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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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37:11

A GRAY SLEEVE by STEPHEN CRANE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/10/19

After a skirmish a Civil War cavalry Captain enters a house thinking it might be housing enemy and finds a scared young lady holding a gun behind her back. The Captain, after investigating the house to find two other family occupants, finds himself drawn to the girl but struglles to find a way to tell her.

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MARJORIE DAW (PT 2 OF 2) T.B. ALDRICH

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/10/15

Our two best friends continue to write back and forth until John (Jack) Fleming's leg heals enough to travel, which he does, taking the train to new Hampshire to meet the girl of his dreams, depite Edward's best efforts to prevent him from coming.

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27:14

MARJORIE DAW (PT 1) by THOMAS B. ELDRICH

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/10/12

Two close pals exchange letters, one having had to cancel his trip to a summer spot in New Hampshire with his friend due to a broken leg. In the letters the pal in New Hampshire begins to write of the presence of a beautiful young lady named Marjorie Daw, who is living there at "Tyhe Pines" in a house with her father. Our brone-legged friend, withering away in New York City, takes an instant interest in the young lady and begs for more letters and more story on her. Pt 2 coming soon-Dont miss

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18:04

THE BOULEVARD OF ROGUES by MEREDITH NICHOLSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/10/08

From the author who gave us "House of 1,000 Candles" (currently at 1001 Stories For The Road) comes this short story about a city councilman who m as a lesson in honesty, began to install statues on the town's main boulevard that featured some of the town's past crooked leaders, and some poor decisions of the past- calling it "the boulevard of rogues". Join us for all 12 podcasts and episodes at www.bestof1001stories.com.

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46:54

THE PRELIMINARIES by A.C.COMER

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/10/05

A young man wants to marry a local girl whose father was recently sent to prison for embezzling another person's money. He talks to the girl's mother, who has three daughters, and she doesn't want any of them to marry, because she doesn't them to grow old and bitter like her as a result of not living the grand life she had hoped for. (She was constantly pushing her husband to provide more and living beyond their lifestyle, which he why he "borrowed" short term loan from another man, and though his

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32:35

THE LIE (PT 2) MARY ANTIN

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/10/01

A teacher, knowing that one of her students, a recently immigrant from Russia, is deeply upset about something, goes to his home to speak with his mother and father.

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25:57

THE LIE (PT 1) MARY ANTIN

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/09/28

A teacher in a city school circa 1916 (we assume New York) works with a 12 year old immigrant boy whose family had recently arrived from Russia as he becomes assimilated to our culture. In part one the boy, after she asks him to try on a George Washington costume for an upcoming school play, becomes very upset- but won't give up what is hurting him. Check out our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com.sign up for our newsletter, and leave a kind review at one of our 1001 podcasts. Thanks!

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48:11

A CANARY FOR ONE and MY OLD MAN ERNEST HEMINGWAY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/09/21

Two great early Hemingway storieswritten in his cryptic style and describing everyday events that help to illustrate his message.

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39:21

THE GREAT SERMON HANDICAP A JEEVES STORY from...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/09/14

Another great tale from Wodehouse taking a poke at the generation of wealthy young men who are kept on retainers by rich relatives and have no desire to work- thus having to create their own entertainment- in this case, betting on which church reverend will give the longest sermon on the coming Sunday. CHeck out our new audio -rich website at www.bestof1001stories.com= sign up for my newsletter, and leave us a kind review for our Wodehouse stories if you enjo0y this one! Thanks

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26:42

THE RACE by STEWART EDWARD WHITE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/09/10

Two cowboys are paid to round up a crew of Mexicans to drive a herd of cattle near the Mexican border. When one of the vaqueros becomes angry and shoots the black cook, one of the cowboys shoots and kills the Mexican, turning the Mexicans againt the two gringos. Trapped by gunfire, they try to figure out a way to come out of the mess alive. Stop by our website at www.bestof1001stories and sign up for our newsletter!

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31:29

SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE and THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/09/07

Spring has arrived, and in the bustling city of New York in 1905 or so minds were turning to other than business pursuits. Two great stories from O.Henry that illustrate what NYC was like in those formative years- with ice delivery wagons, coal furnaces, gum-chewing shop girls, and single women trying to make it on their own. Please stop at our website at www.bestof1001stories.com and sign up for our free newsletters- where I give you the backstory on some of our shows and stories. Very interesting

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38:33

THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON by FRANK STOCKTON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/09/03

A classic Frank Stockton tale about a griffin ( a winged beast of legend) and a minor canon- meaning an associate pastor/priest who handles the actual job of visiting and teaching the congregation). Our story: A little rural church built centuries ago features a stone likeness of a griffin above the entrance door, and word reaches a Griffin that his likeness is attached to a church. Naturally he plans a trip to see it. Join us at our website at www.bestof1001stories.com for many more Stockton

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42:40

THE WORST CRIME IN THE WORLD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/31

A great Father Brown Mystery from GK Chesteron's collection 'The Wisdom of Father Brown. Father Brown plans to meet his niece in a picture gallery, but before he does, he encounters a lawyer named Granby who wants his opinion about a man named Musgrove who has received mized reviews. Upon meeting his niece, father brown finds out she is planning on marrying Musgrave- and Father Brown takes a sudden interest. Check out all our Father brown stories in order at www.bestof1001stories.com!

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2 B R 0 2 B by KURT VONNEGUT

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/27

(to be or naught to be) In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a soon-to-be father waits for his triplets to be born—and he must find three volunteers to die in order for them to live.. Explicit includes violence. Thought -provoking commentary about a futuristic totalitarian society Check out our website and sign up for our soon-to-come newsletter at www.bestof1001stories.com

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A MYSTERY OF HEROISM by STEPHEN CRANE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/24

meAmidst a raging battle taking place over an otherwise peaceful glen, a soldier, having been taunted by others, decides to run under shell and rifle fire across an open meadow filled with dying men and horses to a nearby well to fill canteens. Enjoy this story and many others at our huge story center at www.bestof1001stories.com.

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31:44

MR.VINCENT EGG AND THE WAGE OF SIN H.C. BUNNER

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/20

An elder man living out his latter days in Paris and working part time writing for a tour guide spends one week every month drinking himself into a stupor between writing jobs and having no concern for other people's problems until his laundress (washerwoman) shares her miserable life with him, giving him a reason to care for others. For more HC Bunner narrated stories visit our Bunner collection at: https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/categories/hc-bunner/

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MY WATCH and MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE by MARK TWAIN

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/17

MY WATCH: A humurous piece describing the narrator's futile efforts to get his watch fixed MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE: An autobiographical piece describing Twain as a young typesetter in Hannibal who gets a rare chance to write an article or two for the daily paper while the owner is out for a few days Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com tobrowse all our 12 podcasts Be sure to follow 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age where Gizelle Erickson is just starting narrating the 3rd 'Anne of Green Gables'

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34:38

THE UNFAMILIAR by RICHARD CONNELL

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/13

A small, broze-skinned man shows up mysteriously in a small Connecicut farming town wearing strange clothes and speaking very little english. A local farmer rescues him from a trip to the jail by offering to be responsible for him and then puts him to work. Over time, the small man's unfamiliarty with everything to big machines to glowing fireflies earns him a reputation as a coward until..... Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com to browse all 12 1001 podcasts and enjoy!

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27:39

O.HENRY DOUBLE PLAY: DOUGHERTY'S EYE OPENER and...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/10

Big Jim Dougherty was a sporting man, but he hadn;t been much of a husband to Del. After three years of marriage she finally had to ask him to take her out to dinner. She dressed to impress. A great New York in 1905 short story. "The Kid" was a successful bantam weight boxer, just married in NYC, with a loving wife for whom he would do anything- and that's just what she asked him to do. But finding a fresh pear in New York in the winter was no easy task. Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com and

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1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE STARTS ROCKIN'...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales ·

2025/08/10

Starting now ANNE OF THE ISLAND EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT NOON EASTERN- Anne is headed for college 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age Now Mon-Wed-Fri (Fri is short story) all at noon EDT Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-from-the-gilded-age/id1485751552 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5sUUFDVTatnGt7FiNQvSHe our website for 2025 and beyond www.bestof1001stories.com (most episodes now categorized) Scroll to 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age

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