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Classic Stories

A collection of timeless fiction from the literary greats.

Sounds,100 episodes

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A Celebration of the Short Story
Araby by James Joyce
James Joyce’s story from Dubliners about a boy enchanted by a woman and a utopian bazaar.
09 Sep 2019,13 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
A Blunder by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov’s sketch about an old couple waiting for a man to propose to their daughter.
09 Sep 2019,5 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
A Gentleman Friend by Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov’s fable about a woman’s search for luxury and her encounter with a dentist.
09 Sep 2019,9 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin’s tale of a woman who spends a windfall on herself, instead of her children.
09 Sep 2019,12 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce’s American Civil War tale about an entrapped Confederate plantation owner.
09 Sep 2019,23 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
How It Happened by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle's ghostly tale of a man and his motor. Who survives to tell the story?
09 Sep 2019,8 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Kabuliwalah by Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore’s tale of a little girl befriending a travelling fruit salesman.
09 Sep 2019,22 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
Ma'ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin portrait of a woman on a plantation adjusting after the American Civil War.
09 Sep 2019,22 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
Tarquin of Cheapside by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s strange Elizabethan-set tale of a young writer is seeking refuge.
09 Sep 2019,16 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Christening by DH Lawrence
DH Lawrence’s story of a young unmarried mother, her baby and her stern collier father.
09 Sep 2019,24 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Cone by HG Wells
HG Wells’ twisted tale about a man taking revenge on an adulterer.
09 Sep 2019,27 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry
O. Henry’s parable about a homeless man seeking shelter, and the lengths he goes to.
09 Sep 2019,16 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Fly by Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield’s 1922 story about a boss and his old employee reliving old times.
09 Sep 2019,15 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Interlopers by Saki
Saki's fable about warring neighbours.
09 Sep 2019,15 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre tale of Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague.
09 Sep 2019,16 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Mesmeric Mountain by Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane’s fantastical tale of a man who thinks he’s being followed – by a mountain.
09 Sep 2019,10 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant’s story about a woman devoting her life to repay a debt she never owed.
09 Sep 2019,20 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s tale of a morbidly absorbing painting and the sacrifices made for art.
09 Sep 2019,8 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s sketch of woman finding emotions and storylines in music.
09 Sep 2019,10 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Toys of Peace by Saki
Saki’s satire about children given toys representing normal life rather than war.
09 Sep 2019,14 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
El Verdugo by Honore de Balzac
Balzac’s tale of French troops taking over a Spanish town during the Napoleonic war.
09 Sep 2019,23 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant
Maupassant’s fable of a villager who finds a piece of string & is accused of thieving.
09 Sep 2019,15 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Recruit by Honore de Balzac
Balzac’s tale of maternal love & mistaken identity during the French Revolution.
09 Sep 2019,35 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant
Maupassant’s tragic wartime tale of the friendship and loyalty that binds two friends.
09 Sep 2019,14 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist masterpiece about madness and women breaking out.
09 Sep 2019,38 mins
Funny Stories
Tobermory by Saki
In Saki’s story a guest at Lady Blemley’s houseparty says he has taught her cat to talk.
26 Mar 2019,19 mins
Funny Stories
At The Barbers by Anton Chekhov
In Anton Chekhov’s tale a barber cuts the old man’s hair.. but also dates his daughter
26 Mar 2019,9 mins
Funny Stories
The Man of No Account by Bret Hart
1850’s California. A group of young men are heading out to make their names and money.
26 Mar 2019,11 mins
Funny Stories
The Open Window by Saki
Saki’s story about a suggestible man who is left reeling by a little girl’s spooky joke
26 Mar 2019,7 mins
Funny Stories
The Siren by Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov’s tale of hungry court officials taunting each other with visions of food.
26 Mar 2019,13 mins