end of our daily slumber.Our next story expressively explores this activity that we all share and which still eludes understanding.This piece was more of an observational essay than a classic short story. Its author, Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the young United States most brilliant fiction writers. Even today, his tales retain as much power as

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60:42

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the...

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/02/17

When the plans for a top-secret British defense project are stolen and the apparent thief is found dead, the government turns to legendary detective Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery and find the documents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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57:23

That's Marriage by Edna Ferber

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/02/14

Marriage takes the simple concept of procreation and turns it into a lifelong commitment that can, at times, lead to unexpected anger and resentment. As Mark Twain once said, "God's great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men and women live together in marriage.” Anyone who has ever been married will see parallels to their own partnerships.Despite the fact that Edna Ferber never married, she was an astute observer of people. That led her to great success as a writer. Her 1925 novel,

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30:36

The Widow's Cruise by Frank Stockton

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/02/11

We have been sharing stories with each other since the beginning of time. On occasion these tales have been known to grow a bit tall, as was the case when four elderly seamen spent an evening with a widow sharing a variety of yarns each one wilder than the next. Then the wood adds a tale of her own.Frank Stockton was a 19th century author and humorist with an uncanny knack for poking fun a human failings. One of his most famous stories was "The Lady or the Tiger." Learn more about your ad choices

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25:53

The Three Day Blow by Ernest Hemingway

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/02/04

Our second tale in this story series by a young Ernest Hemingway picks up a few months after our last story, "The End of Something," which you might want to hear before listening to this tale. A few month's after his breakup, Nick visits his friend Bill as a fall storm hits the Horton’s Bay region.Our second tale in this story series by a young Ernest Hemingway picks up a few months after our last story, The End of Something, which you might want to hear before listening to this tale in which Nick

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11:13

The End of Something by Ernest Hemingway

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/31

This story is part of a series of tales written by a young Earnest Hemingway. It’s a “slice of life” story about the conflicting emotions in a relationship between a young couple. “The End of Something” was written when Hemingway was in his early 20s and features a recurring semi-autobiographical character, Nick Adams. The story had its roots in an early romance that began when Hemingway was in his late teens. Nick became a regular part of Hemingway’s early works and is featured in our next tale

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15:39

The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/28

Halloween is the season of the macabre and one the greatest authors of dark frightening fiction was Edgar Allen Poe. This season I decided to share the Poe story that frightened me most when I was young.Considered to be the finest American Gothic writer of all time, Edgar Allen Poe loved to pen short stories. Of course, his best known tales are his darkest. This makes sense as Poe himself stated that he often suffered from bouts of depression and madness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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13:03

The Log by Guy de Maupassant

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/26

The lure of an illicit affair is not a new facet of human nature. People have been both tempting and tempted throughout time. But for a sudden twist of fate, our next story might have ended badly for everyone involved.Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author considered one the era greatest short storyist spinning realistic tales of the human condition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:56

Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/24

Racism has always been an ugly part of the human condition. Yet, the horrors of racism in America are most undeniably illustrated by the treatment of African-Americans, particularly in the South. Here is just a small example of the pain caused by racial hatred in antebellum Louisiana.I have presented the story exactly as written, as the author, Kate Chopin, lived during this terrible period in US history. Just five years after the end of the Civil War, Chopin married a French-American and lived

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17:24

The McWilliamses And The Burglar Alarm by Mark Twain

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/21

We aren't the first generation to be frustrated by advancing technology. More than a century ago, new fangled products were making people crazy like this gentleman who supposedly related our next hilarious tale Mark Twain.Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemens) had an unmatched knack for taking a normal story and turning it into a hilariously funny tall tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:07

The Romance of a Busy Broker by O. Henry

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/18

There are those for whom work becomes an obsession to the detriment of their personal lives. The businessman in our next story gives new meaning to the modern term “workaholic.”William Henry Porter, better known as O. Henry led a short albeit intriguing life. Before he died in New York City in 1910 at age 47, Porter was a pharmacist, sheep ranch hand, draftsman, banker, and prolific author of short stories. Oh, and he was also a convicted embezzler who served time in federal prison. Learn more about

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22:08

The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/16

Virginia Woolf demonstrates how simply focusing on one thing has the power to unleash torrents of thoughts and memories.Born Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882, British author Virginia Woolf went on to become an icon of modern 20th century literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:12

A Country Cottage by Anton Chekhov

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/14

Life has a nasty habit of throwing us curves that we can either cause us long-term misery or force us to make the best of a bad situation as illustrated in this very short tale.Anton Chekhov was undoubtedly brilliant. A physician by trade, his premier talent was writing. Chekhov had a unparalleled gift for understanding the depths of human emotions and sharing them first through his short stories and later, his plays. Chekhov once said “Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my

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13:33

Four Men In A Cave by Stephen Crane

LitReading - Classic Short Stories ·

2022/01/12

Mankind has always loved to explore sometimes crossing great wildernesses, but more often just poking around in our own backyards. This light-hearted tale is about a group of men who decide to investigate a local cave and literally stumble across a huge surprise.Stephen Crane was born years after the US Civil War ended, but is best known for his stirring 1895 Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage. Crane was also a prolific writer of short stories, many of which ranged from actual war stories to

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