A RUDYARD KIPLING DOUBLE PLAY COURAGE and FALSE DAWN
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Release Date: 05/25/2025
BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY by ZANE GREY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
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THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE and THE CHOICE OF HERCULES (JAMES BALDWIN)
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The Husband Who Was To Mind The House- is a folk talestory in which a husband complains tohis wife for not having dinner ready when he comes in from work- so she convinces him to switch jobs the next day.. The Choice of Hercules- a young Hercules is journeying toward the mountains when he sees the road split and pauses to decide which to take.He is soon approached by two beautiful women, one who offers an easy path full of fun and the other who says there will be hard going and you'll have ups and downs- but you will be able to enjoy the fruits of your labors once you reach your...
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THREE WISE GUYS by DAMON RUNYAN
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The Three Wise Men by Damon Runyan tells the story of three mobsters who stop to help a woman having a baby, and find unexpected redemption for their troubles.
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THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The real story of the two Winnie-The-Poohs!
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MAMMON AND THE ARCHER by O. HENRY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
A young man of means expreeses frustration to his wealthy father over not being able to find alone time with the girl of his interests due to her busy social schedule. His mother believes that chance will bring them together while his father sees different options. A great o.Henry classic!
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A BLACKJACK BARGAINER by O.HENRY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
A hopeless drunk and failed attorney finds redemption in this well written tale by O.Henry.. STORIES BY O.HENRY. O.HENRY PODCAST.
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THE PURLOINED LETTER EDGAR ALLAN POE
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The Purloined Letter is one of Poe's ,three detective stories featuring the very sharp crime solver M. Dupin, who accepts the challenge of finding a hidden letter which has become an impossible feat for the Paris police. Poe's detective stories led the way for other authors to introduce the detective genre.
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COOL AIR by H.P.LOVECRAFT
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
In New York City in the early twenties a writer finds a baely livable apartment in a rroming house.soon finding that directly above himlives an eccentric old doctor who requires an extremely cold living situation to stay alive.One day, the writer suffers a seizure and knowing his nearest neighbor is a doctor.he goes upstairs to ask for help. The story gets stranger as the doctor comes to depend on the man for his survival, and the writer, feeling that he owes the doctorfor saving him, does all he can to help the failing old man stay alive. Catch all ourpodcasts and leave reviews at ....
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THE KIDNAPPED PRIME MINISTER by AGATHA CHRISTIE
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
A great Hercule Poirot mystery from Agatha Christie. Poirot is given a little more than 24 hours to find England;s kidnapped Prime Minister. He is given a team of detectives who are convinced that The Prime Minister was captured in France but Poirot insists on looking in England..
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THE STRANGE CRIME OF JOHN BOULNOIS from THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Reporter Calhoun Kidd of the Western Sun is off to interview John Boulnois, a philisopher, at his home, Grey Cottage at the edge of Pendragon Park. But he comes across a murder, but who is the guilty party. Father Brown investigates. A great Father Brown mystery from the pen of G.K.Chesterton. How would you like one-click access to all my narrated Father Brown stories? Here it is:
info_outline'Courage' is actually a very moving poem- a father's advice to his son.
False Dawn had me holding my sides through parts of this story as our narrator, who we presume is working at a government post in India, accompanies a small party of locals who have decided to have a picnic about 6 miles from the village in the middle of nowhere when a rain and then dust storm kicks up.
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