Ep. 1088, Rothschild's Fiddle, by Anton Chekhov VINTAGE
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How can a small-town coffin maker’s side hustle force him to face his prejudice? Anton Chekhov, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Have you wanted to try an audiobook and see if you’ll like it? Are you apprehensive to spend $15 on an audiobook you might not like? With the audiobook library card, you can sample as many titles as you like until you find one that sticks. For only $9.99 a month, you get unlimited downloads and streaming of the entire Classic Tales Library. No...
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Ep. 1087, The Dead, Part 2 of 2, by James Joyce
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What hidden memory of Gretta’s is unlocked by a song? James Joyce, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Have you wanted to try an audiobook and see if you’ll like it? Are you apprehensive to spend $15 on an audiobook you might not like? With the audiobook library card, you can sample as many titles as you like until you find one that sticks. For only $9.99 a month, you get unlimited downloads and streaming of the entire Classic Tales Library. No limits, just heavily curated, well produced audio, in so many...
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Ep. 1086, A Meeting, by Guy de Maupassant VINTAGE
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A wife’s indiscretion is answered with cruelty. But what happens when the two meet again six years later? Guy de Maupassant, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Are you looking for the ideal audiobook to fit your mood? To hit that sweet spot? The Audiobook Library Card is the just what the doctor ordered. Need some colorful characters? Check out our Charles Dickens selections. Need a laugh? Wooster and Jeeves have you covered. Adventure? We’ve got pirates, and swashbucklers...
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Ep. 1085, The Dead, Part 1 of 2, by James Joyce
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What sparks fly at a holiday get together in Dublin? Hopefully the good kind…James Joyce, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Have you listened to the Fu-Manchu trilogy? How about the John Carter Trilogy? How about all 51 hours of The Count of Monte Cristo? With the audiobook library card, you can listen to all this and more for only $9.99 a month. Unlimited downloads and streaming of the entire Classic Tales Library. No limits, just is heavily curated, well produced audio, so you get a great listen every...
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Ep. 1084, The 39 Steps, Part 4 of 4, by John Buchan VINTAGE
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Richard Hannay’s journey is brought to its earth-shattering conclusion. John Buchan, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Are you looking for the ideal audiobook to fit your mood? To hit that sweet spot? The Audiobook Library Card is the just what the doctor ordered. Need some colorful characters? Check out our Charles Dickens selections. Need a laugh? Wooster and Jeeves have you covered. Adventure? We’ve got pirates, and swashbucklers aplenty. Looking for a classic thrill? Dracula, The...
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Ep. 1083, The House on the Borderland, Part 5 of 5, by William Hope Hodgson
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Who comes to claim our narrator at the end of his cosmic experience? William Hope Hodgson, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Have you ever had a book that you wanted to read, but you couldn’t get into? Then you tried it a few years later, and it was your favorite book? Something really clicked, and you identified with it so much? That’s how I was with Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott. After a while, something just clicked. It’s now one of my favorites. With the audiobook library card, you can listen to all...
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Ep. 1082, The 39 Steps, Part 3 of 4, by John Buchan VINTAGE
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The true nature of the 39 Steps is brought to light. John Buchan, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Are you looking for the ideal audiobook to fit your mood? To hit that sweet spot? The Audiobook Library Card is the just what the doctor ordered. Need some colorful characters? Check out our Charles Dickens selections. Need a laugh? Wooster and Jeeves have you covered. Adventure? We’ve got pirates, and swashbucklers aplenty. Looking for a classic thrill? Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera,...
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Ep. 1081, The House on the Borderlands, Part 4 of 5, by William Hope Hodgson
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Have you ever had the longest day? What about the horror of sensing the days getting shorter? William Hope Hodgson, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Have you listened to the Fu-Manchu trilogy? How about the John Carter Trilogy? How about all 51 hours of The Count of Monte Cristo? With the audiobook library card, you can listen to all this and more for only $9.99 a month. Unlimited downloads and streaming of the entire Classic Tales Library. No limits, just is heavily curated, well produced audio, so you get...
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Ep. 1080, The 39 Steps, Part 2 of 4, by John Buchan VINTAGE
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Richard Hannay’s adventures continue! John Buchan, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Are you looking for the ideal audiobook to fit your mood? To hit that sweet spot? The Audiobook Library Card is the just what the doctor ordered. Need some colorful characters? Check out our Charles Dickens selections. Need a laugh? Wooster and Jeeves have you covered. Adventure? We’ve got pirates, and swashbucklers aplenty. Looking for a classic thrill? Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, or any of our...
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Ep. 1079, The House on the Borderland, Part 3 of 5, by William Hope Hodgson
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Where did the swine creatures go after the attack on the house? William Hope Hodgson, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Have you listened to the Fu-Manchu trilogy? How about the John Carter Trilogy? How about all 38 hours of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield? With the audiobook library card, you can listen to all this and more for only $9.99 a month. Unlimited downloads and streaming of the entire Classic Tales Library. No limits, just is heavily curated, well produced audio, so you get a great listen...
info_outlineCan a movie be better than the story it’s based on? Let’s take a journey from short story to Academy Award Nominated film, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.
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The Vintage Episode for the week is “The Bottle Imp”, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday.
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Classic Tales for Children: Volume 1 is now available. It includes the new recording of Pollyanna, bundled together with Winnie-the-Pooh, The Wind in the Willows, and Alice in Wonderland. I thought of titles that would really go well together, so I pulled out all the stops. This anthology is perfect to listen to again and again. You can pick it up at classictalesaudiobooks.com by following the link in the show notes.
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Ok, off the top of your head, what movies are better than the books they are based on? Whenever I consider this, I tend to come back to The Wizard of Oz and Ben-Hur. I think in these two instances especially, they expanded on the original material beautifully, to fit the medium of film. It’s a transformative process, to move from story told only in print, to a story told by actors, artists, costumers, directors, set designers, stunt people, special effects artists, and all the other hundreds of people it takes to make a motion picture. I recently discovered I’m going to have to add the film Meet John Doe to my list.
Meet John Doe is a film released in 1941, directed by Frank Capra. It stars Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyk and Edward Arnold. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story, and it was ranked No. 49 in the American Film Institutes 100 years, 100 cheers list. It entered the public domain in 1969, and you can watch it for free many places on the internet, also on Amazon Prime.
The film is based on the story “A Reputation”, by Richard Connell. Connell also wrote “A Friend of Napoleon” that we’ve heard recently, and is most famous for his short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”.
So first, let’s hear the story “A Reputation”, and then look at what elements were modified and expanded on to create the acclaimed motion picture, Meet John Doe. Just a heads up – this story deals with suicide.
And now, “A Reputation”, by Richard Connell.
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