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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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37:02

THE SPRING OF A LION AN ALLAN QUARTERMAINE STORY by...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/03/09

An aged Allan Quartermaine entertains a couple of old friends at his home who ask him for a story- and he rewards them with the story of the time he bagged 4 lions in one encounter.

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36:24

COUNT KONRAD'S COURTSHIP by ROBERT BARR

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/03/05

A knight returns from the Crusades to his castle in Germany to find that the neighboring castle is under seige and that a beautiful 18 year old girl named Brunhilda Bernstein is defending it staunchly, the King having died during the seige and her brother off at war. Check out our new website and leave us a review- it's easy! www.bestof1001stories.com

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24:09

AFTER 20 YEARS and LOST ON DRESS PARADE A DOUBLE...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/03/02

Two great short stories from O.Henry! AFTER TWENTY YEARS- A cop walking the beat at night passes a man standing quietly in a passageway and they exchange greetings. The man tells the cop he is waiting for an old friend to show up- they had grown up together there in the city and became separated after agreeing to meet at this time and place in exactly 20 years..... LOST ON DRESS PARADE- A twenty-something young man invests in a fine outfit and plans on dining at the best places so he can see and be

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09:36

THE LEOPARD MAN'S STORY (FROM 1001 BEST OF JACK...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/03/01

This is our way of reminding you that we offer new Jack London stories weekly every Sunday at noon ET at 1001 Best of Jack London- Here are the links: Our website: https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001-best-of-jack-london-1/ Hit "Follow" at Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-best-of-jack-london/id1656939169 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9rbx3NqgF

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32:33

JERSEY AND MULBERRY by HC BUNNER

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/02/26

A cranky old lady writes a mean editorial to the city paper about an organ grinder who was playing beneath her window, asking the city to move him off the streets.A reader replies giving us a picture of that part of the city and just how many people look forward to the organ grinder's music, which brings happiness for a short time to a population which cannot afford to go out and pay for entertainment. GREAT story by HC Bunner

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36:10

THE FAIRY TALE OF FATHER BROWN by G.K.CHESTERTON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/02/23

Father Brown and his trusty friend Flambeau are visiting an old castle in Germany when Flambeau shares the story of an unsolved murder which occurred there years ago. Browse all 12 of our 1001 stories Network shows at www.bestof1001stories.com and visit our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork to support us-Thank You!

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24:43

O.HENRY DOUBLE FEATURE: THE SLEUTHS AND WITCHES LOAVES

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/02/19

The Sleuths- A man comes to New York City to find his sister whom he knows is in need of financial help but is led astray by ineffective and expensive detectives. Wictches Loaves-An older woman who owns a bakery takes pity on a regular customer who orders stale bread crumbs and decides to apply a little surprise butter to them on one of his visits....

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35:32

DOING CLARENCE A BIT OF GOOD P.G.WODEHOUSE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/02/16

Bernie Wooster receives a call from an old beau inviting him up to she and her new husband's home in the country and he accepts, but has second thoughts when he finds the purpose of her invitation.

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28:44

A COLLEGE VAGABOND by ANDY ADAMS

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/02/09

In this 1906 short story by Texas author Andy Adams a young eastern college bound man is offered a trip out west to Texas to check up on his father's investment of property outside of San Antonio. His trip, taken primarily to restore his health, turns out to be to his great liking and he finds ways to extend it for a few years, becoming throuroughly western in the process. Adams spent most of his adult life working with cattle and at age 43 became a very good writer of western life.

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30:22

ABSENT TREATMENT by P.G. WODEHOUSE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/02/02

From the creator of "Leave It To Jeeves" comes this short story, narrated by a character very similar to our friend Bernie Wooster- who tries to help his friend out after a marital row. It seems his pal has trouble remembering anything, and this time he had forgotten his wife's birthday- a cardinal sin in male-female relationships. How am I doing on story choices? Leave us a review at www.bestof1001stories.com - Thanks!

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28:45

MRS. TREMAIN by ROBERT BARR

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/01/29

A beautiful woman enjoying an ocean cruise with her much older husband attracts the attention of two men who end up competing for her attention while our narrator tries to talk sense into the younger man. The characters are well presented and the story keeps the listener on edge throghout. Check out our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com and try a few stories at 1001 Stories From the3 Gilded Age and 1001 True Crime From Another Time.

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26:57

THE CAST-IRON CANVASSER by BANJO PATERSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/01/26

In this hilarious short story from Down Under a company which employs door-to-door book salesmen finds itself in serious trouble when , at the end of a long and successful sales push, the salesmen beging quitting dbecause the people are frankly tired of them and have vowed to kill them on sight in some cases. The company hires a "Genius" who invents a salesman made of cast -iron, equipped with a taped sales pitch and a punishing right hand who can handle just about anything thrown at him and turns

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49:20

THE PERISHING OF THE PENDRAGONS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/01/19

Father Brown and his pal Flambeau take a tour of the Cornwall coast and are led to an old pirates home with a lot of legend attached. . They have no idea that they and the owner will be targets of a murder attempt within a few hours. Check out all of our shows and leave a review for this one at www.bestof1001stories.com ANDROID USERS- 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9rbx3NqgF 1001 Stories From The Old West at Spotify -

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37:49

JEEVES EXERTS THE OLD CEREBELLUM P.G. WODEHOUSE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/01/15

Bertie helps out an old pal who is trying to extract a bigger allowance from his rich uncle so he can marry a waitress. They turn to Jeeves for a way to talk his uncle into it.

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01:12:07

THE CREATURES THAT TIME FORGOT (PT 2) RAY BRADBURY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/01/08

Sim and Lyta join a group of warriors led by Chion who are headed for the other cave clan with the object of taking lives which will add days to theor own. Because those caves are located half way to the wrecked ship Sim believes that will be their only chance at survival. Check out all our 1001 shows at www.bestof1001stories.com. Help support our monthy expenses at www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork

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45:17

THE CREATURES THAT TIME FORGOT (PT 1) by RAY BRADBURY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/01/05

Our protagonist is a young man whose family and ancestors have been marooned on a nearly uninhabitable planet with no hope of escaping. Here, because of harmful radiation, they are born they age, and die after 8 days They have the advantage of having inherited their intelligence from past generations, so even in his first day of life the boy can think intelligently- and he soon comes up with a way he believes will save their cave- dwelling people and the girl he has fallen in love with.

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42:13

JEEVES AND THE HARD-BOILED EGG by P.G. WODEHOUSE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/12/25

Bernie Wooster's old pal stops by to share his troubles- those being the fact that his Uncle's monthly checks have dried up- and being to proud to borrow from Bernie, he is seeking an answer. Bernie asks Jeeves.... Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com to enjoy all our shows and episodes free.

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38:20

A CHRISTMAS EVE SUIT by EDWARD PARSON ROE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/12/22

A young up and coming attorney decides to court two young ladies and put them to the test to see which is the better marriage material, so he asks them to join him for a sleigh ride across an icy river... Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com for all 12podcasts, including our two newest- 1001 True Crome From Another Time and 1001 Stories from the Gilded Age. Give the greatest gift of all and help support our 1001 Stories network at www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork today!

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01:51

NOW PLAYING AT 1001 BEST OF JACK LONDON: OUR HAWAII...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/12/22

In the winter of 1915-1916 Jack and his wife Charmian London sailed their Snark to Hawaii, It was a bittersweet return to paradise for both of them, Jack have come there twice before, one of those times with Charmaine. But this was his last year of life, and he wanted to spend it on the islands he loved the most. In what we call part 1, Charmian adds a preface and Jack begins a two part story of how Hawaii became an American territory- taking time to extoll the virtues of their terrific surfing and

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42:45

JEEVES AND THE UNBIDDEN GUEST BY P.G.WODEHOUSE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2024/12/18

A friend of Bernie Wooster's Aunt Agatha shows upenexpectedly and drops her backward twenty- something son off for a month after receiving Bernie's promise that he will be sheltered from the evils of the big city. Less than twenty-fours later the son, having disappeared for the day, shows up hopelessly drunk at the front door, having decided he is going to make up for all the years he was sheltered. Bernie turns to Jeeves for advice.#PGWODEHOUSE #ASKJEEVES Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com

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