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The Masque of the Red Death
by Edgar Allan Poe
Available on: Audio Download
Prince Prospero and his courtiers, locked safely away from the plague of the Red Death...
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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Available on: Audio Download
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse).
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Eleonora
by Edgar Allan Poe
Available on: Audio Download
A short story penned by Edgar Allen Poe, an American poet, a master of the horror tale...
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Simple Stories of Success, or How to Succeed in Life
by Stephen Leacock
Available on: Audio Download
The author holds forth on the subject of success and its true value in life.
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Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Available on: Audio Download
Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the story of Gregor Samsa, a young traveling salesman who lives with his family and financially supports his parents and younger sister...
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American Indian Fairy Tales
by Henry R Schoolcraft
Available on: Audio Download
With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
Available on: Audio Download
Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster of a quiet farming community, encounters something mysterious in the night.
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Anton Chekhov Select Stories Podcast
by Alan Davis Drake
Available on: Podcast
Master of the stage, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) gives us insightful moments in the everyday lives of 19th Century Russians.
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The Pit and the Pendulum
by Edgar Allan Poe
Available on: Audio Download
The narrator's trial, condemnation, and torment at the hands of the monks of the Inquisition is related.
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales
by Oscar Wilde
Available on: Audio Download
A collection of children’s stories written in 1888, dealing primarily with love and selfishness.
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Dubliners: Araby
by James Joyce
Available on: Audio Download
The third coming-of-age story in James Joyce's collection Dubliners...
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The Emperor's New Clothes
by Hans Christian Andersen
Available on: Audio Download
“...but the Emperor has nothing at all on, said a little child.”
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The Door in the Wall
by H.G. Wells
Available on: Audio Download
A man encounters a mysterious green door that seems to appear at various times in his life in different places about London.
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Rumpelstiltskin
by Brothers Grimm
Available on: Audio Download
“...all this must be spun into gold before morning, as you love your life...”
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The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
Available on: Audio Download
The Gift of the Magi is one of O. Henry's most famous stories.
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The Madman
by Kahlil Gibran
Available on: Audio Download
Kahlil Gibran (author of The Prophet) was a Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist, mystical poet and artist...
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The Rocking-Horse Winner
by D.H. Lawrence
Available on: Audio Download
An English boy tries desperately to answer the voices whispering around the house,"there must be more money."
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The Happy Prince
by Oscar Wilde
Available on: Audio Download
“...Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow. Stay with me one night longer”
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The Devoted Friend
by Oscar Wilde
Available on: Audio Download
The meaning of friendship is explained in the recounting to the Water Rat of the tale of the Miller and Little Hans.
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The Judge's House
by Bram Stoker
Available on: Audio Download
Although Bram Stoker wrote many novels, essays and short stories during his life, the Irish writer is inextricably linked with his infamous vampire novel - Dracula.
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by Montague Rhodes James
Available on: Audio Download
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King’s College, Cambridge.
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The Awful German Language
by Mark Twain
Available on: Audio Download
If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious.
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The Five Boons of Life
by Mark Twain
Available on: Audio Download
Mark Twain's story about a person allowed to choose between the five boons of life...
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The Stolen White Elephant
by Mark Twain
Available on: Audio Download
The story of the Stolen White Elephant, though entirely preposterous, is modeled after real life efforts of an actual police department.
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The Innocence of Father Brown
by G.K. Chesterton
Available on: Audio Download
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest.
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