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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Louisa May Alcott, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes mysteries, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced stories are chosen for their unique flavor, are suitable for all ages and tastes, and provide a window to a time when writers knew how to tell great stories using descriptive words and phrases..
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4.4 stars from 1,531 ratings
The meaning of easy listening
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“If John isn’t a grandfather sat in an armchair by the fire, I don’t want to know.
Stories are well read, produced and rarely contain mistakes.
A classic voice, with excellent stories.”
LBaker78 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/28/24
Excellent
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“This is my go to favourite podcast for short fiction. I really like the narration style of giving the characters different voices rather than using fake accents. I am trying not to burn through the episodes too quickly but I can always start over at the beginning when I run out of episodes. It’s...”Read full review »
youngerthanmykidsthink via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/06/24
excellent storytelling
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“John Hagedorn is a wonderful and sincere narrator, and the short stories he selects are heartwarming. I look forward to listening each week and am never disappointed! Thanks!
Catherine”
catincord via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/04/24
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A humorous Rudyard Kipling story based upon his time serving the military in India when it was a British colony. The narrator is an officer who has been given an extremely intelligent bull terrier by a subordinate whose career he saved after a drunken incident. The officer tries to find ways to...
Published 05/03/24
Published 05/03/24
In the territory bordering British-controlled India and wild Afghanistan, a special mission is sent out to capture a known thief and murderer and 13 of his men. They travel at night, but on the way they are surrounded in the darkness by the ghostly presence of a legion of cavalry who had met...
Published 04/28/24
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