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Stacy Aumonier, Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 42:49


Stacy Aumonier's anticipation of Alfred Hitchcock: "Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty"

O. Henry, Shearing the Wolf

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 15:34


In an age of scams, you might enjoy learning about the old “green goods” caper: O. Henry, “Shearing the Wolf.”

Agatha Christie, The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 32:41


All the evidence points to one person, but Hercule Poirot keeps asking questions and solves “The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan.”

Werner Bergengruen- The Sand Doctor

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 26:48


Werner Bergengruen takes an amused and skeptical look at misleading national identities in his story “The Sand Doctor.”

Kate Chopin, Love on the Bon-Dieu

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 29:24


A tender story by Kate Chopin: "Love on the Bon-Dieu"

Stacy Aumonier, A Source of Irritation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 35:35


Sudden and high adventure in the most stolid and regular of lives: "A Source of Irritation" by Stacy Aumonier

Leonard Merrick, The Doll in the Silk Dress

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 34:46


A romance set in the theater in Belle Époque Paris: Leonard Merrick's “The Doll in the Pink Silks Dress”A romance set in the theater in Belle Époque Paris: Leonard Merrick's “The Doll in the Pink Silks Dress”

(Anon.), The Betting Scotchman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 21:56


A trickster's tale: The Betting Scotchman

Anatole France, "Putois"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 33:40


Anatole France's charming tale of the elusive gardener, "Putois"

Thomas Mann, Mario and the Magician - 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 44:29


The second and concluding part of Thomas Mann's "Mario and the Magician"

Thomas Mann, Mario and the Magician - 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 48:41


Thomas Mann's thrilling political parable, "Mario and the Magician"

G. K. Chesterton, The Hammer of God

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 40:54


G. K. Chesterton' priestly sleuth Father Brown in "The Hammer of God"

Eden Phillpotts, Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat . . ."

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 34:46


Eden Phillpotts's charming and clever story about a man and a cat and much more

Somerset Maugham, A Friend in Need, The Wash Tub

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 29:12


Two classic stories by the English writer William Somerset Maugham: A Friend in Need, The Wash Tub

P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Song of songs

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 57:29


Comedy with music tonight from P. G. Wodehouse: Jeeves and the Song of Songs

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 4/4

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 26:07


The conclusion of Thomas Mann's early masterpiece Tonio Kröger

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 3/4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 42:24


Tonio travels toward Denmark, stopping for a curious visit in his hometown.

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 2/4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 39:07


Tonio Kröger, part two of four. After a loving encounter in Munich, Tonio sets forth on a return journey.

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 1/4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 39:27


Thomas Mann's great early story Tonio Kröger, the first of four parts.

Damon Runyon, The Three Wise Guys

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 35:04


Damon Runyon's retelling of an Epiphany story: Three Wise Guys

Anatole France, Mlle. de Doucine's New Year's Present

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 13:19


For auld lang syne, with best New Year's wishes, a charming tale by Anatole France.

Anatole France, Our Lady's Juggler, Robert Benchley A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 32:37


Two Christmas stories, one by Anatole France, one by Robert Benchley

P. G. Wodehouse, The Great Sermon Handicap

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 35:19


Classic Jeeves and Bertie Wooster: P. G. Wodehouse's 1922 story "The Great Sermon Handicap"

Lucy Maud Montgomery. White Magic

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 35:39


A story of romance and cynicism, of kindness and a kind of magic. Lucy Maud Montgomery's “White Magic.”

Jack London, The Night-born

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 36:39


Jack London's Klondike romance, "The Night-born"

Thanksgiving 2023

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 28:27


Two Thanksgiving classics I hope you'll enjoy.

Ludovic Halévy, My Nephew Joseph

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 25:26


Ludovic Halévy's amused look at the world of journalism

Harriet Beecher Stowe, "The Sullivan Lookking-Glass"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 36:09


A Harriet Beecher Stowe sequel: The Sullivan Looking Glass

Paul Bourget, The Age for Love

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 36:43


Paul Bourget, The Age for Love

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Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Ghost in the Mill

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 28:56


When she wasn't working on Uncle Tom's Cabin, she also wrote some pretty good fireside tales: Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Ghost in the Chimney

Lord Dunsany, Two Bottles of Relish

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 35:50


A spooky story for Halloween: Lord Dunsany's "Two Bottles of Relish"

Victor Hugo's A Fight With a Cannon

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 28:12


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Victor Hugo's A Fight With A Cannon

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 28:12


Clear the decks for Victor Hugo's "A Fight with a Cannon."

Victor Hugo- A Fight With a Cannon

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 28:13


Clear the decks for Victor Hugo's "A Fight with a Cannon

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 51:20


Ten years later, Sherlock Holmes returns in The Adventure of the Empty House

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 51:20


Ten years after his supposed death, Sherlock Holmes returns.

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Final Problem

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 41:52


Sherlock Holmes's final problem. Or was it?

O. Henry, The Romance of a busy Broker, A Service of Love

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 25:14


Two quite different stories by O. Henry, both of them love stories.

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, The Outside of the House

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 39:21


A down East story from the pen of Mary Wilkins Freeman: The Outside of the House

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Jedediah's Romance

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 32:49


Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Romance of Jedediah

Henry Lawson, Andy Page's Rival

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 19:32


Henry Lawson's story from Australia's Outback country: Andy Page's Rival

Susan Glaspell, For Love of the Hills

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 24:34


Susan Glaspell's classic story For Love of the Hills

Edna Ferber, A Bush League Hero

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 27:13


Edna Ferber share a baseball story. But it's not about baseball.

Henry van Dyke, The Wedding-Ring

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 24:39


A story of love and trust: Henry van Dyke's "The Wedding Ring"

Mary Freeman, The Revolt of "Mother"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 41:44


A rare opportunity is seized in Mary Freeman's “The Revolt of ‘Mother.'”

O. Henry, The Hand That Riles the World, Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 30:31


Tales of two scammers. O. Henry shares with us a couple of stories about his charming rogues, Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker.

Ernest Thompson Seton, Silverspot

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 26:28


From Wild Animals I Have Known, Ernest Thompson Seton's "Silverspot"

Maurice Leblanc, The Black Pearl

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 33:28


“The Black Pearl,” in which Maurice Leblanc's gentleman thief Arsène Lupin proves himself a better detective than the forces of the law.

P. G. Wodehouse, Indian Summer of an Uncle

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 37:04


Classic P. G. Wodehouse: Indian Summer of an Uncle.

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Greek Interpreter

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 42:23


“The game's afoot Watson!” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story, “The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter”

Guy de Maupassant, Boule de suif, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 41:31


The second and concluding part of Guy de Maupassant's "Boule de Suif"

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